|
Keir McGuinness
Keir or Kier () is a Gaelic languages, Gaelic name derived from Ciar. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Andrew Keir (1926–1997), Scottish actor *Colin Keir (born 1959), Scottish politician *David Keir (1884–1971), British actor *David Lindsay Keir (1895–1973), British historian *Jack Keir, Canadian politician *James Keir (1735–1820), Scottish scientist *John Keir (1856–1937), British Army officer *Leitch Keir, Scottish footballer *Nick Keir (born 1953), Scottish musician Given name *Keir Clark (1910–2010), Canadian politician *Keir Dillon (born 1977), American snowboarder *Keir Dullea (born 1936), American actor *Keir Gilchrist (born 1992), Canadian actor *Keir Giles, (born 1968), British writer *Keir Graff (born 1969), American writer *Keir Hardie (1856–1915), Scottish socialist, first leader of the Labour Party (UK), UK Labour Party *Keir Nuttall, Australian musician *Keir O'Donnell (born 1978), Australian actor *Keir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Languages
The Goidelic or Gaelic languages ( ga, teangacha Gaelacha; gd, cà nanan Goidhealach; gv, çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish ('), Scottish Gaelic ('), and Manx ('). Manx died out as a first language in the 20th century but has since been revived to some degree. Nomenclature ''Gaelic'', by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and so it is ambiguous. Irish and Manx are sometimes referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages), but the use of the word "Gaelic" is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when used to denote languages, always refer to those languages. This is in contrast to Scottish Gaelic, for which "Gaelic" distinguishes the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
