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Mac Diarmata
Mac Diarmada (anglicised as MacDermot or McDermott), also spelled Mac Diarmata, is an Irish surname, and the surname of the ruling dynasty of Moylurg, a kingdom that existed in Connacht from the 10th to 16th centuries. The last ruling king was Tadhg mac Diarmata, who ruled until 1585. In 2021, Paul McDermott became the Prince of Coolavin, the new head of the family. A sept of the McDermott's MacDermot Roe became high sheriff of Roscommon. Naming conventions History The progenitor of the family was Dermot mac Tadhg Mor, 7th King of Moylurg, who reigned from 1124 to 1159. He was a vassal and kinsman of the Ó Conchubhair, Kings of Connacht; their common ancestor was Tadg mac Cathal, King of Connacht from 925 to 956. They were based at McDermott's Castle, Lough Key. Later offshoot septs of the dynasty included the families of MacDermot Roe. Moylurg ceased to exist as a kingdom in the late 16th century, though the senior line of the MacDermot's continued to live a sometime pov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhna). Between the reigns of Conchobar mac Taidg Mór (died 882) and his descendant, Aedh mac Ruaidri Ó Conchobair (reigned 1228–33), it became a kingdom under the rule of the Uí Briúin Aí dynasty, whose ruling sept adopted the surname Ua Conchobair. At its greatest extent, it incorporated the often independent Kingdom of Breifne, as well as vassalage from the lordships of western Mide and west Leinster. Two of its greatest kings, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (1088–1156) and his son Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (c. 1115–1198) greatly expanded the kingdom's dominance, so much so that both became High King of Ireland. The Kingdom of Connacht collapsed in the 1230s because of civil war within the royal dynasty, which enabled widespread Hiber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacDiarmid
McDiarmid, also MacDiarmid, is an Irish surname originating from a high king of Ireland circa 657 AD, popular in Scotland. People Notable people with this surname include: McDiarmid * Archie McDiarmid (1881–1957), Scottish-born Canadian track and field athlete * Bunny McDiarmid (contemporary), New Zealand environmental activist * C. J. McDiarmid (1869–1942), American lawyer and professional baseball executive * David McDiarmid (1952–1995), Tasmanian-born Australian artist, designer and political activist * Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid (1906–1994), American politician in Virginia and Quaker activist * Errett Weir McDiarmid (1909–2000), American librarian and academic * George McDiarmid (1880–1946), Scottish footballer * Howard McDiarmid (1927–2010), Canadian physician and political figure in British Columbia * Ian McDiarmid (born 1944), Scottish Tony award theatre actor and director * Jack McDiarmid (1903–1974), Australian rules footballer * John McDiarmid (tennis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory MacDermot
Prince of Coolavin was a title first applied by popular usage to Charles MacDermot, 1707–1758, then head of the MacDermot family of Moylurg. Coolavin () is a barony in south County Sligo in Ireland. Up to the late 16th century the head of the family were still Kings of Moylurg, but had lost their lands due to confiscation. The adoption of the term indicated that the family considered themselves "princes", and also considered as such by their neighbours. The title continued to be used by the head of the family into the 21st century. Title holders * Charles MacDermot, 1707–1758, first to be styled Prince of Coolavin. * Myles MacDermot, died 1758-1792. * Hugh MacDermot, M.D., 1792-1824. * Charles Joseph MacDermot, J.P., 1824-1873. * Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, 1873-1904. * Charles Edward MacDermot, 1904-1947. * Charles John MacDermot, 1947-1979. * Dermot MacDermot, 1979-1989. * Niall Anthony MacDermot, 1989-2003. * Rory MacDermot, 2004-2021. In popular culture ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Anthony MacDermot
Prince of Coolavin was a title first applied by popular usage to Charles MacDermot, 1707–1758, then head of the MacDermot family of Moylurg. Coolavin () is a barony in south County Sligo in Ireland. Up to the late 16th century the head of the family were still Kings of Moylurg, but had lost their lands due to confiscation. The adoption of the term indicated that the family considered themselves "princes", and also considered as such by their neighbours. The title continued to be used by the head of the family into the 21st century. Title holders * Charles MacDermot, 1707–1758, first to be styled Prince of Coolavin. * Myles MacDermot, died 1758-1792. * Hugh MacDermot, M.D., 1792-1824. * Charles Joseph MacDermot, J.P., 1824-1873. * Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, 1873-1904. * Charles Edward MacDermot, 1904-1947. * Charles John MacDermot, 1947-1979. * Dermot MacDermot, 1979-1989. * Niall Anthony MacDermot, 1989-2003. * Rory MacDermot, 2004-2021. In popular culture ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall MacDermot
Niall MacDermot CBE OBE QC (10 September 1916 – 22 February 1996) was a British Labour politician. MacDermot was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and served in the Intelligence Corps during the Second World War. He was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North, at a by-election in 1957 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Austin Hudson. MacDermot lost his seat two years later at the 1959 general election, and unsuccessfully contested the equivalent seat at the 1961 London County Council election. He returned to Parliament as MP for Derby North at a by-election in 1962. He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1964 to 1967, and retired from the Commons at the 1970 general election. From 1970 to 1990, he was Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists, succeeding Seán MacBride. He was the grandson of Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, who served as Solicitor G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot
Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin PC, JP, DL, QC (1 July 1834 – 6 February 1904), was an Irish lawyer. Legal career MacDermot served as Solicitor-General for Ireland in the Liberal government of 1886, and as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1892, when he was made a member of the Irish Privy Council. Personal life MacDermot was the eldest son of Charles Joseph MacDermot by his wife Arabella Mary, only child of Hyacinth O'Rorke, representative of the House of O'Rorke of Breffny. He succeeded his father 5 September 1873 as The Mac Dermot, Prince of Coolavin. MacDermot died on 6 February 1904, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Edward MacDermot. His grandson (by his fourth son, Henry) Niall MacDermot was a British Labour MP and junior minister between 1957 and 1970. His youngest son, Frank MacDermot, served as a member of both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann between 1932 and 1942. See also * Chiefs of the Name * Kings of Moylurg The Kings of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galt MacDermot
Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song " African Waltz" in 1960. His most-successful musicals were ''Hair'' (1967; its cast album also won a Grammy) and '' Two Gentlemen of Verona'' (1971). MacDermot also composed music for film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and classical music, and his music has been sampled in hit hip-hop songs and albums. He is best known for his work on ''Hair'', which produced three number-one singles in 1969: " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "Good Morning Starshine", and the title song "Hair". Biography MacDermot was born in Montreal, the son of Canadian diplomat Terence MacDermot and Elizabeth Savage. He was educated at Upper Canada College and Bishop's University (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada). He received a bachelor's degree in music from Cape Town University, South Africa, and made a study of African musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank MacDermot
Frank C. J. MacDermot (25 November 1886 – 24 June 1975) was an Irish barrister, soldier, politician and historian who served as Seanad Éireann, Senator from 1937 to 1943, after being Nominated members of Seanad Éireann, nominated by the Taoiseach. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon (Dáil constituency), Roscommon constituency from 1932 to 1937. He was also a founding member of Fine Gael. Early life MacDermot was born in Dublin, the seventh and youngest son of Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin. He was educated at Downside School and the University of Oxford and qualified as a barrister. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps during World War I and ended the war as a Major. He later emigrated to the United States and became a banker in New York City from 1919 until 1927. Political career Early political career He returned to Ireland in the late 1920s, and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent Republican (Ireland), Independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermot MacDermot
Sir Dermot MacDermot (1906–1989), styled Prince of Coolavin, Chief of the Name, head of the MacDermot clan, and a descendant of the Kings of Moylurg. MacDermot attended Stonyhurst College, and went on to Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar. Sir Dermot MacDermot had served as British Ambassador to Indonesia (1956–59) and Thailand (1961–65). He succeeded his brother as The MacDermot upon the latter's death in 1979. He wrote an account of the family titled ''"MacDermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family"''. The book chronicles the affairs of the Kings of Moylurg and their neighbours over the course of six hundred years. It contains thirty-five family trees concerning MacDermots and their related families, and ten appendices. MacDermot died before seeing the book in print, but it was published shortly after by his sons Niall (who succeeded him as Prince of Coolavin) Hugh and Connor. See also * Chiefs of the Name * Kings of Moylurg The Kings of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchobair MacDermot
Conchobar mac Diarmata, was the ninth king of Moylurg, reigning 1187 to 1196. Overview Conchobhair is recorded the year before he became king due to a family tragedy: ''"The rock of Lough Key was burned by lightning. Duvesa, daughter of O'Heyn, and wife of Conor Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, with seven hundred (or seven score) others, or more, both men and women, were drowned or burned in it in the course of one hour."'' This also demonstrates that the dynasty were already living on the Carrig (the Rock) of Lough Ce by this date. Conchobhair became the King of Moylurg the following year upon Muirgius's death. There is no other notice of him in the annals until in 1196, when "Conchubhar Mac Diarmada tighearna Maighe Luirg do dhol h-i n-urd i Mainistir na Búille, & ro ghabh Tomaltach tighearnus dia ési/Conor Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, embraced Orders in the monastery of Boyle; and Tomaltagh assumed the lordship in his stead." His death was recorded as taking place there the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kermit (given Name)
Kermit is a male given name found mainly in the United States. It is a variant spelling of '' Kermode'', a surname in the Isle of Man, which itself is a Manx language variant of ''Mac Diarmata'', an Irish language patronymic anglicised ''MacDermot''. The name ''Kermit'' came to prominence through Kermit Roosevelt (1889–1943), son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, named for Robert Kermit, a maternal great-uncle. The character Kermit the Frog, introduced in 1955, made the name known internationally through the television programs ''Sesame Street'' (from 1969) and ''The Muppet Show'' (from 1976). People with the given name Kermit A-G * Kermit Alexander (born 1941), former American football player * Kermit Beahan (1918–1989), U.S. Air Force officer who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki * Kermit Bloomgarden (1904–1976), American theatrical producer * Kermit Blossor (1911–2006), namesake of the Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame * Kermit Blount (born 1958), former h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manx Language
Manx ( or , pronounced or ), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Manx is the historical language of the Manx people. Although only few children native to the Isle of Man speak Manx as a first language, there has been a steady increase in the number of speakers since the death of Ned Maddrell in 1974. He was considered to be the last speaker to grow up in a Manx-speaking community environment. Despite this, the language has never fallen completely out of use, with a minority having some knowledge of it as a heritage language, and it is still an important part of the island's culture and cultural heritage. Manx is often cited as a good example of language revival efforts; in 2015, around 1,800 people had varying levels of second-language conversational ability. Since the late 20th century, Manx has become more visible on the island, with increased si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
