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Byrne Railway Station
' Byrne (also O'Byrne) is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic ''Ó Broin'' or ''Ó Beirn''. There are two Irish surnames which have Byrne as their English spelling; the most common comes from Ó Broin, which refers to the Leinster-based family of Bran as described below. The less common family name is Ó Beirn or Ó Beirne, which comes from a different family and is most commonly found in the Northwest of Ireland. The most prominents Byrnes were the O'Byrne family of Leinster. List of people surnamed Byrne or O'Byrne A–D *Alan Byrne (other), several people *Alexandra Byrne, British costume designer *Alfie Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin and TD *Allie Byrne, British actress *Andrew Byrne, first Catholic Bishop of Little Rock *Andrew Hozier-Byrne, better known under his stage name Hozier (born 1990), Irish singer and songwriter *Anthony Byrne (other), several people *Bill Byrne (other), several people *Billy Byrne (other), several peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goidelic Languages
The Goidelic or Gaelic languages ( ga, teangacha Gaelacha; gd, cànanan Goidhealach; gv, çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish ('), Scottish Gaelic ('), and Manx ('). Manx died out as a first language in the 20th century but has since been revived to some degree. Nomenclature ''Gaelic'', by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and so it is ambiguous. Irish and Manx are sometimes referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages), but the use of the word "Gaelic" is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when used to denote languages, always refer to those languages. This is in contrast to Scottish Gaelic, for which "Gaelic" distinguishes the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Byrne (footballer)
Bryan Byrne (born 26 August 1982) is an Irish former professional footballer. He played in Europe and the United States. Early life and education Byrne was born on 26 August 1982, in Kilkenny, Ireland, and was raised in Castledermot. He started his career at local club Castle Villa A.F.C., where he played from U-10's through U-18's. Byrne was signed by Dermot Keely to play senior level soccer for Kildare County F.C. for the 2002–03 season. Byrne's stay was short, as Keely's son, Alan Keely, was returning from playing college soccer in Santa Barbara and Dermot recommended Byrne as a player to target. He appeared 7 total times for the club. Byrne moved to the USA and enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a student-athlete for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team. He appeared in 77 games for UCSB throughout his four-year career, scoring 11 goals and assisting on 19 others. Byrne and UCSB won the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Socce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Byrne
David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Early life David Byrne was born on 14 May 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the elder of two children born to Tom (from Lambhill, Glasgow) and Emma Byrne. Byrne's father was Catholic and his mother Presbyterian. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario. The family left Scotland in part because there were few jobs requiring his father's engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Byrne
Daniel Byrne (born 30 November 1984) is former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Manchester United, Hartlepool United (on loan), Weymouth, Newcastle Town, Mossley, Flixton, Southport, Droylsden, Runcorn F.C. Halton (on loan), Leigh RMI, Witton Albion, Ashton United and Salford City. Internationally, he represented Republic of Ireland. Playing career Manchester United Byrne began his career with Premier League giants Manchester United signing his first professional contract in 2003. On 25 November 2003, Byrne moved on loan to Hartlepool United who were then in League One and chasing for the play-offs. He made his Hartlepool debut in their 2–0 home win over Swindon Town on 29 November 2003. He made one more appearance for Hartlepool in the league – a 4–1 loss to promotion rivals Queens Park Rangers – and one in the FA Cup, a 1–0 televised win over non-league Burton Albion. He returned to Manchester United in December 2003 and was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Byrne
Damien Byrne (born 6 April 1954 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional football player. In a career spanning 20 seasons, Byrne won player of the year awards in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the only man to do so. He started his career as a forward but midway through his career switched to centre back. His son Phil Byrne currently plays for Carrick Rangers in the IFA Premiership. Career Byrne played schoolboy football for Home Farm and made his League of Ireland debut on 12 October 1973 for that club against St Patrick's Athletic. He stayed only one season with Home Farm and in the summer of 1974 he signed for Dundalk, however by the end of November he had moved on to their County Louth rivals Drogheda United. During his time at Drogheda Byrne would win League of Ireland representative honours. The closest he came to winning a trophy was playing on the FAI Cup final losing Drogheda side of 1976. When he left Drogheda in 1983 he was their all-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor Byrne
Conor Byrne (died 19 April 1948) was an Irish politician and medical doctor. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1923 general election. He did not take his seat in the Dáil due to Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy. He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election. He stood as a Clann na Poblachta Clann na Poblachta (; "Family/Children of the Republic") was an Irish republican political party founded in 1946 by Seán MacBride, a former Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army. Foundation Clann na Poblachta was officially launched on ... candidate at the 1948 general election but was not elected. References Year of birth missing 1948 deaths Early Sinn Féin TDs Clann na Poblachta politicians Members of the 4th Dáil 20th-century Irish medical doctors {{SinnFéin-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Byrne
