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Irwin (surname)
Irwin is an Irish language, Irish, languages of Scotland, Scottish, and English language, English surname stemming from the surname Eoforwine, a combination of the Old English words for boar and friend. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Irwin (died 1752), British Army officer * Alexander J. Irwin (1799–1843), United States territorial legislator * Andy Offutt Irwin, American storyteller and singer/songwriter * Arthur Irwin (1858–1921), Canadian-American shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball * Ashton Irwin (born 1994), Australian drummer in the band 5 Seconds of Summer * Bill Irwin (wrestler), professional wrestler * Bill Irwin (born 1950), American actor and clown * Charles Irwin (1824–1873), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross * Clint Irwin (born 1989), American soccer goalkeeper * Denis Irwin (born 1965), Irish footballer * Dennis Irwin (1951–2008), American jazz musician * Elaine Irwin, American supermodel and spokeswoman for Almay Cosmetics ... [...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] |
Francis Xavier Irwin
Francis Xavier Irwin (January 9, 1934 – October 30, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1996 to 2009. Biography Irwin was born in Medford, Massachusetts, one of seven children. He attended Boston College High School, Boston College, and St. John Seminary. He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Richard Cushing on February 2, 1960. He held a variety of pastoral assignments and worked for almost twenty years at Catholic Charities. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Bernard Law on September 17, 1996 and served as Regional Bishop of the North Region of the Archdiocese of Boston. Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on October 20, 2009. He died on October 30, 2019, at his home on Cape Cod Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John N
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Irwin
Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Dolly Durkins on iZombie and as Laurie Neustadt in the comedy '' Superstore''. Irwin is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She worked with The Second City in the mid-1990s, and starred in the HBO series '' Eastbound & Down''. She played Carol in Kerri Kenney-Silver's ''Dame Delilah'' web series. At the 6th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2005) she was nominated for Pretty Funny Female. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her performance ''Slings and Arrows ''Slings & Arrows'' is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns. Rachel McAdams appeared ...''. In 2010, the Canadian Comedy Awards nominated her for Best Performance by a Female in TV for ''Less Than Kind''. Filmography Film Television References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Irwin
Jeff Irwin (born September 12, 1977) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Griffin House, Cerys Matthews, Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken, Mat Kearney, Taylor Sorensen & the Trigger Code, and Counting Crows. Early life Born in Creve Coeur, Missouri, Irwin grew up in St. Louis County. Growing up, he studied piano, violin (learning the Suzuki method), viola, trumpet, guitar, bass guitar, contrabass, baritone horn, and various synthesizers. Irwin also received vocal training by participating in various area choirs. He wrote and performed an overture for his 4th grade class' musical production of ''Magellan''. Education and career In high school, he formed his first band, The Mafia. The band was focused on both performing cover songs and writing original music. They sometimes doubled as an instrumental jazz combo, playing parties and corporate functions. This was a catalyst for his involvement in school orchestras, jazz ensembles, choirs, and mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Irwin
Jared Irwin (1750 – March 1, 1818) served twice as elected Governor of Georgia (1796–1798) and (1806–1809). He first was elected to office as a reformer based on public outrage about the Yazoo land scandal. He signed a bill that nullified the Yazoo Act, which had authorized the land sales. Challenges to land claims purchased under the former act led to the United States Supreme Court's hearing the case '' Fletcher v. Peck'' (1810). In a landmark decision, the Court upheld the land contracts, and ruled that the state law was unconstitutional in trying to nullify valid contracts. Early life and education Jared Irwin was born in 1750 in what was then Anson County, North Carolina. (His birthplace is now located in Mecklenburg County, which was formed from the western portion of Anson County in 1762.) His family moved to Burke County, Georgia when he was young. Career Irwin fought in the American Revolution, in which he entered the army as a private. During the war, he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Murray Irwin
Major-General Sir James Murray Irwin (13 February 1858 – 7 November 1938) was a British physician. He served as a British Army doctor in Sudan, the Second Boer War and World War I. Early life He was born in Manorcunningham, County Donegal, Ireland. In 1875, he studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin. Career Irwin joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at Netley in 1881 and was commissioned as surgeon captain posted to Dublin in February 1882. He was posted to India in September 1883. He was subsequently posted to Dublin in 1890, Gibraltar in 1891 and Brighton in 1897. In February 1894, he was promoted to surgeon major . He was posted to Brighton in 1897 and then to Sudan. He was a Medical Officer in Atbara during the Battle of Omdurman 1898. He was posted to the expedition in Crete 1899. He served as Medical Officer on troopship HMS Verona and then to Dublin, also in 1899. Irwin was posted to South Africa in 1900, for service during the Second Boer War, and was promoted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bruce Irwin
