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Inverin
Inverin (, meaning "mouth of the river") is a Gaeltacht village between Baile na hAbhann and Minna in County Galway, Ireland. There are Irish-language summer colleges in the area, most notably Coláiste Lurgan and Coláiste Uí Chadhain. The village is on the R336 road and is served by the 424 Bus Éireann route from Galway. ''Cumann Forbartha Chois Fharraige'' is a local development association founded in 1966. The Gaelic Athletic Association club, ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Mhícheál Breathnach'', holds a Gaelic football tournament every year on Saint Stephen's Day. An Irish language book club in the village, Club Leabhar Chois Fharraige, meets monthly. The airline Aer Arann Islands is headquartered at Connemara Airport near the village. " |
Connemara Airport
Connemara Airport () or Connemara Regional Airport (''Aerfort Réigiúnach Chonamara'') is located at Inverin in the Connemara region of Ireland, west of the city of Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme .... It is also known as Spiddal Airport, Inverin Airport, or Minna Airport (''Aerfort na Minne''), a name also used by Minna Airport in Minna, Nigeria. The airport was constructed in 1992, partly funded by Údarás na Gaeltachta (the development agency for the Gaeltacht) to help ensure the viability of the Aran Islands communities. Aer Arann Islands operates Britten-Norman Islander aircraft to the Aran Islands of Inisheer (), Inishmaan () and Inishmore () off the coast of County Galway in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Airlines and destinations Statistics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aer Arann Islands
Aer Arann Islands (stylised as aer arann islands) is an Ireland, Irish airline headquartered in Inverin, County Galway. They operate a fleet of three Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft, connecting the Aran Islands with mainland County Galway. History Aer Arann Islands was established as Aer Arann in 1970 by James Coen, Ralph Langan, and Colie Hernon to provide an island-hopping air service between Galway and the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. Operations, using a single Britten-Norman Islander, began in August 1970. Aer Arann made a number of short-lived expansions, including summer service along the south and west coasts with a Short Sandringham flying boat from Killaloe, County Clare, Killaloe in the late 1970s, and commuter service between Shannon Airport, Shannon and Dublin Airport, Dublin, and to the UK with Avair, in the 1980s. In 1994, Aer Arann was acquired by Pádraig Ó Céidigh and Eugene O'Kelly, who expanded it into a regional airline. When the regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dónall Ó Héalai
Dónall Ó Héalai () (born 5 March 1987) is an Irish actor and voice actor. He was named a 2020 Screen International#Screen International Stars of Tomorrow, ''Screen International'' Star of Tomorrow and twice nominated for best leading actor in film at the Irish Film and Television awards in 2020 and 2022. He was also the recipient of the Wilde Card award at the Oscar Wilde awards in Los Angeles in 2022 as well as one to watch in 2021 by ''The Irish Examiner''. Early life and education Ó Héalai was born in the Gaeltacht village of Inverin, County Galway and grew up in Inverin and Spiddal. He began acting at the age of 14 at a local youth club. He completed his secondary education as a boarding student at St Jarlath's College in Tuam. He graduated from Maynooth University. He was awarded the Dr. H.H Stewart Literary Prize during his studies. He went on to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York and Bow Street Academy in Dublin. Career In 2006, Ó Héalai made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R336 Road (Ireland)
__NOTOC__ The R336 road is a regional road in County Galway in Ireland which connects the N59 road at Leenaun beside Killary Harbour – via Inverin – to the N6 and N83 in Galway, to the southeastmap. ''Irish Statute Book'' (irishstatutebook.ie), 2012-02-28. On leaving the fjord in Killary Harbour at Leenaun, the road travels south between the Maumturk and mountain ranges in Joyce Country and passes through the Irish speaking |
Aoife Ní Thuairisg
Aoife Ní Thuairisg is an Irish language presenter on TG4, Ireland's national Irish-language television station. Aoife co-hosted TG4's 2015 traditional Irish music awards show. Ní Thuairisg was born in Inverin in Conamara and has two brothers and one sister. Before working in television, she ran her own business. She started working as a presenter on TG4 in 1997, and now presents the weather and is also a continuity announcer. She has presented various programmes in the past, including , the popular country music show, and the series, as well as live coverage of the Wimbledon Championships. She has also produced several programmes herself. She produced several episodes of the successful series '' Paisean Faisean''. However, she became involved in controversy when she refused to present a show featuring gay men, as she is a Jehovah's Witness. References External links * Gradam.ie Bebo Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Ó Coisdealbha
