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The Tommy Tiernan Show
''The Tommy Tiernan Show'' is an Irish chat show presented by Tommy Tiernan. It was first broadcast on RTÉ One on 5 January 2017. The first two series aired on Thursday evenings, with the third series moving to a Saturday evening slot. The premise of the show is that host Tommy Tiernan and the audience have no idea who the guests will be until they walk out onto the stage, with no pre-prepared questions or research being carried out. Series Episodes Series 1 (2017) Series 2 (2018) Series 3 (2019) Series 4 (2020) 10 episodes * Hozier, Mark Smith, Aisling Byrne and Paddy Holohan * Brendan O'Carroll, Elizabeth Oakes, and Donna Zuma Series 5 (2021) 16 episodes * Andrea Corr, Nicola Tallant and Darragh Carroll. Music was by Andrea Corr with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. * Sinéad Burke, Ian Robertson and Deirdre Robertson, Séamus and Breanndán Begly. Music was by Emma Langford. * Brenda Fricker, Bashir Otukoya, and Senator David Norris. * Mary Coughlan, Zak Moradi, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chat Show
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show', pp.3-4Erler, Robert (2010) "A Guide to Television Talk," in Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show, by Bernard M. TimbergErving_Goffman (1981''Forms of Talk'' pp.234-160/ref> A talk show is distinguished from other television programs by certain common attributes. In a talk show, one person (or group of people or guests) discusses various topics put forth by a talk show host. This discussion can be in the form of an interview or a simple conversation about important social, political or religious issues and events. The personality of the host shapes the tone of the show, which also defines the "trademark" of the show. A common feature or unwritten rule of talk shows is to be based on "fresh talk", which is talk that is spontaneo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sheahan
John Sheahan (born 19 May 1939) is an Irish musician and composer. He joined The Dubliners in 1964 and played with them until 2012 when The Dubliners' name was retired following the death of founding member Barney McKenna. Early years and musical apprenticeship John Sheahan was born in Dublin on 19 May 1939. His father, a native of Glin, County Limerick, was a member of the Garda Síochána (the Irish Police Force) stationed in Dublin. He is the great-nephew of Patrick Sheahan, a Dublin Metropolitan Policeman, who in 1905 died trying to save the life of a pipe workman who was overcome by toxic exhalations in a sewer on Hawkins Street, Dublin, where a memorial statue stands today. He went to school to the local Christian Brothers in Marino, Dublin, where he received his first musical education, learning the tin whistle. This experience was shared with Paddy Moloney, who later founded The Chieftains, and Leon and Liam Rowsome, sons of the piper Leo Rowsome. When he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fionnula Flanagan
Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Flanagan is known for her roles in the films ''James Joyce's Women'' (1985) and '' The Others'' (2001), for the latter of which she won a Saturn Award. She was honored with the Maureen O'Hara Award at the Kerry Film Festival in 2011, the award is offered to women who have excelled in their chosen field in film. She was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one) and two Tony Awards during her acting career. In 2020, she was listed at #23 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life and education Flanagan was born and raised in Dublin, the daughter of Rosanna (''née'' McGuirk) and Terence Niall Flanagan. Her father was an Irish Army officer and Communist who had fought in the International Brigades in the Spanish Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philly McMahon
Philip "Philly" McMahon (born 5 September 1987) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Ballymun Kickhams club and for the Dublin county team. Playing career Club McMahon is a member of the Ballymun Kickhams Senior Football team. in 2013, Ballymun reached the 2012–13 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final. McMahon scored a goal as Ballymun were defeated by St. Brigid's of County Roscommon by a single point, on a scoreline of 2-11 to 2-10. Inter-county McMahon won the 2008 O'Byrne Cup with Dublin, defeating Longford in the final. He made his Championship debut that year as a sub against Louth. He played Interprovincial Championship Football for Leinster and won 2 Dublin Under 21 Football Championships with Ballymun. He was named on the 2010 GPA Gaelic Team of the Year. He replaced James McCarthy as a sub in the second half of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, a game which Dublin won by 1-12 to 1-11 against Kerry. On 22 September 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grant (musician)
John William Grant (born July 25, 1968) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter who holds both American and Icelandic citizenship. He came to prominence as the co-founder, lead singer, pianist, and primary songwriter for the alternative rock band the Czars. After releasing six studio albums from 1994 to 2006, the band split up and Grant took a break from music before starting a solo career in 2010. Grant's debut solo album ''Queen of Denmark'' (2010) was named the best album of the year by ''Mojo'', and his second album ''Pale Green Ghosts'' (2013) was named the best album of the year by Rough Trade. His third album '' Grey Tickles, Black Pressure'' (2015) received widespread critical acclaim and peaked at No. 5 on the UK albums chart, while his fourth album ''Love Is Magic'' (2018) entered the top 20 in the UK. His fifth album '' Boy From Michigan'' (2021) also received acclaim. He also released the live album ''John Grant and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: Live in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne McNally
Joanne McNally (born 7 May 1983) is an Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actress. She is a native of Killiney, County Dublin. McNally was the co-host of ''Republic of Telly'' for RTÉ and has also appeared on '' The Late Late Show'', ''The Afternoon Show'', ''Ireland AM'', Two Tube and The Commute for RTÉ. She has a weekly agony aunt section on RTÉ 2fm Chris and Ciara show, where she is called 'Dr. Joanne', and her own 'Mack the week' segment on the Eoghan McDermott show on RTÉ 2fm. Joanne co-hosts a podcast called "My Therapist Ghosted Me" with friend Vogue Williams. Career McNally performed in her first stage show ''Singlehood'' in 2014 where she and seven other people stood on stage and told stories about their love lives. It was here she was spotted by comedian PJ Gallagher who brought her into stand-up comedy. Joanne supported Gallagher on his stand up tour ''Concussion'', around Ireland in 2015, and she was then signed by Irish comedy agency Lisa Richards. McNally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briege Corkery
Briege Corkery (born 16 December 1986) in Cork is a camogie player, ladies' Gaelic footballer, and winner of seven All Ireland Senior Camogie medals in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2018 as well as the winner of eleven All Ireland Senior Ladies' Football medals in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. She has won six Camogie All Stars Awards in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2015. She has also won ten Ladies' Football All Stars Awards in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2008, she became the sixth camogie player in history to be awarded the Texaco Player of the Year award. Corkery is one of the most successful GAA players in history, winning 18 All-Ireland Medals. Team mate Rena Buckley, winner of a record-breaking 18 All-Irelands, had been joint all time medal winner with Corkery up until 2016. Career Corkery is the holder of three county Senior championship medals as well as Minor, Intermediate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise O'Neill
Louise O'Neill is an Irish author who writes primarily for young adult fiction, young adults. She was born in 1985 and grew up in Clonakilty, in West Cork, Ireland. Career O'Neill moved to New York City in 2010. Upon returning to Ireland in 2011, O'Neill began her first novel ''Only Ever Yours'', which was published in 2014. She has since won the ''Sunday Independent (Ireland), Sunday Independent'' Newcomer of the Year at the 2014 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards; the Children's Books Ireland Eilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book; and The Bookseller's inaugural YA Book Prize 2015. The success of her debut, originally published as a novel for young adults, led Quercus to issue a new edition in 2015 aimed at a general audience. ''The Guardian'' called O'Neill "the best YA fiction writer alive today". Her second book,'' Asking For It (novel), Asking For It,'' was a number-one bestseller in Ireland and won several awards, including being named ''Irish Times'' Book of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP McCoy
Sir Anthony Peter McCoy (born 4 May 1974), commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish former National Hunt horse racing jockey. Based in Ireland and the UK, McCoy rode a record 4,358 winners, and was Champion Jockey a record 20 consecutive times, every year that he was a professional. McCoy recorded his first winner in 1992 at age 17. On 7 November 2013 he rode his 4,000th winner, riding Mountain Tunes to victory at Towcester. Even in his first season riding in Britain, as an apprentice for trainer Toby Balding, McCoy won the Conditional Jump Jockeys Title with a record 74 winners for a conditional jockey. McCoy claimed his first Champion Jockey title in 1995/96 and went on to win it every year until his retirement in 2015. McCoy has won almost every big race there is to win. His most high-profile winners include the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National, riding Don't Push It. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Riptide Movement
The Riptide Movement are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 2006 by songwriter and vocalist Malachy Tuohy, guitarist John Dalton, bassist and harmonica player Gerry McGarry and drummer Gar Byrne. Members * Malachy Tuohy - Songwriter, lead vocals, guitar, piano. * Gerry McGarry - Bass, harmonica, vocals. * JPR Dalton - Lead guitar, vocals. * Gar Byrne - Drums, percussion, vocals. Discography Studio albums History 2009 "Early Years", "Green Tortoise", "Cold Wind Blows", "Downtown Motel" and "All My Thoughts" were all songs on their earliest E.P. After relocating to London, they began playing in venues such as The Spice Of Life, Lark in the Park, The Barfly, Dublin Castle and The 12 Bar. Whilst performing at the ''In The City Festival'' in Manchester, they encountered renowned producer Tony Colton. Colton, who is highly regarded for his work with Rory Gallagher, Ray Charles, Yes and Heads, Hands and Feet, would later produce their début album, "What About The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa McInerney
Lisa McInerney is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and screenwriter. She is best known for her novel, '' The Glorious Heresies'', which was the 2016 winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Biography McInerney was born into a working-class family in Galway, Ireland in 1981 and raised by her grandparents. She attended Gort Community School and went on to study English and geography at University College Cork. She is the daughter-in-law of Irish journalist Geraldine McInerney. McInerney’s first publication was a short story, ‘Saturday, Boring’, commissioned by Kevin Barry for the 2013 Faber anthology, ''Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories''. McInerney’s debut novel, '' The Glorious Heresies'', published by John Murray, followed in April 2015. Telling the story of five misfits on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society whose lives interconnect after a messy murder, it won the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aldridge
John William Aldridge (born 18 September 1958) is a former football player and manager. He was a prolific, record-breaking striker best known for his time with English club Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ... in the late 1980s. His tally of 330 English Football League, Football League goals is the List of footballers in England by number of league goals, sixth-highest in the history of English football. During his early career, he worked his way up through the lower leagues, playing in every league from the old Football League Fourth Division, Fourth Division to the old Football League First Division, First Division. Initially signed as a replacement for Ian Rush, Aldridge spent over two successful seasons at Liverpool, winning the league and FA Cup once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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