Connor Byrne (born 18 March 1964) is an Irish actor and former dancer, known for his role as Mike Milligan in ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', ''Tracy Beaker Returns'' and ''The Dumping Ground''. Having played the role from 2002 to 2019, he is the longest serving cast member in the franchise. Career Before Byrne entered into the acting world, he danced with companies around the world. He first performed in the West End Theater. Byrne's first acting role was as Dan in a 1991 television production of ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat''. His first main role was as Rob “Hyper” Sharpe in '' London's Burning'', a role he played for two years. Byrne is known for portraying the role of Mike Milligan in the ''Tracy Beaker Tracy, Tracey, or Tracie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tracy (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname, also encompassing spelling variations Places United States * Tracy, C .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condon Byrne
Condon Bryan Byrne (25 May 1910 – 25 November 1993), Australian politician, was a Senator for the Australian Labor Party and later the Democratic Labor Party. Prior to entering politics he was private secretary to Vince Gair who was then Premier of Queensland. Initially elected to the Senate for the ALP in 1951, he joined much of the Queensland ALP who split with the party to form the Queensland Labor Party (QLP – later to merge with the Democratic Labor Party DLP) in 1957. He was a barrister by profession. He never married. Losing his seat in 1958, he remained active in the Democratic Labor Party and won a Queensland senate seat in the 1967 Senate Election. Condon Byrne joined the rest of the DLP senators in losing their seats in the 1974 double dissolution election, where public outrage at the appointment of former DLP leader Vince Gair as Ambassador to Ireland by Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam led to a dramatic slump in their vote, wiping the party out. In the Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan Byrne
Conan Byrne (born 10 July 1985) is a retired Irish footballer who last played for NIFL Premiership club Glenavon, having spent six seasons with St Patrick's Athletic, three seasons with Sporting Fingal, three seasons with Shelbourne and three seasons with UCD, the club where he started his career. Career UCD From Swords, Dublin, Byrne began his schoolboy days with local sides Swords Rovers and River Valley Rangers before joining UCD in 2005. With immediate effect Byrne scored prolifically for UCD's Under-21 side and eventually made his way into the UCD starting line-up as a forward. He made his League of Ireland debut in the Carlisle Grounds on 16 September 2005. In spite of scoring UCD's equaliser in his second game their 2005 League Cup final defeat to Derry City he could not replicate his underage scoring level for the senior team and drifted out of the team. He was remodelled as a right winger during the 2007 season and re-established himself in that berth since Patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Byrne
Clifford "Cliff" Byrne (born 26 April 1982) is an Irish former Association football, footballer, who is currently Assistant Manager at Peterborough United F.C., Peterborough United. Byrne previously played for Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland. He took part in a UEFA 'B' coaching course in summer 2005. Following the departure of Izzy Iriekpen Byrne was given the captaincy of the side. He scored two goals in the last two games of the 2008–09 season; his 89th-minute goal against Tranmere Rovers was enough to help Scunthorpe seal the last playoff place. After missing just under a year of action due to injury, Byrne made his first start of the 2011–12 season on 26 November 2011, away to Notts County. He was released by the club in May 2012. On 27 July 2012, it was announced that Byrne had signed for Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic. Byrne scored his first goal for Oldham against his old club Scunthorpe United in a 2–2 draw on 1 January 2013 He rejoined former club Scuntho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Byrne (other)
Christopher Byrne may refer to: * Christopher Byrne (politician) (1886–1957), Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fianna Fáil politician * Christopher Edward Byrne (1867–1950), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Chris Byrne (footballer) (born 1975), retired English footballer * Chris Byrne (musician) Black 47 was an American Celtic rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne, and derives its name from a traditional term for the summer of 1847, the worst year of the Great Famine in Ireland. History Beginni ..., musician with Black 47 See also * * Byrne (surname) {{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Byrne (other)
Charles Byrne may refer to: *Charles Byrne (giant) (1761–1783), also known as "The Irish Giant" *Charles Alfred Byrne (1848–1909), American journalist and playwright * Charles C. Byrne (1837–1921), brigadier general in the United States Army *Charlie Byrne (Australian footballer) (1895–1924), Australian rules footballer *Charlie Byrne (baseball) Charles H. Byrne (September 1843–January 4, 1898) was a New York realtor who was one of the original founders of the team that became the Brooklyn Dodgers (now the Los Angeles Dodgers). Byrne was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier College, a ... (1843–1898), original owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team See also * Charles Burns (other) {{hndis, Byrne, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
