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Conal (given Name)
Conal is an Irish male given name (and rarely a surname). Notable people with the name include: *Saint Conal, Irish bishop who flourished in the fifth century *Conal Bonnar (born 1969), former Irish sportsperson *Conal Coad, opera singer *Conal Gallen, Irish comedian and singer *Conal Gregory (born 1947), UK Conservative Party MP for York 1983–1992 * Conal Groom (born 1973), head coach at Seattle Rowing Center, Seattle, Washington *Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (1874–1948), Irish dramatist and novelist * Conal Keaney, Irish footballer and hurler *Conal O'Brien (born 1956), American television soap opera director *Conal Platt (born 1986), professional footballer As surname *Robbie Conal (born 1944), American guerilla poster artist noted See also *St Conal's Hospital, psychiatric hospital in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland *Conall (other) Conall may refer to the following: Persons * Saint Conal, 5th century Irish Saint *Conall mac Taidg, Scottish king *Conall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Conal
Conal (or Conall) was an Irish bishop who flourished in the second half of the fifth century and ruled over the church of Drum, County Roscommon, the place being subsequently named Drumconnell, after St. Conal. Life He was a brother of Attracta Athracht (Modern Irish ''Naomh Adhracht''; in Latin sources ''Attracta'') is the patron saint of the parish of Locha Techet (Lough Gara) and Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo, Ireland. She was a sister of Bishop Conal of Drumconnell. Her feast day is ..., who is said to have prophesied that the episcopal churches of St. Conall (Drumconnell) and St. Dachonna (Eas Dachonna) would be reduced to poverty, owing to the fame of a new monastic establishment. This prophecy was strikingly fulfilled, inasmuch as Drum and Assylin soon after ceased to be episcopal sees, while in 1148 the great Cistercian Abbey of Boyle was founded. Conall died about the year 500, and his feast is celebrated on 22 May, though some assign 18 March or 9 February as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Bonnar
Conal Bonnar (born 13 October 1969) is an Irish retired hurler. His league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team lasted twelve seasons from 1988 to 1999. Bonnar first appeared for the Cashel King Cormacs club at juvenile and underage levels, before eventually joining the club's senior team. The highlight of his club career came in 1991 when he won a Munster medal, having earlier won a county championship medal. Bonanr made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Tipperary minor team in 1986. He enjoyed one championship seasons with the minor team, however, he ended his tenure in this grade as an All-Ireland runner-up. Bonnar subsequently joined the under-21 team, winning an All-Ireland medal in 1989. By this stage he had also joined the Tipperary senior team after being drafted onto the panel for the 1988 All-Ireland final. Over the course of the following twelve seasons Bonnar enjoyed much success, culminating with the winning o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Coad
Conal Coad is an Australian opera singer known for his dramatic interpretations of the bass (voice type), bass repertoire. He was born in Feilding, New Zealand, and resides in Australia (Gold Coast, Queensland) and Belgium (Mechelen). Career Coad has performed in many major cities and opera houses around the world including: * United Kingdom: Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Opera North, Garsington Opera * France: Paris, Montpellier, Le Mans, Bordeaux, St Etienne, Nantes, Strasbourg * Italy: Venice, Naples, Bologna * Portugal: Lisbon * Spain: Madrid * Belgium: La Monnaie Brussels, Vlaamse Opera Antwerp and Ghent, Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège * Switzerland: Geneva * Germany: Hamburg State Opera * Australia: Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne, West Australian Opera, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Tasmania * New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington and most major centres * United States: Washington National Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music * Israel * Japan: Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Gallen
Conal Gallen (born 22 September 1955) is an Irish comedian, actor and singer. He is best known for his comedy songs including "Horse It Into Ya Cynthia" and "I'll Make Love To You In The Henhouse (If You'll Only Egg Me On)". Personal life Three of his younger siblings died before him. His wife Jacinta was originally from Derry, and passed away in 2014 following a long period of suffering from Multiple sclerosis. Gallen admits to have entered a period of Depression during her illness and bereavement. The couple had three children, Rory, Trasa, Ciaran. Comedian Following a robbery at the video shop he was working on, Gallen discovered the stock he had bought was itself stolen goods, and so not covered for insurance. Consequently, Gallen turned to entertainment, singing in a band called "the odd couple" and then towards comedy. Starting with small pub gigs, he moved to theatres with the support of Charlie McGettigan. Following the unexpected absence of a sound tech at one perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Gregory
Conal Robert Gregory (born 11 March 1947) was Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament for York from 1983 to 1992,‘GREGORY, Conal Robert’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 1 Jan 2013/ref> when he lost the seat to Labour Party candidate Hugh Bayley. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and the University of Sheffield. He is a Master of Wine Master of Wine (MW) is a qualification (not an academic degree) issued by The Institute of Masters of Wine in the United Kingdom. The MW qualification is generally regarded in the wine industry as one of the highest standards of professional knowle ... and has worked for many years in the wine trade. He is the author of a number of publications on the subject. He became a journalist writing for the Financial Times, Guardian and was made the personal Financial Editor of the Yorkshire Post winning Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Groom
