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Brigid (other)
Brigid is a feminine given name, of which Bridget is a later variation. Mythology *Brigid, goddess of pre-Christian Ireland People *Brigid of Kildare Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogra ... (c. 451 – 525), Irish Christian Saint *Brigid Arthur (born 1934), Australian nun and litigation guardian *Brigid Balfour (1914–1994), British scientist *Brigid Bazlen (1944–1989), American actress *Brigid Berlin (1939–2020), American artist *Brigid Boden, Irish singer *Brigid Brannagh (born 1972), American actress *Brigid Brophy (1929–1995), British novelist *Brigid Dawson, American singer *Brigid Foley (1887–1970), Irish nationalist *Lady Brigid Guinness (1920–1995), Anglo-Irish wife of Prince Frederick of Prussia *Brigid Harrington (born 2000), American actress *Brigid C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget
Bridget is an Irish language, Irish female name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic noun ''brígh'', meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternate meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid, Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gaels, Gael". This saint took on many of the characteristics of the early Celtic goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of agriculture and healing and possibly also of poetry and fire. One of her epithets was "Brigid of the Holy Fire".Todd (1998), p. 23 In German and Scandinavian countries, the popularity of the name spread due to Bridget of Sweden, Saint Bridget of Sweden. In the Irish language, the name is spelled ''Brighid'' or ''Bríd'' and is pronounced "breed" or "breej". In the Scottish Gaelic language, the name is spelled ''Brìghde'' and is pronounced "breej-eh" At one time the name was so popular for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Harrington
Brigid Harrington (born 2000) is an American actress, singer, dancer and voice artist. She is best known as the first voice of Koko on the American version of the British animated TV series ''Chuggington'', and on Broadway as Jane Banks in ''Mary Poppins''. Biography Harrington has, at a young age, played a lead character in two major Disney properties on television and Broadway. Since 18 January 2010, her voice has been heard daily on the Disney Channel's animated preschool series Chuggington as Koko, and is also used in Chuggington Interactive Toys, on DVD , in Apps and online. On Broadway, Harrington played Jane Banks in Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Other widely seen work includes voice overs for Nickelodeon & Nick Jr. Her speaking and singing voice has been used to introduce various Nick Jr. shows and in educational segments. Commercially, she is featured in many radio spots. While on camera, she has been seen nationally and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Tunney
Brigid Tunney (née Gallagher; 1886 – 1975) was an Irish traditional singer, probably best known for being the mother of Paddy Tunney Paddy Tunney (28 January 1921 – 7 December 2002) was an Irish traditional singer, poet, writer, raconteur, lilter and songwriter. He was affectionately known as the ''Man of Songs''. From Glasgow to Garvery Tunney was born in Glasgow to Ir ..., a key personality in the Irish music scene and well known in British Folk circles from the 1950s up until his death in 2002. She was the source of many of his songs and the chief influence on his singing style. Early years Brigid was born in 1886, the second child and eldest daughter of Michael Gallagher and Mary Meehan. She grew up in the family home in Rushen in South Donegal. Her mother died when she was only eleven years old and Brigid became the homemaker, looking after her father and her brothers and sisters. Just before the First World War, she moved to Scotland and lived in Glasgow l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Lyons Thornton
Brigid Lyons Thornton (13 May 1896 – 15 November 1987) was a member of Cumann na mBan, an officer in the Irish Free State Army and a physician. Thornton was a rebellious character whom from a young age was involved in a Nationalist movement. Her first small involvement was selling badges and flags at the O'Donovan Rossa funeral. Personal life Brigid Lyons Thornton was born in Northyard Scramogue, County Roscommon on 13 May 1896. She was the daughter of farmer and Fenian Patrick Lyons and Margaret McGuinness. At a young age, Brigid moved to Longford to live with her uncle Frank McGuinness and his wife Kate, who paid for her secondary school education. McGuinness is credited for Thornton's keen interest in politics and Irish history. In November 1934 Frank McGuinness died, having been a senator for five years and a renowned figure for his involvement in Irish history. Brigid Lyons Thornton was a medical student and a member of Cumman na mBan who was involved with the Irish Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Makowski
Brigid Makowski (''née'' Sheils) was a former member of Shannon Town Commission and Clare County Council. She was elected initially representing the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) of which she was a founding member. She was born 6 January 1937 in the Bogside area of Derry, and was involved in the 1968 civil rights march in the city at the beginning of the Troubles. She married Leo Makowski a Polish-American whom she met when his U.S. Navy ship ''U.S.S Johnson'' docked in Derry in August 1954. They had two dates before Leo's ship left. They corresponded and he eventually proposed, she accepted, sailed to Philadelphia and they married there 16 April 1955. She joined the Irish American grouping ''Clann na Gael'' in Philadelphia, and proposed that a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association banner be included in the 1969 Saint Patrick's Day parade. Originally she was a member of Sinn Féin and sided with the Official wing during the 1970 split. She disagreed however with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Kosgei
Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. Kosgei is the current marathon world record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race, with a time of 2:14:04 achieved on 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon. She won the silver medal in the marathon event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Personal life Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei grew up in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, and had six siblings. Aged 17, she began running training with her boyfriend and now husband Matthew Kosgei. Career Kosgei finished in the top two in eight of the first nine marathons that she ran. She came second at the 2016 Lisbon Marathon behind Sarah Chepchirchir, in a personal best time of 2:24:45. Her time was faster than the previous course record. In 2017, Kosgei won the Bogotá Half Marathon, and came third at the Copenhagen H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Keenan
Brigid Ann Keenan (born 1939) is an author and journalist. She was born in Ambala, India, where her father was an officer in the British Indian Army during the Raj. Her family repatriated to the United Kingdom after India's independence in 1947, and she was subsequently sent to convent schools in England and a finishing school in Paris. Keenan has worked as an editor on '' Nova'' magazine, ''The Observer'' and ''The Sunday Times''. Her older sister Moira Keenan (1933-1972) was also a successful journalist who worked as Woman's Editor of ''The Times'' whilst Keenan had the same role at ''The Observer''. When Keenan secured her job at ''The Sunday Times'', the paper had mistaken her for her older, and at the time, more successful sister. After marrying a European Union diplomat, Keenan left her successful career as a fashion editor to become a trailing spouse and best-selling author. Her published works include ''The Women We Wanted to Look Like'' (1978), ''Dior in Vogue'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Hughes
Brigid Hughes is a Brooklyn, New York-based literary editor. Hughes is best known for assuming the executive editor role at literary journal ''The Paris Review'' after the death of founding editor George Plimpton and for founding the literary magazine ''A Public Space'' in 2006. Early life and education Hughes was born and grew up in Buffalo, New York. Her parents were Patrick Hughes, a doctor, and Patricia Hughes, a research nurse. In 1990, she graduated from the Nichols School. In 1994, Hughes received a bachelor's degree in English from Northwestern University. Career After graduating from Northwestern University, Hughes moved to New York and in 1995 started a job as an intern at ''The Paris Review'' before being hired there full-time later that year. For three years she served as managing editor. After the death of editor George Plimpton, Hughes became executive editor. As ''de facto'' editor (she declined to use the title "editor" out of respect for Plimpton), she c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins
Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (; 10 March 1932 – 2 November 2022) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1957 to 1977. She was the first woman to represent County Galway in Dáil Eireann. Biography Brigid Hogan was the daughter of Patrick Hogan, who died when she was 4 years old. He had been the Minister for Agriculture from 1922 to 1932. At the age of 24, she was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Galway South constituency at the 1957 general election. In doing so, she became the first woman to represent Galway in the Dáil. One year later she married fellow TD Michael O'Higgins and in doing so together they became the first married couple to serve in the Dáil together simultaneously. Hogan-O'Higgins was re-elected at the 1961 general election for the Galway East constituency and again at the 1965 general election. After boundary changes, she was elected at the 1969 general election for Clare–South Galway, where she was returned fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Hogan
Brigid L. M. Hogan FRS is a developmental biologist noted for her contributions to mammalian development, stem cell research and transgenic technology and techniques. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Duke University,http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/brigid-l-m-hogan/ Duke University Faculty Page Born in the UK, she became an American citizen in 2000. Hogan earned her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge and did postdoctoral work in the Department of Biology at MIT. She was the head of the Laboratory of Molecular Embryology at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, and later Hortense B. Ingram Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and a founding director of the Stem Cell and Organogenesis Program at Vanderbilt University. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Callahan Harrison
Brigid Callahan Harrison (born 1965) is an American academic, author, and political commentator. She is a professor of political science and law at Montclair State University, where she has taught since 1994. She is the author of ''American Democracy Now'' (McGraw-Hill Publishers, now in its fourth edition), one of the leading introductory political science textbooks in the United States. She is also the author of ''A More Perfect Union'' (McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2010), ''Power and Society'' (Cengage, now in its 14th edition) and ''Women in American Politics'' (Wadsworth, 2003), as well as various peer-refereed journal articles. A frequent commentator in print and electronic media on U.S. politics, Harrison provides regular political analysis to ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, and their local affiliates, to CBS News radio, and to various NPR radio programs. She also is a regular commentator on NJTV. She is a columnist for ''The New York Observer'', ''PolitickerNJ'', and ''The Bergen Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Brigid Guinness
Lady Brigid Katharine Rachel Guinness (30 July 19208 March 1995) was the youngest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, and wife of Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966), Prince Frederick of Prussia, grandson of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Early life Brigid was born in London, fifth child and youngest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874–1967, son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh), and his wife, Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh, Lady Gwendolen Onslow (1881–1966, daughter of William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow). She belonged to the Guinness family, Irish Protestants noted for their accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics and diplomacy. During the Second World War she served as an auxiliary nurse, where she met her future husband, Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966), Prince Frederick of Prussia, when he was injured in an accident involving a tractor. Marriage Brigid married on 30 July 1945 at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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