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Grennan (other)
Grennan is an Irish surname. It may be of Norman origin, from the French name Grenan. Notable people with the surname include: *Eamon Grennan (born 1941), Irish poet *Justin Grennan (born 1978), American singer *Keith Grennan (born 1984), American football player *Mike Grennan (1950–2009), American curler * Tom Grennan (born 1995), English singer and songwriter * Winston Grennan (1944–2000), Jamaican drummer *Jacqueline Grennan Wexler (1926–2012), American academic administrator See also *Greenan (surname) *Julia Grenan (1884–1972), Irish nationalist and socialist in the Easter Rising *Grennan (other) Grennan may refer to: * Grennan, a surname (with a list of people surnamed Grennan) * Grennan Hill Grennan Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort outside Penpont in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is pa ... {{surname, Grennan English-language surnames Surnames of Irish origin ... [...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] |
Norman Language
Norman or Norman French (, french: Normand, Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a Romance language which can be classified as one of the Oïl languages along with French, Picard and Walloon. The name "Norman French" is sometimes used to describe not only the Norman language, but also the administrative languages of ''Anglo-Norman'' and ''Law French'' used in England. For the most part, the written forms of Norman and modern French are mutually intelligible. This intelligibility was largely caused by the Norman language's planned adaptation to French orthography (writing). History When Norse Vikings from modern day Scandinavia arrived in Neustria, in the western part of the then Kingdom of the Franks, and settled the land that became known as Normandy, these North-Germanic–speaking people came to live among a local Gallo-Romance–speaking population. In time, the communities converged, so that ''Normandy'' continued to form the name of the region while the original Norse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon Grennan
Eamon JR Grennan (born 13th November 1941) is an Irish poet born in Dublin, Ireland. He attended University College Dublin where he completed a BA 1963 and an MA 1964. He has lived in the United States, except for brief periods, since 1964. He was the Dexter M. Ferry Jr. Professor of English at Vassar College until his retirement in 2004. Biography Though his Irish roots are clear in his poetry, Grennan has an international sense of literary tradition. He has cited as influences American poets including Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop (herself an international poet with ties to the U.S., Canada, and Brazil). In addition to writing poetry, he has translated Giacomo Leopardi and—with his wife, Vassar classicist Rachel Kitzinger—Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus. Grennan studied English and Italian at University College, Dublin, where he met poets Derek Mahon and Eavan Boland, and at Harvard University, and began teaching at Vassar in 1974. He returned to Ireland fairly brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Grennan
Justin Grennan is an American singer who is originally from Enumclaw, Washington,Andrew Matson"Enumclaw's Justin Grennan is on NBC's "The Voice" UPDATE: and so is Tacoma's Vicci Martinez" ''The Seattle Times'', 6 May 2011 and now resides in Glendale, California. He appeared on NBC's '' The Voice'' in 2011. Career Around 2006, Grennan met the producer Dallas Kruse and they collaborated and recorded Grennan's first album, ''Things I Should Have Said'', in 2008."Justin Grennan’s Old Soul Makes New Fans on ‘The Voice’" ''PopCrush'' Since then, they have formed The Project, a five piece soul band which includes Jorgen Ingmar (drums), |
Keith Grennan
Keith Grennan (born May 20, 1984) is a former American football defensive end. He most recently played for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Eastern Washington. He has also been a member of the Cleveland Browns. Early years Grennan graduated from Edmonds-Woodway High School in 2002. He was a first-team All-WesCo 4A South League selection and was a Seattle Times All-Area performer. He helped block for running back Kyle Thew, who had a pair of 300-yard rushing games. He bench pressed 395 pounds on two occasions during his senior year and achieved a 4.9-second mark in the 40-yard dash. College career In 2006, he was Honorable Mention All- Big Sky Conference choice as senior. In 2005, he started four games at defensive tackle, including Eastern's last three games of the year. In 2004, he lost a year of eligibility after having to sit out the 2004 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Grennan
Mike Grennan (November 29, 1950 - May 12, 2009) was an American curler and 1988 national men's champion. Curling career In 1988 Grennan played lead on Doug Jones' national champion team; they went on to finish in tenth place at the World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, .... Teams References External links * 1950 births 2009 deaths American male curlers American curling champions Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{US-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Grennan
