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Sorcha Clarke
Sorcha is a Gaelic feminine given name. It is common to both the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages, and is derived from the Old Irish word ''sorchae, soirche'' meaning "brightness". In Scotland, ''Sorcha'' has traditionally been Anglicised as ''Clara'', which retains the name's Gaelic meaning: the English ''Clara'' is derived from the Latin ''clarus'', meaning "bright", "famous". The variant pronunciation of this name as is commonly confused by English-speakers with Saoirse , meaning "freedom". Notable people with the name Sorcha * Sorcha Boru (1900–2006), American potter * Sorca Clarke, Irish politician * Sorcha Cusack (born 1949), Irish actress * Sorcha Groundsell (born 1998), Scottish actress * Sorcha MacMahon (1888–1970), Irish nationalist and republican * Sorca McGrath, Irish musician * Sorcha Ní Chéide, Irish actress * Sorcha Ní Ghuairim (1911–1976), Irish teacher, author, Sean-nós singer * Sorcha Richardson, Irish singer-songwriter See also *List of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha Cusack
Sorcha Cusack (; born 9 April 1949) is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous television credits include playing the title role in ''Jane Eyre'' (1973), ''Casualty'' (1994–1997), ''Coronation Street'' (2008) and ''Father Brown'' (2013–present). Early and personal life Cusack was born on 9 April 1949 in Dublin, Ireland. She is the second daughter of the actors Cyril Cusack (1910–1993) and Maureen Cusack (1920–1977), her elder sister is actress Sinéad Cusack, and her younger sister is actress Niamh Cusack. She is a half-sister to Catherine Cusack. Through her sister Sinéad, she is the sister-in-law of actor Jeremy Irons and the aunt of actor Max Irons and his brother, former child actor Samuel Irons. She is married to actor Nigel Cooke with whom she has two children. Career Cusack has made many film and television appearances including ''Inspector Morse'' (“Cherubim and Seraphim“, S6:E5, 1992) as Joyce, ''The Bill'', ''Casualty'' (as Staff Nurse / Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish-language Feminine Given Names
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded Irish hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Feminine Given Names
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Irish-language Given Names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (''Gaeilge'') given names and Anglicized or Latinized forms, with English equivalents. Some English-language names derive directly from the Irish: Kathleen = Caitlín, Shaun = Seán. Some Irish-language names derive or are adapted from the English-language: Éamon = Edmund or Edward. Some Irish-language names have direct English equivalents deriving from a common name in Ireland. Máire, Maura and Mary derive from the French "Marie" and the Hebrew "Mary". Maureen = Máirín, a diminutive. Some Irish names have apparent equivalents in other languages, but they are not etymologically related. Áine (meaning "brightness" or "radiance") is accepted as Anna and Anne (Áine was the name of an Irish Celtic goddess). Some Irish given names may have no equivalent in English (being simply spelt phonetically in an Anglo-Roman way). During the " Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha Richardson
Sorcha Richardson (born 22 September 1990) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin. Early life Sorcha Richardson grew up in Dalkey. She formed her first band aged 10 with schoolfriends. She went to Brooklyn to study creative writing. Career Richardson came back to Dublin in late 2017. In 2018 she played at Longitude Festival and was named as one of RTÉ 2FM's Rising Artists, and she has worked with the Irish band All Tvvins. Her debut album ''First Prize Bravery'' (on the theme of "negotiating friendships and relationships") was released in 2019 and was nominated for the Choice Music Prize. She collaborated with Soulé and Elaine Mai on a single, ''Butterflies'', in 2019 as part of the Three Ireland ''Made by Music'' campaign. In 2022, she released ''Smiling Like an Idiot''. Discography Studio albums *''First Prize Bravery'' (2019) *''Smiling Like an Idiot'' (2022) – No. 4 Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha Ní Ghuairim
Sorcha Ní Ghuairim (11 October 1911 – 1976) was a teacher, writer, and Sean-nós singing, sean-nós singer. Life Sorcha Ní Ghuairim was born in Roisín na Manach, Carna, County Galway, Carna in the Connemara Gaeltacht in County Galway on 11 October 1911. Her parents were Máirtín Gorham and Catherine Burke. She was the youngest of their 11 children. Ní Ghuairim was particularly well known as a singer. She joined her sister Máire Ní Ghuairim, in Dublin in 1928 and obtained a teaching post with Conradh na Gaeilge. She studied at NUI Galway, University College Galway with Tomás Ó Máille. An active promoter of the Irish language, Irish language revival, she wrote a column for ''The Irish Press'' under the name "Coisín Siúlach". She also wrote a column regularly for the children's page under the name "Niamh Chinn Óir", and later became an editor of the paper. She taught the Irish language at Trinity College Dublin. She recorded her first album, ''Sorcha Ní Ghuairim Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha Ní Chéide
