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Irish Ambassador To Spain
The Ambassador of Ireland to Spain is the head of the Embassy of Ireland, Madrid, and the official representative of the Government of Ireland to the Government of Spain. The official title is Ambassador of Ireland to the Kingdom of Spain. The incumbent Ambassador is Frank Smyth, who was appointed in 2021. History Leopold H. Kerney was the first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and was appointed in September 1935. Kerney presented his credentials to the President of the Spanish Republic, Niceto Alcalá Zamora. The legation of the Irish Free State in Madrid was closed temporarily because of the Spanish Civil War. Kerney sought refuge in St Jean de Luz, on the French border with Spain. In October 1950, the first Ambassador of Ireland was appointed following Ireland's departure from the Commonwealth. List of representatives See also * Ireland–Spain relations References Ambassadors of Ireland to Spain, Lists of ambassadors of Ireland, Spain Lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SÃle Maguire
SÃle, Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish female given name. Bearers of the name * SÃle Nà Mathgamna, died 1473. * SÃle Nà Siurtáin, died 1485. * SÃle NÃc Ceallaigh, died 1486. * SÃle NÃc Carthaigh, died 1489. * SÃle Nà Raghalligh, died 1491. * SÃle NÃc Uidhir, died 1499. * SÃle Nà Domnaill, died 1521. * SÃle Nà Fhallamhain, died 1530. * SÃle Nà Birnn, died 1531. * SÃle Nà Domhnaill, died 1544. * SÃle Nà Domhnaill, died 1582. * SÃle Nà Falluin, died 1589. * Sile Horgan, seventh president of the Camogie Association, 1949-52. * SÃle de Valera, former Fianna Fáil politician, born 1954. * SÃle Seoige, Irish television presenter, born 1979. * SÃle Nà Bhraonáin, SÃle Nà Bhraonain, Irish television presenter, born 1983. * SÃle Burns, Cork camogie player and physiotherapist, born 1985. See also * Sheila External links * http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Sile.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Sile Irish-language feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éamon De Valera
Éamon de Valera (, ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of government and head of state and had a leading role in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. Prior to de Valera's political career, he was a commandant of Irish Volunteers at Boland's Mill during the Easter Rising, 1916 Easter Rising. He was arrested and sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, including the public response to the British execution of Rising leaders. He returned to Ireland after being jailed in England and became one of the leading political figures of the Irish War of Independence, War of Independence. After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, de Valera served as the political leader of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin until 1926, when he, along with many supporters, left the party to set up Fianna Fáil, a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Holmes
Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), theologian and mystic * Denis of Hungary (c. 1210–1272), Hungarian-born Aragonese knight * Denis of Portugal (1261–1325), king of Portugal * Denis, Lord of Cifuentes (1354–1397) * Denis the Little (c. 470 – c. 544), Scythian monk * Denis Handlin (born 1951), Australian entrepreneur and business executive * Denis, Palatine of Hungary, lord in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis (harpsichord makers), French harpsichord makers * Denis Perera (1930-2013), general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 1977-1981 * Louis Juchereau de St. Denis (1676–1744), French-Canadian explorer of French Louisiana and Spanish Texas * Denis Villeneuve (born 1967), Canadian filmmaker Other uses * Denis (given name) * Denis (surname) * "Denis" (song) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Arias Navarro
Carlos Arias Navarro, 1st Marquis of Arias-Navarro (11 December 1908 – 27 November 1989) was one of the best-known Spanish politicians during the Francoist regime. Arias Navarro was a moderate leader in the last phase of Francoism and the beginning of the transition to democracy. However, he had been a hardline politician and involved in the White Terror by signing thousands of death warrants during the dismantling of the Spanish Republic. Early life Arias Navarro was born in Madrid on 11 December 1908. He served in the Ministry of Justice since 1929 as attorney in Málaga and Madrid. Francoist Spain Arias was close to the right-wing sectors and joined the Francoist side during the Spanish Civil War. He was public prosecutor in the trials set up by the Francoists in Málaga after the conquest of the city. There, he earned the nickname the "Butcher of Málaga" (''Carnicero de Málaga'') for his role in the imposition of the death penalty to true or perceived sympathizers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Cosgrave
Liam Cosgrave (13 April 1920 – 4 October 2017) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977, Leader of Fine Gael from 1965 to 1977, Leader of the Opposition from 1965 to 1973, Minister for External Affairs from 1954 to 1957, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and Government Chief Whip from 1948 to 1951. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1943 to 1981. Born in Castleknock, Dublin, Cosgrave was the son of W. T. Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council in the newly formed Irish Free State. After qualifying as a barrister he began a political career. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election and sat in opposition alongside his father. In the first inter-party government in 1948, Cosgrave was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach John A. Costello. He became a cabinet member in 1954 when he was appointed Minister for External Affairs. The highlight of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Whelan (Irish Diplomat)
Charles "Doc" Whelan (April 3, 1877 – May 29, 1945) was an American football player and coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Tufts College—now Tufts University—for three stints (1903–1907, 1912–1917, and 1919) and at Boston University from 1921 to 1925, compiling a career college football record of 54–68–7. Whelan also coached track at Harvard University. He died after a brief illness in 1945. Early life Whelan was born on April 3, 1877, in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He graduated from Weymouth High School in 1896 and entered Dartmouth College that fall. He left after one year to work in Boston, but returned a year later and graduated in 1901. While at Dartmouth, Whelan played fullback on the school's football team and specialized in the broad jump and the shotput on the track team. Coaching career Whelan worked his way through the Tufts School of Medicine by serving as coach of the school's football team and as the athletic director a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Gallagher (Irish Diplomat)
Brian Gallagher is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide. Early life and education Gallagher was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in Hobart, Indiana, where he was one of six children. His father was a plumber and his mother was a homemaker who reupholstered chairs for extra income. In 1981, he graduated from Ball State University with a degree in social work and started with the United Way as a management trainee. In 1992, he received his MBA from Emory University, and in 2003 Ball State University awarded Gallagher an honorary Doctor of Humanities. Career After working for United Way for 21 years (with the last five at the United Way in Columbus), Gallagher was appointed to be the President and CEO of the United Way of America in 2002. He held this position he held until 2009 when United Way of America and United Way International joined to form United Way Worldwide. In January 2017, he was appointed by then- Governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lynch
John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for the Gaeltacht from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Government from 1951 to 1954. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1981. He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last Fianna Fáil leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil for his party. Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him "the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O'Connell." Before his political career Lynch had a successful sporting car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilfrid Lennon
James Wilfrid Lennon (29 December 1915 - 30 August 2012) was an Irish diplomat. Career From the 1930s until 1947 he was employed by the Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland. In 1947 he entered the Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) as Third Secretary, and rose through the ranks, serving as First Secretary in Paris (until 1960), then ambassador to Portugal ( to ). From until 1966 he was Ambassador to the Netherlands in The Hague, with co-accreditation in Copenhagen to Denmark. From 1967 till 1970 he was Ambassador to Spain in Madrid, then Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, a post he held until 1973. From there he was sent to Buenos Aires in Argentina, and after three hectic years in Buenos Aires he returned ill to Dublin, where he on resided.''Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Lemass
Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He also served as Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 and 1945 to 1948, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954, 1945 to 1949 and 1932 to 1939 and Minister for Supplies from 1939 to 1945. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1924 to 1969. A veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War, Lemass was first elected as a Sinn Féin TD for the Dublin South constituency in a by-election on 18 November 1924. Lemass was returned at each election until the constituency was abolished in 1948 when he was re-elected for Dublin South-Central until his retirement in 1969. He was a founder-member of Fianna Fáil in 1926 and served as Minister for Industry and Commerce, Minister for Supplies and Tánaiste in successive Fianna Fáil governments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Joseph Horan
Timothy Joseph Horan (1912–1975) was an Irish diplomat. Career Horan was educated at University College Cork. In 1938 he entered the Department of External Affairs as Third Secretary. From 1942 to 1945 he was Consul in New York City. From 1945 to 1946 he served as Acting Head of Consular Section of the Department of External Affairs. Between 1946 and 1949 he held posts in Europe, serving as First Secretary of the legation in Madrid, then in Paris. In 1949 he returned to the Department of External Affairs in Ireland, serving as Counsellor, then from 1952 as Chief of Protocol. In 1955 he was appointed Minister in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later promoted to Assistant Secretary in 1959. The following year he returned to Europe as Minister in Bern, Switzerland, before in 1962 being made Irish Ambassador to Spain The Ambassador of Ireland to Spain is the head of the Embassy of Ireland, Madrid, and the official representative of the Government of Ireland to the Governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Andrew Lysaght Rynne
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= * Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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