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MacNeil
MacNeil can have a number of different meanings and spellings: Clan MacNeil is a Scottish clan. Notable people *Al MacNeil (born 1935), Canadian hockey player *Angus MacNeil (born 1970), Scottish politician * Archibald Macneil of Colonsay (fl. 1773–1805), Scottish laird * Bernie MacNeil (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player * Bhreagh MacNeil, Canadian actress * Brett MacNeil (born 1967), Canadian gridiron football player *Carol Brooks MacNeil (1871–1944), American sculptor *Carole MacNeil (born 1964), Canadian television journalist * Charles Grant MacNeil (1892–1976), Canadian politician *Chuck MacNeil (born 1944), Canadian politician *Colin MacNeil, British comics artist * Colin MacNeil (footballer) (born 1936), Australian rules footballer * Cooper MacNeil (born 1992), American racecar driver *Cornell MacNeil (1922–2011), American baritone *Donald C. MacNeil (1924–1978), Canadian politician *Drew MacNeil (born 1964), Scottish shinty player *Flora MacNeil (1928–201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan MacNeil
Clan MacNeil, also known in Scotland as Clan Niall, is a highland Scottish clan of Irish origin. According to their early genealogies and some sources they're descended from Eógan mac Néill and Niall of the Nine Hostages. The clan is particularly associated with the Outer Hebridean island of Barra. The early history of Clan MacNeil is obscure, however despite this the clan claims to descend from the legendary Irish King Niall of the Nine Hostages, who is counted as the 1st Clan Chief, the current Clan Chief being the 47th. The clan itself takes its name from a ''Niall'' who lived in the 13th or early 14th century, and who belonged to the same dynastic family of Cowal and Knapdale as the ancestors of the Lamonts, MacEwens of Otter, Maclachlans, and the MacSweens. While the clan is centred in Barra in the Outer Hebrides, there is a branch of the clan in Argyll (McNeill/MacNeill) that some historians have speculated was more senior in line, or possibly even unrelated. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus MacNeil
Angus Brendan MacNeil ( gd, Aonghas Brianan MacNèill; born 21 July 1970) is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for covering the Outer Hebrides. Background MacNeil was educated at Castlebay Secondary School on the island of Barra and the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis before attending Strathclyde University where he played shinty and in 1992 gained a degree in civil engineering. After graduation he worked as a civil engineer for Morrison Construction and as a student reporter for the Gaelic section of BBC Radio Scotland. After qualifying as a teacher at Jordanhill College in 1996 , he then taught the first Gaelic Medium Class at Salen and Acharacle Primary Schools in Argyll on the Scottish mainland. Unusually, MacNeil is a Roman Catholic representing a strongly Presbyterian parliamentary constituency. House of Commons After being defeated by the Labour Party's David Stewart in Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber at the 2001 ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora MacNeil
Flora MacNeil, MBE (6 October 1928 – 15 May 2015) was a Scottish Gaelic Traditional singer. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and continued to perform into her later years. Early life MacNeil was born in 1928 into a Gaelic-speaking and Roman Catholic family inside her parents' croft at Ledag, Castlebay, on the island of Barra, which is sometimes called, "the island the Reformation never reached". There were singers on both sides of the MacNeil family, but the menfolk were often away at sea for long periods, leaving the women to raise the children and tend the croft – while constantly singing to assuage their labours. Her mother was Ann Gillies. Her father, Seumas MacNeil, worked as a fisherman and died when Flora was 14. In these pre-television and pre-radio days, ceilidhs were a regular occurrence on Barra, and from earliest childhood MacNeil later remembered "soaking up" literally hundreds of songs, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole MacNeil
Carole MacNeil is a Canadian television journalist, known for her work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation which spanned over thirty years. MacNeil began her career anchoring local news programs in New Brunswick and Ontario in the early 1990s, before joining CBC Newsworld in 1998. Her most recent program was ''CBC Rundown with Carole MacNeil'', a daytime news program on CBC News Network. Biography MacNeil grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. From 1990 to 1994, she worked at CBC station CBAT-DT in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where she was a co-anchor for the evening news program and the host of a current affairs program. In October 1994, she moved to Windsor, Ontario, where she became the anchor of the local evening newscast on CBET-DT, the local CBC station. MacNeil replaced David Kyle as the station's late-night news anchor in February 1996, becoming the anchor of both the evening and late-night newscasts. Leaving the Windsor station in August 1998, she joined CBC N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al MacNeil
Allister Wences MacNeil (born September 27, 1935) is a former National Hockey League player and coach. He was the first native of Atlantic Canada to serve as a head coach in the NHL. Career He played parts of eleven seasons in the National Hockey League as a rugged defenceman with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Upon retiring as a player, MacNeil turned to coaching with the Montreal Voyageurs of the American Hockey League, top farm club of the Canadiens, for the 1969–70 season. After a successful debut, MacNeil became an assistant coach to Claude Ruel of the NHL Canadiens for the 1970–71 season. Montreal Canadiens During that season, the Habs struggled for a good portion of the season, at one point in danger of missing the playoffs for a second straight year—something that hadn't happened since they missed the playoffs three years in a row from 1919 to 1922. Ruel resigned 23 games into the season an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken MacNeil
Ken MacNeil (born December 16, 1975) is a Canadians, Canadian professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation events. Career MacNeil qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship by finishing fourth in the North American Order of Merit. In the preliminary round, he defeated Guyana's Norman Madhoo 4–2. In the first round, he lost 3–2 to Alan Tabern. He represented Canada with John Part in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they reached the second round by defeating Hungary 5–3. MacNeil then beat 15-time World Champion Phil Taylor (darts player), Phil Taylor in his singles match, but they would eventually succumb 3–2 to the English duo of Taylor and Adrian Lewis, having lost a sudden death leg. In June MacNeil lost in the final of the Canadian Open to Terry Hayhurst. MacNeil entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013 and 2014 and succeeded on the first day, defeating David Copley 6–2 in his final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather MacNeil