Thomas Grennan (born 8 June 1995) is an English singer and songwriter from Bedford and is based in London. Grennan found fame as the guest vocalist on Chase & Status's "All Goes Wrong" in 2016. His debut album, ''Lighting Matches'', was released in July 2018. The album peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and includes the single "Found What I've Been Looking For". His second album ''Evering Road'' was released in March 2021, beginning his breakthrough in the UK by charting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and including the commercially successful singles "This Is the Place", " Little Bit of Love", "Let's Go Home Together" with Ella Henderson and "Don't Break the Heart". In 2021 and 2022, he was also featured as a guest vocalist on the top-ten singles " By Your Side" with Calvin Harris and "Not Over Yet" with KSI. Early life and family Grennan comes from an Irish family. He attended St Thomas More Upper School in Bedford. At the age of 18, he was attacked on the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Grennan
Winston Grennan (16 September 1944 – 27 October 2000) was a Jamaican drummer, famous for session work from 1962 to 1973 in Jamaica as well as later in New York City through the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Career Grennan's career spanned several of the richest and most diverse decades in popular music, and he worked with a large number of the most famous artists of his time, both in Jamaica and in the United States. Jamaica He is most famous for creating the one drop rhythm in the late 1960s; this beat places kick/snare emphasis on the third beat within a highly syncopated 4/4 bar. One Drop, an outgrowth of the ska and rocksteady, became the foundation for reggae music, combined with traditional Jamaican forms such as mento, burro and kumina. Grennan was also responsible for importing the "Flyers" beat to the United States – a beat which he had developed and recorded in the 60s in Jamaica. While living New York, Grennan performed at the uptown nightclub Mikell's, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Grennan Wexler
Jacqueline Grennan Wexler (born Jean Marie Grennan; August 2, 1926 – January 19, 2012), commonly known as Sister J, was an American Catholic religious sister who rose to prominence when she, as President of Webster College, strove to convince the Holy See allow the transferral of the college's ownership to a lay board of trustees. Webster College became the first Catholic university to legally split from the Catholic Church. She later left her religious order, the Sisters of Loretto, and was President of Hunter College in New York City from 1970 to 1980. She went on to serve as President of the National Conference of Christians and Jews from 1982 to 1990. Born in 1926 in Illinois, Wexler grew up on a farm and matriculated at Webster College in 1944. In 1948, she joined the Sisters of Loretto and went on to teach in Texas and Missouri. In 1957, she graduated with a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame, and in 1959, was transferred to work at Webster College, becomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenan (surname) (born 1967), American film producer, director, writer, and actress
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Greenan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Gerard Greenan (born 1950), Canadian politician * Laurie Greenan (1947–2020), American costume designer *Russell H. Greenan (born 1925), American writer *Terisa Greenan Terisa Greenan (born November 15, 1967) is an American film producer, film director, writer and stage and film actress. Background Raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Greenan attended Whitney High School (Cerritos, California) from 6th throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Grenan
Julia Grenan (Sighle, Sheila, 2 July 1883 – 6 January 1972) was an Irish nationalist, Irish republicanism, republican, suffragette and socialist and member of Cumann na mBan, best known for being one of the three last women to leave the General Post Office, Dublin#History, Headquarters during the Easter Rising of 1916. Background Julia Grenan was born in 2 July 1883 to Patrick Grenan, a joiner of Lombard Street in Dublin near to where Elizabeth O'Farrell grew up. She had two brothers and was the only girl. Her mother was Elizabeth Kenny, daughter of Hugh Kenny, who died in 1900 from chronic bronchitis, amongst other ailments. She went to the Sisters of Mercy school and after that became a dressmaker. Most of her life was spent with O'Farrell, the two girls being childhood friends and growing up together. As women they were strong nationalists, spoke Irish and joined the various organisations in Dublin like the Gaelic League, the Irish Women's Franchise League and the Irish Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
