Andy Irvine
Andrew or Andy Irvine may refer to: *Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) (1902–1924), English mountaineer *Andy Irvine (musician) (born 1942), Irish folk musician *Andy Irvine (rugby union) (born 1951), Scotland player and administrator *Andrew David Irvine (born 1958), Canadian philosopher and educator *Andrew Irvine (bassist) Andrew Thomas Irvine (born April 9, 1969) is an American bassist who has toured with and performed alongside internationally recognized artists and has been featured in ''Bass Player'' magazine. Andy has toured with over 25 artists nationally and ...

Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine (8 April 1902 – 8 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the 1924 British Everest Expedition, the third British expedition to the world's highest (8,848 m) mountain, Mount Everest. While attempting the first ascent of Mount Everest, he and his climbing partner George Mallory disappeared somewhere high on the mountain's northeast ridge and died. The pair were last sighted only a few hundred metres from the summit, and it is unknown whether the pair reached the summit before they perished. Mallory's body was found in 1999, but Irvine's body and portable camera have never been found. Early life Irvine was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside, one of six children of historian William Fergusson Irvine (1869–1962) and Lilian Davies-Colley (1870–1950). His father's family had Scottish and Welsh roots, while his mother was from an old Cheshire family. He was a cousin of journalist and writer Lyn Irvine, and also of pioneering female s ...
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Andy Irvine (musician)
Andrew Kennedy Irvine (born 14 June 1942) is an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher's Island. He also featured in duos, with Dónal Lunny, Paul Brady, Mick Hanly, Dick Gaughan, Rens van der Zalm, and Luke Plumb. Irvine plays the mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, harmonica, and hurdy-gurdy. He has been influential in folk music for over six decades, during which he recorded a large repertoire of songs and tunes he assembled from books, old recordings and rooted in the Irish, English, Scottish, Eastern European, Australian and American old-time and folk traditions. As a child actor, Irvine honed his performing talent from an early age and learned the classical guitar. He switched to folk music after discovering Woody Guthrie, also adopting the latter's other instruments: harmonica and mandolin. While extending Guthrie's guitar picking technique to the mandolin,''Andy Irvine – Celt ...
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Andy Irvine (rugby Union)
Andrew Robertson Irvine (born 16 September 1951) is a former president of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player.Bath, p141 He earned fifty one Scotland caps, captaining the team on fifteen occasions, and scored 250 points for .Massie, p142 He went on three British Lions tours. Background Irvine was born in Edinburgh, on 16 September 1951. He was educated at James Gillespie's Primary School and George Heriot's School. From there he went on to Edinburgh University where he graduated in Geography. Rugby Union career Amateur career Irvine originally played for Heriot's Rugby Club. Provincial career Irvine represented Edinburgh District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. International career As fullback for , Irvine won 51 caps, between 1972–82 and scored ten tries. His first cap was against the All Blacks in December 1972. His last international appearance was against on 10 July 1982. Irvine earned British Lions ...
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Andrew David Irvine
Andrew David Irvine, FSCC (born July 14, 1958) is a Canadian academic who teaches at the University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Sydney University and is a professor of philosophy and mathematics at UBC Okanagan. He has served as vice-chair of theUBC Board of Governors as head of the UBCO Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science, as president of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, and as a member of the board of directors of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship. An advocate of traditional democratic civil liberties, Irvine has written about the importance of the rule of law for both modern and ancient democracies. He has held visiting positions at several Canadian and American universities and has been recognized as one of British Columbia's most influential public intellectuals. Academic work Often cited for his work on the twentieth-century philosopher Bertrand Russell, Irvine has argued in favour of phy ...
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