Heather MacNeil is a professor at the Faculty of Information of the University of Toronto, Canada. She teaches archives and record keeping related topics. She is a former General Editor of ''Archivaria'' (2014-2015) and helped develop the concept of the Archival bond. Bill Landis, Head of Public Services, Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University Library, nominated MacNeil's 2005 paper "Picking Our Text: Archival Description, Authenticity, and the Archivist as Editor" as his favourite article from ''American Archivist The ''American Archivist'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal and the official publication of the Society of American Archivists. It covers theoretical and practical developments in archival science, particularly in North America. The jou ...'', saying "Heather MacNeil does an incredible job of unpacking the hidden assumptions we've developed as a profession ...". In 2016 MacNeil was awarded the James J. Talman Award by the Archives Association of Ontar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Brooks MacNeil
Carol Brooks MacNeil (January 15, 1871 – June 22, 1944) was an American sculptor, born in Chicago where she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Lorado Taft. MacNeil modeled many charming and unique designs for vases, teapots, inkstands, and other decorative and useful objects, as well as children's busts, including those of her two sons, and statuettes. Life The daughter of a painter father, MacNeil chose instead to work in sculpture. MacNeil studied in Paris under Frederick William MacMonnies and Jean Antoine Injalbert. She was one of the " white rabbits" who worked for Lorado Taft at the World Columbian Exposition of 1893, along with other female artists including Helen F. Mears. In 1895, she married Hermon Atkins MacNeil, a sculptor of American Indians and heroic monuments. They had two sons, Claude A. MacNeil and Alden B. MacNeil. MacNeil evidently collaborated with her husband on at least one project, a sculpture of William McKinley in the ''William McKinley Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen MacNeil
Karen MacNeil (born 1954) is an American author, journalist, wine educator and consultant. Career MacNeil's first article, on the subject of the best butter on offer in New York delis, was published in ''The Village Voice.'' She transitioned to wine writing in the mid-1970s, when she was commissioned by ''Elle'' magazine to write a wine article. In 1991, she signed a contract with Workman Publishing Co. to write a book on wine, ''The Wine Bible'', which was released in 2001. Her second book was ''Wine, Food & Friends'' (2006). and was the host of a 13-episode PBS series titled ''Wine, Food and Friends with Karen MacNeil'' (in tandem with the book), for which she won an Emmy. MacNeil was also wine correspondent on NBC's ''The Today Show'', has published articles in a wide range of publications, and works as a private wine education consultant. The second edition of ''The Wine Bible'' was published in 2015. The third version of ''The Wine Bible'' is scheduled for publication in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Hermon Atkins MacNeil (February 27, 1866 – October 2, 1947) was an American sculptor born in Everett, Massachusetts. He is known for designing the ''Standing Liberty'' quarter, struck by the Mint from 1916-1930; and for sculpting ''Justice, the Guardian of Liberty'' on the east pediment of the United States Supreme Court building. Career MacNeil graduated from Massachusetts Normal Art School, now Massachusetts College of Art and Design, in 1886, became an instructor in industrial art at Cornell University from 1886 to 1889, and was then a pupil of Henri M. Chapu and Alexandre Falguière in Paris. Returning to America, he aided Philip Martiny (1858–1927) in the preparation of sketch models for the World's Columbian Exposition, and in 1896 he won the Rinehart scholarship, passing four years (1896–1900) in Rome. In 1906 he became a National Academician. His first important work was ''The Moqui Runner'', which was followed by ''A Primitive Chant'', and ''The Sun Vow' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laine MacNeil
Laine MacNeil (born October 28, 1996) is a Canadian actress. MacNeil made her motion picture debut at the age of thirteen, and is best known for her role as Patty Farrell in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' feature film franchise, which earned her five Young Artist Award nominations, including a win as Best Young Supporting Actress in a Feature Film. Life and career MacNeil was born on October 28, 1996, in Surrey, British Columbia. She attended Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School. She began her acting career at a young age and appeared in her first significant film production in a non-negligible marginal role. In'' Mr. Troop Mom'' with all-rounder George Lopez in 2009 she had the role of the Kayla. The following year the young actress came to her international breakthrough when she was cast in the role months before as " Patty Farrell" in the first film adaptation of the successful book series '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid''. For her performance in the film, the young Canadian was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian MacNeil (scenic Designer)
Ian MacNeil (born 1960) is a British scenic designer. He won the 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for ''An Inspector Calls'' and the 2009 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for ''Billy Elliot The Musical''. Early life and career The son of news anchor and journalist Robert MacNeil, he became interested in design at an early age, playing with toy theaters and creating puppet shows with his sister in their yard. "I still remember the pleasure I took in creating those little worlds - complete environments with characters I could manipulate," he recalled in a 1995 interview. MacNeil graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut in 1980 and studied at the Croydon School of Art and later with Ming Cho Lee in New York City. He spent a decade designing productions in Birmingham, Worcester, York, and Manchester before moving to London, where he made his West End debut with '' Death and the Maiden'' in 1991. MacNeil has designed for many London venues, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
