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O'Doherty (surname)
O'Doherty is a surname, part of the O'Doherty family. Notable persons with that surname include: * Brian O'Doherty (born 1928), Irish art critic, writer, artist, and academic *Sir Cahir O'Doherty (1587–1608), last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen in Ireland *Chris O'Doherty (born 1951), known as Reg , New Zealand-born artist and musician *Claudia O'Doherty (born 1983), Australian actress and comedian * David O'Doherty (born 1975), Irish stand-up comedian * Éamonn O'Doherty (republican) (1939–1999), Irish republican and author *Éamonn O'Doherty (sculptor) (1939–2011), Irish sculptor and painter *Ellen O'Doherty (religious) (1894-1983), Australian superior general of Sisters of Charity *Gemma O'Doherty, Irish investigative journalist *Hugh O'Doherty (died 1924), Irish nationalist politician *Ian O'Doherty, Irish columnist *James Edward O'Doherty (1848–1932), Irish lawyer and politician * Jarrod O'Doherty, rugby league footballer * Jim O'Doherty, American television producer, writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Doherty Family
The O’Doherty family ( ga, Clann Ua DochartaigNorthern Uí Néill) is an Irish clan based in County Donegal in the north of the island of Ireland. Like clans in other cultures, Irish clans such as the O’Dohertys are divided into many septs and regional families. In the modern day, there are over 250 variations in spelling of the name Ó Dochartaigh, of which Doherty (with or without the "Ó") is the most common anglicisation. Naming conventions Origins The O’Dohertys are named after Dochartach (fl. 10th century), a member of the Cenél Conaill dynasty which in medieval Irish genealogy traced itself to Niall of the Nine Hostages (see Uí Néill). Their coat of arms is a gules rampant stag in an argent field, vert chief with three stars. The clan motto is ''Ár nDuthchas'' (English: Our heritage). In Munster O'Doherty is often a different surname, Ó Dubhartaigh, which has sometimes been anglicized as Doorty in Co. Clare. The O’Doherty clan and family name is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Izod O'Doherty
Kevin Izod O'Doherty (7 September 1823 – 15 July 1905) was an Irish Australian politician who, as a Young Irelander, had been transported to Tasmania in 1849. He was first elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1867. In the 1885 he returned to Europe briefly serving as an Irish Home Rule MP at Westminster before returning in 1886 as a private citizen to Brisbane. Biography O'Doherty was born in Dublin on 7 September 1823, although other sources including the Dictionary of Australasian Biography indicate he was born in June 1824. Charles Gavan Duffy, in his ''My Life in Two Hemispheres'', states that O'Doherty was still under age when he was arrested in July 1848; however, Gavan Duffy was writing 50 years later. O'Doherty received a good education and studied medicine, but before he was qualified, joined the Young Ireland party and in June 1848, together with Thomas Antisell and Richard D'Alton Williams, established ''The Irish Tribune''. Only five editions were is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa O'Doherty
Rosa O'Neill (''né'' O'Doherty; Irish: ''Róisín Ní Dhochartaigh''; c.1588–1660) was a member of the O'Doherty family of County Donegal who lived during the late Tudor and Stuart eras. Biography Born Rosa O'Doherty, Rosa was the daughter of Sir John O'Doherty, and the younger sister of Sir Cahir O'Doherty. The O'Doherty's were the traditional rulers of Inishowen. Sir Cahir fought on the Crown's side during Tyrone's Rebellion (1594-1603). In 1608, angered at his treatment by local officials, he launched O'Doherty's Rebellion by burning Derry. Sir Cahir was defeated and killed at the Battle of Kilmacrennan, and Inishowen was confiscated from the family. Rosa had earlier been married to Cathbarr O'Donnell, the younger brother of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell. Both Cathbarr and Rosa accompanied Rory to Continental Europe during the 1607 Flight of the Earls. Her husband died of fever in Italy the following year, leaving Rosa widow at the age of twenty. She re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Donegal (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922. Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament. Boundaries This constituency comprised the northern part of County Donegal, consisting of the barony of Inishowen East, that part of the barony of Inishowen West not contained within the constituency of East Donegal, and that part of the barony of Kilmacrenan contained within the parishes of Clandavaddog, Killygarvan and Tullyfern and the townlands of Drumherrive, Glenalla and Ray in the parish of Aughnish. Members of Parliament Notes:- * 1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip O'Doherty (politician)
Philip O'Doherty (1871 – 6 February 1926) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was first elected unopposed as the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the North Donegal constituency at the 1906 general election. He was re-elected unopposed at the January 1910 and December 1910 The following events occurred in December 1910: December 1, 1910 (Thursday) * Porfirio Diaz was inaugurated for his eighth term as President of Mexico."Record of Current Events", ''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (January 1911), pp ... general elections. He lost his seat at the 1918 general election. External links * 1871 births 1926 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Donegal constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 People from County Donegal {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O'Doherty
Peter O'Doherty (born 23 March 1958) is a New Zealand-born Australian musician and visual artist. He is a founder of Australian pop band, Dog Trumpet, in 1991 on guitar and vocals, alongside his older brother, Chris O'Doherty ( Reg Mombassa) on guitar, keyboards, harmonica and vocals. They were also members of new wave group, Mental as Anything, which O'Doherty joined in August 1977 on bass guitar and vocals, until they both left in 2000. As a visual artist, O'Doherty specialised in still life and everyday suburban scenes. He is married to Susan, who is also a visual artist. Early life to Mental as Anything Peter O'Doherty was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 23 March 1958; with his family he emigrated to Sydney in 1969. His father, James, and mother were landscape painters. His older brother, Chris ( Reg Mombassa, born 1951), attended art school where he formed a new wave group, Mental As Anything, in early 1976 with his fellow students. O'Doherty attended high school on Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat O'Doherty
Pat O'Doherty (born 20 February 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels and Gold Coast Seagulls. Early life Born and raised in Ipswich, O'Doherty's brothers Bill, Donald and Bernard and Hugh all played for Fortitude Valley Diehards, Valleys in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Hugh also played two matches for Queensland. Club career An Ipswich junior, O'Doherty was in the first-grade squad with the Ipswich Jets as early as 1986, playing under coach Tommy Raudonikis alongside players like Allan Langer and Kevin Walters. After moving to Sydney to play in the New South Wales Rugby League, O'Doherty made his first-grade debut with the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1989. He played in the club’s first four games of the year, all losses. He returned to first-grade in round 12 and remained in the starting team for the rest of the season. At one time, he undertook the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orla O'Doherty
Orla O'Doherty née Brown (born 1971) is a former Irish American professional squash player who also currently serves as a squash professional coach and personal trainer She played squash in Ireland during her early days as a teenager and also played in the US in her late 40s after moving to the US in 1993. Personal life She was born and raised in Portmarnock. She lived in Ireland until her teenage and moved to the US in 1993 to pursue her squash career. Her elder brother Finbarr also played squash in national level. She married her partner Debbie Brown, a former American national squash champion on 18 April 2015. Career She pursued her career in squash and emerged in youth level following her triumph in Irish National Junior Squash Championships. She achieved her highest career PSA PSA, PsA, Psa, or psa may refer to: Biology and medicine * Posterior spinal artery * Primary systemic amyloidosis, a disease caused by the accumulation of abnormal proteins * Prostate-spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael J
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] |
Michael O'Doherty (publisher)
Michael O'Doherty is a television talent judge, newspaper writer and the publisher of the ''VIP'' magazine group in Ireland. O'Doherty's publishing business includes magazines such as ''VIP'', ''TV Now'', ''Kiss'', '' Stellar'' and ''The Dubliner'' Magazine. ''New York Dog'' collapse The idea for the magazine came from a joint business venture by Irish magazine publishers O'Doherty and John Ryan. Ryan's publishing company initially owned the publishing venture ''Stars on Sunday'' which folded with losses, whilst O'Doherty still maintained ''VIP''. ''New York Dog'' magazine was promoted on '' The Late Late Show'', and was set up alongside a New York City-based website, blogorrah.com, which was described by the ''Irish Independent'' as "a sort of ''Phoenix'' without portfolio". The site was edited by Derek O'Connor but stopped filing new posts in July 2007. Its closure, and that of ''New York Dog'', was extensively covered by the Irish media, many of whose members had been sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice O'Doherty
Maurice O'Doherty (17 November 1932 – 5 April 1998) was an Irish broadcaster best known as a newsreader for RTÉ News from 1966 until 1983. As a contemporary of Charles Mitchel the two men made the Nine O'Clock News the most watched news programme on Irish television. Early life The son of a member of the Garda Síochána from Donegal, O'Doherty was born in Limerick in 1932. He was educated locally before later boarding at St. Flannan's College in Ennis. After completing his secondary schooling O'Doherty worked with the state transport provider CIÉ at Foynes before joining Met Éireann in Shannon. It was here that he developed an interest in acting and he became a key member of the College Players in Limerick. In 1961 O'Doherty was transferred to Met Éireann's Central Analysis and Forecasting Office in Dublin. Broadcasting career After moving to Dublin O'Doherty applied for a position as an announcer with Radio Éireann and was accepted. He started out presenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary-Jean O'Doherty
Mary-Jean Anaïs O'Doherty is an Australian-American coloratura soprano. She was the first prize winner in the 2013 Paris Opera Awards. Life and career O'Doherty was born in Houston, Texas, to an Australian father and an Armenians, Armenian mother, Eliza Basmadjian, from Greece. She was educated at North Carolina School of the Arts and East Carolina University from which she received her Bachelor of Music degree in voice and flute performance as well as Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 2005. She was one of the 20 finalists in the 2006 Operatunity Oz talent search. O'Doherty won the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards, ABC Symphony Australia Young Vocalist Award in 2007 and the following year was the first recipient of the Australian International Opera Award which included a scholarship to study at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice under the direction of Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Dennis O'Neill. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
