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Betty Ann Norton
Betty Ann Norton (5 July 1936 – 5 June 2020) was an Irish drama teacher and founder of the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School and actor agency. Background Norton was born in 1936 and grew up in Dublin near the South Circular Road. Her mother, Frances, played the violin and her father, Eugene, was a baritone singer. Frances was a full-time homemaker while Eugene worked as manager of the Bacon Shops on Grafton Street. One of two children, her younger brother Jim Norton also became a successful actor. She attended school at St Louis High School, Rathmines. Training Norton attended the Ena Mary Burke School of Drama and Elocution on Kildare Street, Dublin, where Hollywood star Maureen O'Hara had also trained. Norton's acting school offers an annual Ena Mary Burke scholarship in Burke's honour. Norton was a Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (LGSM) in London and Associate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music (ARIAM) in Dublin. She was a member of the Dublin Shake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beacon Hospital
Beacon Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Beacon) is a privately owned full-service teaching hospital located in the Sandyford suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The hospital was developed by Beacon Medical Group (BMG). History Beacon Hospital signed an affiliation agreement with Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHMI), for JHMI to provide educational and consulting services at the hospital, in May 2006. Beacon Hospital was officially opened by then-Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney on 25 October 2006. The American Triad Hospitals group took responsibility for the management of the hospital. In February 2008, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) began managing the hospital, buying a 25% share in the company for €15 million. In 2009, UPMC took majority ownership of the hospital in a €68 million deal which gave it a 68% equity in the company. The hospital was rebranded as UPMC Beacon Hospital. In April 2014, Beacon Hospital was taken over by Irish busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraic Delaney
Pádraic Delaney (born 6 November 1977) is an Irish actor known for playing Teddy O'Donovan in the Ken Loach film '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', for which he earned an IFTA nomination as well as being named Irish Shooting Star for the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. In addition, he is known for his role as English aristocrat Lord George Boleyn, brother-in-law of King Henry VIII of England in Showtime's ''The Tudors''. Early life Delaney was born to parents Sheelagh and Michael Delaney. He has three older brothers Philip, Conor and Emmett, and two younger sisters Tracey and Gemma. He attended Colaiste Abbain Secondary School in Adamstown, County Wexford. He originally studied engineering before dropping out after four months. He later went on to study at the Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and theatre studies in 2001. Career He first started acting in theatre, performing in ''Hamlet'', ''The Madman and the Nun'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aran Islands
The Aran Islands ( ; gle, Oileáin Árann, ) or The Arans (''na hÁrainneacha'' ) are a group of three islands at the mouth of Galway Bay, off the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, with a total area around . They constitute the historic barony (Ireland), barony of Aran in County Galway. From west to east, the islands are: Inishmore (''Árainn'' / ''Inis Mór''), which is the largest; Inishmaan (''Inis Meáin''), the second-largest; and Inisheer (''Inis Oírr''), the smallest. There are also several islets. The population of 1,226 (as of 2016) primarily speak Irish language, Irish, the language of local placenames, making the islands a part of the Gaeltacht. Most islanders are also fluent or proficient in Hiberno-English, English. The population has steadily declined from around 3,500 in 1841. Location and access The approaches to the bay between the Aran Islands and the mainland are: * North Sound''An Súnda ó Thuaidh'' (more accurately ''Bealach Locha Lurgan'') l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Shanley
Eleanor Shanley, from Keshcarrigan in County Leitrim in the North West of Ireland, is an Irish and Roots musician. She made her first appearance as a singer with traditional group De Danann, and subsequently with Ronnie Drew. She has also toured with Christy Moore and Sharon Shannon and as a soloist both in Ireland and abroad. Shanley has recorded with Ronnie Drew, Sharon Shannon, Eddi Reader, Tommy Fleming, Desmond O'Halloran, Dolores Keane, Christy Hennessy, The Dubliners The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes in personnel over their fifty-ye ... and many others. Her current collaborators are Frankie Lane and Paul Kelly with whom she has performed since 2002. Collaborations * Tommy Fleming's ''Restless Spirit'' album. * De Danann's ''How the West was Won''. * Dubliners' ''30 Years a Greying'' * Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Richardson
Marian Concepta Richardson (born 1954) is an Irish television and radio presenter and producer. Background Richardson grew up in Dublin with her sisters Barbara and Helen and brother Seán. She attended school at St Louis High School, Rathmines. Career Richardson began acting when she was 10. At the age of 13, she performed in A Christmas Carol at the Gate Theatre. In 1968, she played Hedvig Ekdal in an RTÉ television production of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck with Ann Rowan, Christopher Casson, T. P. McKenna, Blánaid Irvine, Geoffrey Golden, and Maurice Good. She worked for a period as a waitress in ''Captain America's'' on Grafton Street. In the 1970s, she moved to London, working as a freelance journalist for the BBC. After returning to Ireland, she presented the popular children's television series Bosco on Raidió Teilifís Éireann for 12 years. She then moved to radio, presenting ''Toss The Feathers'' on the newly-launched 2FM. She later worked on Morning Ireland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Conor
