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Breandán Ó HEithir
Breandán Ó hEithir (18 January 1930 – 26 October 1990) was an Irish writer and broadcaster. , ''The New York Times'', 25 October 1990. Biography He was born on the island of in . His parents were national school teachers, Pádraic ÓhEithir and Delia NíFhlaithearta. He attended their school in Kilronan. He received his[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Comhar
''Comhar'' (; "partnership") is a prominent literary journal in the Irish language, published by the company Comhar Teoranta. It was founded in 1942, and has published work by some of the most notable writers in Irish, including Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Máirtín Ó Direáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Brendan Behan. Comhar also publishes books in Irish (around three a year). Comhar's primary goal is to be a journal of first choice for writers, scholars, critics and readers of Irish, to publish the best of new writing in Irish, to be a high-quality forum for analysis and discussion of current affairs, to provide intellectual stimulation and be a platform for debate. Comhar has had a number of editors, including the well-known journalist and novelist Breandán Ó hEithir. It was clear by the beginning of 2008, however, that its readership was declining steeply, and the funding body Foras na Gaeilge decided to give no more money to the journal as it stood.For a disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of The University Of Galway
Alumni (: alumnus () or alumna ()) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women, and alums (: alum) or alumns (: alumn) as gender-neutral alternatives. The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from "to nourish". The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former members of an organization, former contributors, or former inmates. Etymology The Latin noun means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from the Latin verb "to nourish". Separate, but from the same root, is the adjective "nourishing", found in the phrase ''alma mater'', a title for a person's home university. Usage in Roman law In Latin, is a legal term (Roman law) to describe a child placed in fosterag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Births
Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on January 1, 2257, at . * January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence). * January 28 – The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld. * January 30 – Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Slutsk in the Soviet Union. February * February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French Indochina, French colonial rule in Vietnam. * February 18 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a celestial body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lilliput Press
The Lilliput Press is an Irish publishing house, founded in 1984 by Antony Farrell. Since its inception, Lilliput has published over 600 titles, ranging from art and architecture, autobiography and memoir, biography and history, ecology and environmentalism, to essays and literary criticism, philosophy, current affairs and popular culture, fiction, drama and poetry. Authors * John Moriarty The Irish Times. accessed 16-2-2023 * * |
O'Brien Press
The O'Brien Press is an independent Irish publishing house based in Dublin. Founded in 1974 by Michael O'Brien, the company has become best known for its focus on children's literature and adult non-fiction. History The O'Brien Press emerged from a family-run printing business and released its first titles in 1974 - a biography of Peadar O'Donnell, and Éamonn MacThomáis's first book ''Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin''. During the 1990s, O'Brien Press expanded into children's publishing, launching influential titles like '' Under the Hawthorn Tree'' by Marita Conlon-McKenna, a landmark in Irish children's literature. The company adopted digital workflows early and maintained its independence despite acquisition offers from major publishing groups. Achievements The company helped launch the career of Eoin Colfer, publishing his early '' Benny Shaw'' series and '' The Wish List (novel)''. It also published ''The General'' by Paul Williams, which was later adapted into The General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Bar
Over may refer to: Places *Over, Cambridgeshire, England *Over, Cheshire, England **Over Bridge *Over, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England *Over, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England *Over, Seevetal, Germany Music Albums *Over (album), ''Over'' (album), by Peter Hammill, 1977 *Over (EP), ''Over'' (EP), by Jarboe and Telecognac, 2000 Songs *Over (Blake Shelton song), "Over" (Blake Shelton song) *Over (Drake song), "Over" (Drake song) *Over (Evans Blue song), "Over" (Evans Blue song) *Over (Fayray song), "Over" (Fayray song) *Over (Hey! Say! JUMP song), "OVER" (Hey! Say! JUMP song) *Over (High and Mighty Color song), "Over" (High and Mighty Color song) *Over (Lindsay Lohan song), "Over" (Lindsay Lohan song) *Over (Lucky Daye song), "Over" (Lucky Daye song) *Over (Portishead song), "Over" (Portishead song) *"Over", by A Perfect Circle from ' *"Over", by Ashanti from ''Ashanti (album), Ashanti'' *"Over", by Embrace from ''If You've Never Been'' *"Over", by Ivy from ''Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Mac Con Iomaire
Liam Mac Con Iomaire (1937, Casla, County Galway – 5 May 2019) was a highly respected Irish writer, journalist and broadcaster. He was a newsreader on RTÉ. He was author of a number of books and some translations, mainly concerning Connemara, as well as landmark Irish language biographies of Breandán Ó hEithir and Seosamh Ó hÉanaí. He was the father of musician, Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson won the 2016 Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work for ''Graveyard Clay'' / ''Cré na Cille: A Narrative in Ten Interludes'', by Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Yale University Press, 2016). Bibliography * ''Ireland of the Proverb'' (with Bill Doyle), Rinehart Publishers, 1995. * ''Conamara:The Unknown Country'' (with Bob Quinn), Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 1997. * ''Breandán Ó hEithir: Iomramh Aonair'', Chló Iar-Chonnacht, 2000. * ''Controller's Report Yearbook 2002'', Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 2003. * ''Seosamh Ó hÉanaí: Nár fhagha mé bá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty
Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty ( Irish: ''Tomás Ó Flaithearta'', 1889-1936) was an Irish Communist politician in the early 20th century, a supporter of the Trotskyist James P. Cannon, and writer in English and Irish. In 1919, he, along with John Reed, Jim Larkin and others, helped to create the Communist Labor Party, a precursor to the Communist Party USA. Background Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty was born at Gort na gCapall in 1889, Inishmore, an island off the west coast of Ireland. His parents were Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, a well-known Irish nationalist, and Maggie Ganley. His brother was Liam O'Flaherty. His family, descendants of the Ó Flaithbertaigh family of Connemara, were not well off. The Irish language was widely spoken in the area, and the O'Flahertys spoke both English and Irish from the Gaeltacht. His sister was Bríd Ní Fhlatharta. Career O’Flatherty was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers, a militia formed to further Ireland's independence, and later migrated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam O'Flaherty
Liam O'Flaherty ( ; 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer, and one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century, writing about the common people's experience and from their perspective. Others are Seán O'Casey, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Peadar O'Donnell, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Seosamh Mac Grianna all of them Irish language speakers who chose to write either in Irish or English. Liam O'Flaherty served on the Western Front as a soldier in the British army's Irish Guards regiment from 1916 and was badly injured in 1917. After the war, he was a founding member of the Communist Party of Ireland. His brother Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty (also a writer) was also involved in radical politics and their father, Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, was before them. O'Flaherty wrote almost exclusively in English, except for a play, a notable collection of short stories and some poems in the Irish language. Early years O'Flaherty was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