Seán Ó Coistealbha (1930–2006) was an Irish poet and dramatist. Ó Coistealbha was born in Inverin, Connemara Connemara ( ; ) is a region on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, ..., where he was more commonly known as Johnny Chóil Mhaidhc. He played the lead role in ''An Dochtúir Bréige'' and went on to win a gold medal for acting with '' Taidhbhearc na Gaillimhe''. Fascinated by the theatre, he took to writing comic dramas. Most of his plays, in which he usually played the leading character, are based on folk themes and stock situations. Select bibliography * ''An Tincéara Buí'', 1962 * ''Pionta Amháin Uisce'', 1978 * ''Buille Faoi Thuairim Gabha'', 1987 References {{DEFAULTSORT:OCoistealbha, Sean 1930 births 2006 deaths Writers from County Galway Irish male poets 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraic Ó Neachtain
Pádraic Ó Neachtain (born 1973) is an Irish people, Irish television presenter, director, and journalist. He works for Telegael in Spiddal and presents feature programmes for the TG4 channel. He is a native of Inverin, County Galway. He is the eldest of five siblings. Ó Neachtain has presented, directed, and edited programmes for the TG4, RTÉ, and ''Nuacht RTÉ'' channels. He has worked for the ''Irish Farmers Journal'' and the Irish language newspaper ''Foinse''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oneachtain, Padraic 1973 births 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Living people Alumni of the University of Galway Irish children's television presenters Irish male voice actors Writers from County Galway TG4 presenters Male actors from County Galway People from Inverin Broadcasters from County Galway RTÉ television presenters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coláiste Lurgan
Coláiste Lurgan is an independent summer school that runs three-week Irish-language immersion courses in the Connemara Gaeltacht village of Inverin in County Galway. As part of their student-directed focus in language teaching, the school runs TG Lurgan, an initiative for helping students to acquire vocabulary by producing covers of popular music. The pop group, Seo Linn, was formed following the success of some of these covers. References Summer schools {{Ireland-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baile Na HAbhann
Baile na hAbhann, anglicised as Ballynahown, is a Gaeltacht village about west of Galway, Ireland, on the R336 road (Ireland), R336 Regional road (Ireland), regional road between Inverin, Indreabhán and Casla. The name means "town of the river". The village is in the townland of Baile na hAbhann Theas (Ballynahown South). The Irish-language television channel TG4 has its headquarters here. The village is served by Bus Éireann route 424 from Galway City. References Townlands of County Galway, Baile na hAbhann Theas Gaeltacht places in County Galway Gaeltacht towns and villages {{Galway-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cló Iar-Chonnacht
Cló Iar-Chonnacht (CIC; ; "West Connacht Press") is an Irish language publishing company founded in 1985 by writer Micheál Ó Conghaile, a native speaker of Irish from Inis Treabhair in Connemara. He set the company up while still a student. Work CIC publishes poetry, short stories, novels, children's books, non-fiction and historical works. CIC also publishes bilingual books and books in English, most of the latter being translations of important works in Irish. CIC also issues recordings of traditional music, one of the original aims being to record sean-nós singers from Conamara. The range of music has been extended to include such genres as Cajun music and the music of Cape Breton. Spoken word recordings are also available. A stated aim of CIC is to draw local and international attention to writers and musicians who work through Irish. To date over three hundred books have been published, along with many albums. In 2019 CIC took over Cois Life publishers. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraig Ó Finneadha
Pádraig Ó Finneadha (23 January 1913 – 18 November 1986) was an Irish scholar and doctor. Born at Lochán Beag, Indreabhán, County Galway, to Micheál Ó Finneadha and Bríd Ní Fhualáin, he graduated from National University of Ireland, Galway, in 1938. He worked in countries such as Nigeria, the United Kingdom and Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the .... External links O'FINNEADHA, Patrick (1913–1986)) Medical doctors from County Galway Irish folklorists 1913 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Irish medical doctors 21st-century Irish medical doctors Alumni of the National University of Ireland 20th-century Irish-language writers People from Inverin {{ireland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calum Maclean (folklorist)
Calum Iain Maclean (Scottish Gaelic: ''Calum Iain MacGillEathain''; 6 September 1915 – 17 August 1960), was a Scotland, Scottish Folklore, folklorist, collector, Ethnography, ethnographer and author. Early life Maclean was born in Òsgaig, Isle of Raasay, Scotland, into a family of five boys and two girls. His father was Malcolm MacLean (1880–1951), who was a tailor. His mother, Kirsty (1886–1974), was the daughter of Sorley Mor Nicolson of Braes, Skye, and his wife, Ishabel. Maclean's four brothers were the famous Gaelic poet and scholar, Sorley MacLean [''Somhairle MacGill-Eain''] (1911–1996), a schoolmaster and classicist, John Maclean (1910–1970), and two general practitioners, Dr. Alasdair Maclean (1918–1999), and Dr. Norman Maclean (c.1917-c.1980). Alasdair was also a historian. Ishabel and Mary, his sisters, were also schoolteachers. Education Maclean received his early education at Raasay Primary School and then Portree High School (1929–1935), Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |