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Rosaleen
Rosaleen is an Irish female first name. It is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Róisín, the diminutive of "rose" in the Irish language; it therefore means "little rose". It has use in Ireland since the 16th century, possibly popularised by Rosaline in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The name featured in "Dark Rosaleen" by James Clarence Mangan, a patriotic poem disguised as a love song, in a time when nationalistic expression was outlawed in Ireland. Thus the name is a poetic symbol of Ireland. ''Dark Rosaleen'' is also the name of a novel by Elizabeth O'Shea Dillon, published in 1884, which was serialised in ''United Ireland''. People with the given name *Rosaleen Davey (born 1947), Irish visual artist *Rosaleen Linehan (born 1937), Irish stage, screen and television actress *Rosaleen Love (born 1940), Australian science journalist and writer *Rosaleen McDonagh, activist, playwright and Irish Traveller *Rosaleen Mills (1905–1993), Irish activist and educator *Rosalee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen Norton
Rosaleen Miriam Norton (2 October 1917 – 5 December 1979), who used the name of Thorn, was a New Zealand-born Australian artist and occultist, in the latter capacity adhering to a form of pantheistic / Neopagan Witchcraft largely devoted to the mythological Greek god Pan. She lived much of her later life in the bohemian area of Kings Cross, Sydney, leading her to be termed the "Witch of Kings Cross" in some of the tabloids, Drury 2009. p. 07. and from where she led her own coven of Witches. Her paintings, which have been compared to those of British occult artist Austin Osman Spare, often depicted images of supernatural entities such as pagan gods and demons, sometimes involved in sexual acts. These caused particular controversy in Australia during the 1940s and '50s, when the country "was both socially and politically conservative" with Christianity as the dominant faith and at a time when the government "promoted a harsh stance on censorship." For this reason the authoriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen McDonagh
Rosaleen McDonagh is an activist, playwright and Irish Traveller. Early life McDonagh was born in Sligo and is the fourth of twenty children. She was born with a disability. She spent ten years working in the Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre in the Violence against women programme. McDonagh got a BA in Biblical and Theological Studies. She then went on to complete an MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, and an MPhil in Creative Writing, all from Trinity College Dublin. In December 2019 she was awarded a PhD from Northumbria University. Career McDonagh has been an activist for the Irish Travellers community. She writes for The Irish Times as well as having written a number of plays focusing typically on the feminist Traveller perspective. One of her plays, ''Rings'', was performed at VAS in Washington in June 2010. Another was shortlisted for the PJ O’ Connor radio play Awards in 2010. Colum McCann chose her to adapt his novel ''Zoli'' for stage. McDonagh has had work c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen Mills
Rosaleen Mills (16 July 1905 – 17 September 1993) was an Irish activist and educator. Early life and education Rosaleen Mills was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway on 16 July 1905. She was the fourth of the five children of John and Rosetta Mills (née Dobbin). Her father was Resident Medical Superintendent of the Connaught District Lunatic Asylum. She was educated at Mount Pleasant school, Ballinasloe and the Roedean School in Brighton, England. She studied Spanish and French at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), attaining an MA in modern languages. While attending TCD she was an active member of the all-female Elizabethan Society, the only society women could join as members at the time. After graduation, she lived in Germany for a year, and travelled to France and Spain. Later, she was the first woman to address the College Historical Society in 1969 in which she proposed the motion "That This House Reveres the Memory of Miss Pankhurst" at a debate chaired by Sheelagh Murnaghan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen Linehan
Rosaleen Philomena Linehan (; born 1 June 1937) is an Irish stage, screen and television actress. Career Linehan was born in Dublin. She attended University College Dublin and graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Politics. She joined UCD Dramsoc on her first day of college and started acting professionally within two years of leaving the university. She has appeared in many comedy revues written by her husband Fergus. She has appeared on stage in, among other plays, '' Blithe Spirit'', ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' and ''Twelfth Night'' She was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Kate in Brian Friel's ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' at the 1992 Tony Awards. She starred as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's ''Happy Days'' on stage and on screen as part of the ''Beckett on Film'' project, having already played the role in a 1996 production at the Gate Theatre opposite Barry McGovern. In 1972, Linehan won a Jacob's Award for her RTÉ Radio co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen Davey
Rosaleen Davey (born 1947) is an Irish visual artist. Biography Rosaleen Davey was born in Belfast in 1947. She has lived in Dublin since the 1970s. Davey studied in the Ulster College of Art in Belfast and at Leeds University. Davey studied with Colin Harrison. She has taught painting at the National College of Art and Design. Davey creates figurative or abstract. Her works have been exhibited in a number of galleries in Ireland such as the Ayesha Castle Gallery, Co. Dublin in 1997, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny in 1996 and the Caldwell Gallery, Dublin in 1982. She has also exhibited at the Cavanacor Gallery, Taylor Galleries, Fenderesky Gallery, the RHA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Crawford Art Gallery The Crawford Art Gallery ( ga, Áiléar Crawford) is a public art gallery and museum in the city of Cork, Ireland. Known informally as the Crawford, it was designated a 'National Cultural Institution' in 2006. It is "dedicated to the visual arts .... Davey's work is includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds
Rosaleen (Rosie) Moriarty-Simmonds (born 1960) is a British businesswoman, artist and disability rights campaigner. She was born without arms or legs after her mother was prescribed thalidomide in pregnancy. Education She attended Ysgol Erw'r Delyn, a special school in Penarth, and from age 14 Treloar School in Alton, at that time the only school in the UK to offer an academic education for students with disabilities. She was the first disabled student to enrol at Cardiff University, graduating in 1985 with a BSc degree in psychology. Career After graduating Moriarty-Simmonds worked in the civil service at Companies House for seven years, at Executive Officer level. In 1995 she established RMS Disability Issues Consultancy, which offers training in Disability Issues. She has appeared in many radio and television programmes, starting with an appearance in a television news bulletin at the age of two. She was one of the leading campaigners for the creation of the Thalidomide Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth O'Shea Dillon
Elizabeth O'Shea Dillon (1842 – 1900) was an Irish writer. Life Elizabeth O'Shea Dillon was born in 1842 in Nenagh, County Tipperary. Her parents were John and Mary Anne O'Shea (née Gill) of Summerhill, Nenagh. Her father was a journalist with ''The'' ''Nenagh Guardian''. Her mother was a sister of the editor-proprietor of the ''Tipperary Advocate'', Peter E. Gill, and the aunt of T. P. Gill. Her older brother John Augustus was a soldier, journalist and novelist, and her sister Marion emigrated to the United States where she married Robert Roosevelt. Another sister, Margaret (Mrs Kelly) (1854–1927) was noted as being fluent in a number of languages, and translated French works, and her brother Robert Gabriel (1854?–1882) was the London political correspondent for the ''Freeman's Journal''. Dillon wrote a number of novels, including ''Sal o' the Wig'' which in 1869 was serialised in the ''Shamrock''. Her 1884 ''Dark Rosaleen'' is considered her major work. It is a roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaleen Love
Rosaleen Love (born 1940) is an Australian science journalist and writer. She has a PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Melbourne. She has written works on the Great Barrier Reef and other science or conservation topics. She has also written science fiction, which has been noted for her use of irony and feminism. She has been nominated for the Ditmar Award six times, and won the in 2009. Bibliography Collections *''The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories'' (1989) *'' |
Róisín
Róisín, sometimes anglicized as Roisin or Rosheen, is an Irish female given name, meaning "little rose". The English equivalent is Rose, Rosaleen or Rosie. People *Roisin Conaty, English comedian *Roisin Dunne, guitarist in the group 7 Year Bitch *Róisín Egenton (born 1977), winner of the 2000 ''Rose of Tralee'' *Róisín Ingle (born 1971), Irish Times columnist, editor and "podcaster" *Róisín McAliskey (born 1971), Irish political activist *Roisin McAuley, TV reporter and author *Roisin McGettigan (born 1980), Irish athlete *Róisín McLaren, Scottish political activist *Róisín Murphy (born 1973), Irish singer/songwriter *Róisín O (born 1988), Irish singer/songwriter *Róisín Shortall (born 1954), Irish politician * Róisín Upton (born 1994) is an Ireland field hockey international. Literature ''Róisín Dubh'' is a personification of Ireland. It features in a song of the range name, which was translated into English as the nationalistic poem "Dark Rosaleen" by Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan ( ga, Séamus Ó Mangáin; 1 May 1803, Dublin – 20 June 1849), was an Irish poet. He freely translated works from German, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, and Irish, with his translations of Goethe gaining special interest. After the Great Famine in Ireland (he died in 1849 when the famine was still going on) he began writing patriotic poems, such as ''A Vision of Connaught in the Thirteenth Century''. Mangan was troubled, eccentric, and an alcoholic. He died early from cholera. After his death, Mangan was hailed as Ireland's first national poet and admired by writers such as James Joyce and William Butler Yeats. Early life Mangan was born at Fishamble Street, Dublin, the son of James Mangan, a former hedge school teacher and native of Shanagolden, County Limerick, and Catherine Smith from Kiltale, County Meath. After marrying Smith, James Mangan took over a grocery business in Dublin owned by the Smith family, eventually becoming bankrupt a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictionary Of Irish Biography
The ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (DIB) is a biographical dictionary of notable Irish people and people not born in the country who had notable careers in Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Dictionary of Irish Biography 9 Volume Set History The work was supervised by a board of editors which included the historian . It was published as a nine-volume set in 2009 by |
English Feminine Given Names
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