James Bruce Irwin (17 November 1921 – 4 January 2012) was a New Zealand botanist. Biography Bruce Irwin was born in 1921 in Whanganui. He fell in love with orchids in New Zealand, and attended Whanganui Technical College there. When World War II began, he was 17 years old and was working at the survey department in New Plymouth. He and his friend Sid Gibson used to collect and draw orchids in nearby Egmont National Park. Despite his military service and a year spent in occupied Japan, he carried out a great deal of work with Sid's son Owen Gibson on Mount Taranaki and executed a number of orchid watercolors during the war and in the immediate postwar period. Irwin later worked for the Cartographic Branch of the Department of Lands and Survey, where his paintings came to the attention of the botanist Lucy Moore. He quit the Cartographic Branch in 1962 and went to live at his camp in Marlborough Sounds. A collaboration with Moore began, which resulted in his illustrating ''V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Irwin (other)
James Irwin (1930–1991) was an Apollo 15 astronaut who walked on the Moon. James or Jim Irwin may also refer to: * James Murray Irwin (1858–1938), British Army doctor *James Alexander Hamilton Irwin, Irish Presbyterian minister *James Campbell Irwin (1906–1990), Australian soldier and architect, Lord Mayor of Adelaide *James C. Irwin (1929–2018), United States Coast Guard admiral *Jamie Irwin (James Campbell Irwin, 1937–2005), South Australian politician *Jim Irwin (sportscaster) (1934–2012), American sportscaster in Wisconsin *James Irwin, American singer in ''The Voice (U.S. season 5) The fifth season of the American reality television, reality talent show ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice'' premiered on September 23, 2013 on NBC. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches for their fifth season, while CeeLo Gr ...'' in 2013 See also * James Irwin Brownson (1816–1899), American Presbyterian clergyman and academic in Pennsylvania * James Irwin Hart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Haynes Irwin
Inez Haynes Irwin (March 2, 1873 – September 25, 1970) was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes Gillmore. She wrote over 40 books and was active in the suffragist movement in the early 1900s. Irwin was a "rebellious and daring woman", but referred to herself as "the most timid of created beings". She died at the age of 97. Irwin was a close friend of the American feminist writer Mary MacLane, who included a colorful personality portrait of Irwin in her newspaper articles in Butte, Montana, in 1910. Early years and education Inez Haynes was born on March 2, 1873, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Gideon Haynes and Emma Jane Hopkins Haynes. Her parents were from Boston in the United States, but were staying in Brazil because of her father's business problems. Her mother, her father's second wife, was 24 years younger than him, and had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Carmichael Irwin
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Carmichael "Bird" Irwin, AFC (26 June 1894 – 5 October 1930) was an Irish aviator and Olympic athlete. During World War I, Irwin served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), where he commanded non-rigid airships. After the Great War, the "tall sensitive Irishman" commanded larger rigid airships, initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and later on secondment to the (civilian) Royal Airship Works as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme. Both before and after WWI, Irwin also had a successful career as a middle- and long-distance and cross-country runner, and he represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Irwin's aviation career culminated in his command of the airship R101, the largest airship in the world at the time; he was killed along with another 47 people when it crashed in northern France on a flight from Britain to India. Early life Herbert Carmichael Irwin was born in Dundrum, County Dublin, on 26 June 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heath Irwin
Heath Spencer Irwin (born June 27, 1973) is a former American football guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New England Patriots, the Miami Dolphins, and the St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes after graduating from Boulder High School. He was both a high school football and college football All-American and a star offensive lineman on a record-setting Colorado offensive unit. In the NFL, his team made the playoffs in five of his first six seasons. He is both the son of a former Colorado football player and the nephew of Hale Irwin, also a former football player at Colorado, who would eventually go on to win three U.S. Open golf titles and become a World Golf Hall of Fame member. Early life and college Irwin was a high school All-American (by Super Prep and Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report) at Boulder High School, where he played offensive guard and defensive tackle. He also competed in the shot put and disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