Sorcha Ní Chéide, is an Irish actress who works extensively in Irish-language television, stage and screen. She is most famous for her role as "Ríona de Burca" on the long-running Irish language drama, ''Ros na Rún''. Other roles have included ''An Gaeilgeoir Nocht'' and ''Rásaí na Gaillimhe''. In 2016, she portrayed Helena Molony in the television series ''Seven Women''. In 2020, she voiced Lulu in the Irish dubbing of Sadie Sparks ''Sadie Sparks'' is an animated comedy-fantasy television series that premiered on Disney Channel in the UK and Ireland on 20 April 2019. The series was created by Bronagh O'Hanlon and is a co-production between Brown Bag Films in Ireland and Cy .... References External links * http://r0snarun.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=57&Itemid=78 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish stage actresses Irish television actresses People from County Galway TG4 people 20th-century Irish people 21st-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorca McGrath
Ships are an Irish synth-pop-disco duo based in Dublin. They won the Choice Music Prize in 2017. Career Ships are composed of real-life couple Simon Cullen and Sorca McGrath. Cullen graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2004 with an M.Phil. in Music and Media Technology. McGrath has been making music since her early teens, citing Kim Deal and Prince as inspirations, and was in the band Wounded Healer. They formed Ships in 2011, the name being a reference to relationships, friendships, scholarships etc. Their debut album ''Precession'', self-released via Irish crowdsourcing site Fundit, won the Choice Music Prize The Choice Music Prize (), known for sponsorship reasons as the RTÉ Choice Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded to the best album from a band or solo musician who is born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland or holds an Irish pa ... in 2017. Discography ;Albums *''Precession'' (2017) ;Singles *"You're Gonna Feel It" (2012) *"Space Inside" R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha MacMahon
Sorcha MacMahon (20 July 1888 – 13 December 1970) was an Irish nationalist and republican who was active during the Easter Rising of 1916 and both the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. Early life She was born Sarah Teresa MacMahon to James and Sarah MacMahon of Coas, County Monaghan in 1888. She was one of four boys and three girls. She used the Irish form of her name, Sorcha. Irish was the family's first language. She was educated in Laggan National School and St Louis School in Monaghan. After school she went to Dublin and took a commercial course. She then worked as a bookkeeper for Taggart's Garage. Easter Rising An early member of Cumann na mBan, in 1914 MacMahon was the local secretary of the Central Branch and was secretary nationally in 1916. She also trained the other women in the branch in first aid and nursing as well as related branch duties. She was on the executive committee for Cumann na mBan from 1915 to 1919. She was an organiser for the O'Donova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha Groundsell
Sorcha Groundsell (born 15 February 1998) is a Scottish actress. She starred in the Netflix series ''The Innocents (TV series), The Innocents'' (2018) and the independent film ''Far From the Apple Tree'' (2018). Early life Her father was a graphic designer, and her mother worked in marketing. Groundsell grew up in Ness, Lewis, Ness on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides until she was nine. A fluent Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic speaker, she attended the Glasgow Gaelic School upon moving to the city. She took drama classes at the Citizens Theatre and later the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She left school at 16 to pursue acting as career and moved to London at 18. Career In 2015, Groundsell made her feature film and stage debuts as Sarah in ''Iona (film), Iona'' and Amy in ''Stain'' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival respectively. She received an RTS Award nomination for her role in ''Sleeping Lions''. The following year, she starred as Jane Muncie in the ITV true crime miniseri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorca Clarke
Sorca Clarke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since the 2020 general election. She was elected on the first count and is the first Sinn Féin TD to serve the constituency since Ruairí Ó Brádaigh in 1957. Political career Clarke joined Sinn Féin in 2004 and first ran for office in 2009 when she unsuccessfully stood in the 2009 Irish local elections for Mullingar West in County Westmeath. She succeeded in her next attempt and became a member of Westmeath County Council at the 2014 local elections. She lost her seat on the council in the 2019 elections, placing just 9th out of 14 candidates, but became a Teachta Dála in 2020 as part of Sinn Féin's surge that year, topping the poll in her constituency. Early and personal life Clarke is from Artane, Dublin. She moved to Mullingar with her husband, Darren Caulfield, in 2005 where they run a security business together They have four children, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
