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Ailbhe (other)
Ailbhe is an Irish name. It was originally a male name, and was frequently anglicized as ''Albert'' (a name to which it is etymologically unrelated), but is now more commonly a female name. Famous bearers of the name include: * Ailbhe, another name for Saint Ailbe (died 528) * Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara (died 814), cleric * Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh (died 1223), bishop * Ailbhe Garrihy, Irish social media influencer * Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin (1954–2011), historian and Celticist * Ailbhe Smyth (born 1946), academic, feminist, and LGBTQ activist * Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is an Irish poet who writes in the Irish language. Born in Tralee, County Kerry, in 1984, she graduated from NUI Galway in 2005 with a BA in Irish and French. She spent time in Bordeaux, France, before returning to Irelan ... (born 1984), poet * Ailbe, the dog in '' The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig'' {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Of Ceann Mhara
Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara (died 814) was an Irish cleric. Biography The Annals of the Four Masters list Ailbhe among a series of notable deaths in Ireland during the year 814. ''Indrechtach, epscop Cille Mic Duach; Fergus Rátha Lúiricch, abb Fionnghlaisi; Cilleni, abb Ferna; Duibh Insi sgribhneóir Cluana Mic Nóis; Cumusccach, mac Cernaigh, fertighis Arda Macha;& Ailbhe Cinn Mara, d'ég'' Which, translated, reads ''Innreachtach, Bishop of Cill Mic Duach; Fearghus of Rath Luirigh, Abbot of Finnghlais;Cilleni, Abbot of Fearna; Duibhinsi, scribe of Cluain Mic Nois; Cumasgach, son of Cearnach, OEconomus of Ard Macha; and Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara, died.'' Ailbhe was a cleric of the church of Coman of Kinvara, and his obituary demonstrates that a church was already in existence in Kinvara by the early 9th-century. The 11th-century text The Voyage of the Uí Chorra describes the destruction of the church, stating it was of the holy old man Coman of Kinvara. Kinvara was situated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh
Albin O'Molloy ( ga, Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh) (died 1223) was the Irish bishop of Ferns. Background O'Molloy was native of what is now north County Tipperary. He became a Cistercian monk at Baltinglass, and eventually rose to be abbot of that house. His family, the O'Molloy, claimed descent from the branch of the Connachta later to be known as the southern Uí Néill. Albin's ancestor, Fiachu mac Néill (flourished 507–514), was one of the Kings of Uisnech; his descendants, the Cenél Fiachach, held lands from Birr to Uisnech in southern Westmeath and part of Offaly. Their southern territory became known as Fir Cell (land of the churches) covering a large part of what is now County Offaly, where the surname O'Molloy is still very common. Sermon in Dublin In Lent 1186, when John Comyn, archbishop of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrihy Sisters
Aoibhín Garrihy, Ailbhe Garrihy and Doireann Garrihy are Irish social media influencers, having played different roles in the entertainment industry. Aoibhín is an actress, having played Neasa Dillon in RTÉ One's ''Fair City'' from 2010 to 2013. She came second in the first series of the Irish version of ''Dancing with the Stars''. Ailbhe is a publicist. Doireann is a comedy impressionist, known for two series of ''The Doireann Project'', and radio and television presenter, hosting the revival in 2018 of RTÉ Two's ''The Podge and Rodge Show''. Early life The Garrihys came from Castleknock, County Dublin, the daughters of Eugene and Clare. Eugene is now an entrepreneur, the director of ferry companies, Dublin Bay Cruises and Doolin2Aran. Aoibhín Aoibhín (born 20 June 1987) has acting credits including ''Fair City'', '' Love/Hate'', and '' Mattie''. In 2017, Garrihy was a contestant in the first series of RTÉ's ''Dancing with the Stars''. On 26 March 2017, she reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin
Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin (31 August 1954 – 29 June 2011) was an Irish medieval historian and celticist. Career Mac Shamhráin studied at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. He was then a research associate at Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, NUI Maynooth. Previously, he taught early Irish history & settlement studies at Trinity, St. Patrick's College Drumcondra, and NUI Maynooth, where he lectured on the Medieval Irish Studies Programme at the Department of Old and Middle Irish. Prior to that, he taught History and Irish at Belcamp College Secondary School. In recent years, Mac Shamhráin has led and managed the Monasticon Hibernicum Project (funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences). His database of Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland from the 5th to the 12th centuries was published online in 2009. He has also published a number of papers on early Irish political and ecclesiastical history, and has contributed ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Smyth
Ailbhe Smyth is an Irish academic, feminist and LGBTQ activist. She was the founding director of the Women's Education, Resource and Research Centre (WERRC), University College Dublin (UCD). Education and academic career Ailbhe Smyth received a B.A. in English and French in 1966, and then an M.A. in 1968 from University College Dublin. She began lecturing in the French department at the age of 21. During this time, she became increasingly more politically aware and began following the global women's movement, which led her to set up the ''Women's Study Forum'' at the beginning of the 1980s. This was a space where women came together to discuss issues which were affecting them including: work, sex, relationships, childcare, discrimination and violence. This was a discussion group with a strong cultural ethos and they invited women writers, poet, artists to come and talk about interesting projects that they were involved with at the time. In 1990 Ailbhe Smyth started the departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is an Irish poet who writes in the Irish language. Born in Tralee, County Kerry, in 1984, she graduated from NUI Galway in 2005 with a BA in Irish and French. She spent time in Bordeaux, France, before returning to Ireland to do an MA in Modern Irish, again at NUI Galway. She went to New York in August 2007 to teach Irish with the Fulbright program in the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies at Lehman College in the Bronx. The Arts Council of Ireland The Arts Council (sometimes called the Arts Council of Ireland; legally ga, An Chomhairle Ealaíon) is the independent "Irish government agency for developing the arts." About It was established in 1951 by the Government of Ireland, to encour ... (''An Chomhairle Ealaíon'') awarded her an artist's bursary in 2008. She has helped to translate her own work into English. Ní Ghearbhuigh's first collection, ''Péacadh'', was published in 2008. It has been noted that, although its general tenor is op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |