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Michael O'Toole
Michael O'Toole is an Irish people, Irish classical guitarist. Education O'Toole studied for many years with John Feeley at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin and also spent two years studying with the renowned Cuban virtuoso Ricardo Iznaola in Denver, Colorado. He holds a master's degree in performance from University College Cork and a PhD from the DIT Conservatory. Career O'Toole has performed extensively throughout Ireland, United States, America and the United Kingdom, and has performed several times on national radio and television. He has worked with Irish composers Eric Sweeney (composer), Eric Sweeney, Jerome de Bromhead, David Fennessy and Ian Wilson (composer), Ian Wilson, and has performed in ensemble with the Opera Theatre Company, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Dublin Guitar Quartet and RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. He is/was artistic director of The Waltons International Guitar Festival and the "Chord" Enni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought many English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Ireland) and Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom). The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