Hugh O'Conor (born 19 April 1975) is an Irish actor, writer, director, and photographer. In 2020, he was listed as number 49 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Career His first film appearance was opposite Liam Neeson in the 1985 movie ''Lamb''. He won a Young Artist Awards in 1990 for his role in the Oscar-winning film ''My Left Foot'', in which he portrayed the childhood days of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. The film was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two: Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor and Brenda Fricker for Best Supporting Actress. In his acceptance speech, Day-Lewis said he “shared Christy's life with a remarkable young actor called Hugh O'Conor.” He starred in Benjamin Ross' The Young Poisoner's Handbook, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. He was nominated as part of the cast for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diarmuid Noyes
Diarmuid Noyes (born 14 January 1988) is an Irish theatre, TV, commercial and film actor, known for his role in the 2011 American science fiction horror telefilm, '' Roadkill''. At fourteen he starred in the 2002 award-winning Irish short film, ''Broken Things''. He plays Alessandro Farnese (the eventual Paul III) in the Tom Fontana television series, '' Borgia''. Filmography Television * ''Blood'' (2018–2020) – Michael Hogan *'' Borgia'' (2011) – Alessandro Farnese *'' Single-Handed'' (2010) – Ruairi *'' Pure Mule: The Last Weekend'' (2009) – Dean *''The Tudors'' (2009) – Charlie Raw *'' Prosperity'' (2007) – Dean *''Fair City'' - Teenager Movies *''Two Black Coffees (2017) *''Honeymoon for One'' (2011) – Mark *''Downriver'' (2011) – Eric *'' Roadkill'' (2011) – Chuck *''Killing Bono'' (2011) – Plugger *'' Parked'' (2010) – Cathal's brother *''Savage'' (2009) – Attacker 2 *''Five Minutes of Heaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Áine Lawlor
Áine Lawlor (born 1961) is an Republic of Ireland, Irish radio and television broadcaster who has hosted many shows on RTÉ Radio 1. She has worked on various news and current affairs radio and television programmes, including ''News at One'', ''The Week in Politics'', ''Today with Pat Kenny'', ''Today at 5'', ''The Nature of Things'', ''Tuesday File'', ''Today Tonight (Ireland), Today Tonight'', ''The Marian Finucane Show'' and ''One to One (TV series), One to One''. On 7 December 2008, Lawlor presented the first Sunday morning broadcast of ''Morning Ireland'', during which she announced news of the Irish pork crisis of 2008, Irish pork crisis. She has also narrated ''States of Fear''. Lawlor has been described as one of Ireland's "sharpest, most experienced broadcasters". Career Lawlor attended Manor House School, Raheny, Manor House School, Raheny. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1984 having spent time as President of the Students' Union. She moved to arts adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dervla Kirwan
Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish television, stage, and film actress who specializes in drama roles. She gained attention for her roles in ''Ballykissangel'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', and the Doctor Who Christmas special episode ''The Next Doctor''. Early life Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Peter Kirwan, was an insurance broker, and her mother, Maureen O'Driscoll, was a language teacher. She is the youngest of three daughters. She attended Loreto Beaufort in Rathfarnham, Dublin, a Catholic school for girls, until the age of 16, when she was asked to leave as her career as an actress started to progress. Kirwan completed secondary school at the now-defunct non-denominational Sandymount High School in Dublin. Career Television Kirwan's first credited TV roles were in the TV series ''Troubles'' in 1988 and ''The Lilac Bus'' in 1990 alongside Stephanie Beacham based on Maeve Binchy's novel. Her breakthrough television role was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Huberman
Amy Huberman (born 20 March 1979) is an Irish actress and writer, which is known for her role as Daisy in the RTÉ drama series '' The Clinic''. In 2018, she began writing and starring in the comedy series ''Finding Joy''. Early life Huberman grew up in Dublin, south Dublin. She is the middle child of three siblings and the only daughter. Her father Harold was born in London to a Polish Jewish family; her mother Sandra is from County Wexford. Her parents married in 1974. Her brother, Mark Huberman, is also an actor and worked in films such as ''Boy Eats Girl'' and on '' The Clinic'' as Kieran Miller. She was educated at Loreto College, Foxrock and she took classes in the Betty Ann Norton Drama School. Following school, she attended University College Dublin (UCD) intending to become a social worker, but when she found the drama society her career took a different direction. Acting career From 2003 to 2009, Huberman portrayed the role of Daisy on RTÉ's drama series '' The Clin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Gilligan
Ruth Gilligan (born 12 March 1988) is an Irish writer, journalist and university lecturer, born in Dublin. Early life Gilligan's father was an accountant and her mother a speech therapist. Her brother David is ten years her senior, and the family hail from Blackrock, where she grew up. Career and studies Gilligan studied acting at the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School in Dublin from the age of six, and later secured theatre, TV commercial and short film roles. Her first professional role was at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, at the age of 11. At second level, Gilligan attended St. Andrew's College, Booterstown, and while there, from age 12 to age 16, she played Laura Halpin in the Irish soap opera Fair City, and wrote her first novel, ''Forget'', as a ''Transition Year'' secondary school project. After reading and editing by successful novelist Patricia Scanlan, and extensive rewriting, the novel was published in 2006 in the UK and Ireland, reaching number one on the Irish Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Galligan
Danielle Galligan (born 1 December 1992) is an Irish actress, theatre maker, and poet. On television, she is known for her role in the Netflix series ''Shadow and Bone'' (2021–). She was nominated for an IFTA for her performance in the film '' Lakelands'' (2022). Early life and education Galligan is from Rathfarnham, a suburb in South Dublin. Her mother Lorraine is a beauty therapist who runs a salon and beauty school. Galligan was raised Catholic but now considers herself agnostic. Galligan attended Loreto High School Beaufort. She was a member of Ann Kavanagh's Young People's Theatre from 2005 to 2011 and was awarded the Ena Burke bursary for the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School. She then studied Drama and Theatre studies at Trinity College Dublin and trained in Acting at The Lir Academy, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2015. Career Theatre After graduating from The Lir, Galligan began her career in stage productions such as ''The Train'' with the Rough Magic Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
