Proinsias is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
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Proinsias De Rossa
Proinsias De Rossa (born 15 May 1940) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997, Leader of Democratic Left from 1992 to 1999 and Leader of the Workers' Party from 1988 to 1992. He s ...
(born 1940), Irish Labour Party politician
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Proinsias Mac Airt (1922–1992), Irish republican activist
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Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (1933–2003), Irish journalist, writer, tv presenter, and campaigner
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Proinsias Mac Cana
Proinsias Mac Cana (6 July 1926 – 21 May 2004) was an academic and Celtic scholar. He held professorships at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and University College Dublin.
Career
Proinsias Mac Cana was born in Belfast on 6 July 192 ...
(1926–2004), academic and Celtic scholar
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Proinsias Ó Doibhlin (died 1724), Irish Franciscan friar, poet, and scribe
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Proinsias Ó Maonaigh
Proinsias Ó Maonaigh () or Francie Mooney (28 April 1922 – 28 March 2006) was a fiddler from Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), County Donegal, Ireland. He is known for his distinguished fiddle playing and his unique and vast contribution to Irish musi ...
(1922–2006), fiddler from Ireland
Characters
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Proinsias Cassidy
Proinsias Cassidy, also known mononymously simply as Proinsias or Cassidy, is a fictional Character (arts), character and antihero in the Garth Ennis comic book series ''Preacher (comics), Preacher'' and ''The Boys (comics), The Boys'', respecti ...
, character from the ''Preacher'' comic book series
See also
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Francis (given name)
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