Conal P. Groom (born May 16, 1973) is an American competition competitive rower and coach. He co-founded Seattle Rowing Center with Carol Nagy, the former junior novice coach at Lake Union Crew and business manager at Pocock Rowing Center. In 2019, Groom moved to mountains outside Santa Barbara, California. Career He attended Berkshire School, a boarding school. Groom studied at Georgetown University, where he rowed on the varsity crew team and served as captain of the lightweight crew team in the mid-1990s. He was, in September 2010, the head coach at Seattle Rowing Center, a rowing club devoted to youth through elite development on Lake Washington's Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington. He was hired as head coach at Lake Union Crew, another Seattle rowing club, until he left in July 2010. Before his employment at Lake Union Crew, he was director and an elite coach at Pocock Rowing Center. Olympic rowing Groom has placed as high as third in world championship competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan
Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (pseudonym Norreys Connell) (29 April 1874 – 18 June 1948) was an Irish dramatist and novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to .... Career Works Novels His novels include: *''In the Green Park or The Half-Pay Deities'' (1894) *''The House of the Strange Woman'' (1895) *''The Fool and His Heart'' (1896) *''The Pity of War'' (1906) *''Adam of Dublin'' (1920) *''Adam and Caroline'' (1921) *''In London: The Story of Adam and Marriage'' (1922) *''Rowena Barnes'' (1923) *''Married Life'' (1924) *''The Age of Miracles'' (1925) *''Young Lady Drazincourt'' (1925) *''Soldier Born'' (1927) *''Soldier of Waterloo'' (1928) *''Soldier’s Wife'' (1935) *''Soldier's End'' (1938) *''Judith Quinn, a Novel for Women'' (1939) *''Judith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Keaney
Conal Keaney (born 24 September 1982) is an Irish Gaelic football, footballer and Hurling, hurler who played for Dublin GAA, Dublin and Ballyboden St Enda's GAA, Ballyboden St Enda's. He was educated in Terenure College. Football career He was part of the Dublin GAA, Dublin side that won the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 2003. He made his senior debut for Dublin GAA, Dublin Football during the 2005 National Football League (Gaelic football), NFL campaign. Keaney was announced in the International Rules team to play in Australia but had to opt out due to an ankle injury. In first full term as a Dublin football player in 2005, he was part of the Dublin GAA, Dublin team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship against Laois GAA, Laois. He opted out of the football team in 2011 to rejoin the hurling team. 2006 Despite a late return to county football in the 2006 National Football League (Ireland), National Football League he finished the league as the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal O'Brien
Conal O'Brien (born July 18, 1956) has worked as an American television director for nearly 30 years, and is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of ''Birth of the Angel: The COVID Murders Mystery: Book One of Two'' published in February, 2021. And, ''Death of Television: The COVID Murders Mystery: Book Two of Two'' published in November, 2022. His father, Vince O'Brien, appeared in several soap operas, in addition to roles in films, such as ''Annie Hall'', as well as playing the " Shell Answer Man".Potter, Beth"Haworth's Notable Characters" Haworth, New Jersey; accessed June 22, 2010. Positions held '' All My Children'' * Director (1987-2010) * Fight Director (1984-1990) * Director/Producer two short films: ''The Secret'', ''Quiet'' * Guest Director: ''One Life To Life'' ''The Young and the Restless'' * Director: December 9, 2010-2017 Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award *Nomination, 1990–1994, 1996–2002, 2005, Directing, ''All My Children'' *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conal Platt
Conal James Platt (born 14 October 1986) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward. He signed for Waverley Park FC in 2021 and won league 2 promotion with the mighty greens led by Paul Hopkins. Early life Platt has one older brother and two younger sisters. He is eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish descent from his grandfather, Timothy Bryan. He was discovered by a Liverpool scout whilst playing for Fulwood and Cadley boys football club. Career He played for Preston Schoolboys aged 14–15, one of the most successful schoolboy teams Preston ever had. Aged 16 he went on to play for Lancashire Schools, Northwest Counties Schools and was finally selected for the English Schools squad (teams are selected on where you go school not on nationality). He was also an Irish Youth international. After finishing his high school studies at Our Lady's High School he continued his studies on a scholarship at Liverpool Football Academy. After regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Conal
Robert "Robbie" Conal (born 1944) is an American guerrilla poster artist noted for his gnarled, grotesque depictions of U.S. political figures of note. A former hippie, he is noted for distributing his poster art throughout a city overnight using his "volunteer guerrilla postering army". Overview Conal's parents were both union organizers, and he grew up in Manhattan. He "graduated" in arts from San Francisco State University in 1969, although he was two credits short of a degree.Jeff Penalty and Simon Steinhardt,''Robbie Conal'', ''Swindle'' magazine. After living briefly in Canada he obtained a MFA from Stanford University in 1978, and moved to the Los Angeles area in 1984, where he currently resides. Conal is an adjunct professor of painting and drawing at the University of Southern California's Roski School of Fine Arts. Conal's work has been featured in numerous publications, including ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', the ''New York Times'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
