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O'Connor (surname)
O'Connor () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Medieval kings *Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair (1153–1224), King of Connacht *Conchobar Máenmaige Ua Conchobhair (died 1189) last independent King of Connacht * *Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, Ruaidhrí Ó Conchobhair (died 1198), last High King of Ireland (also known as Rory O'Connor) *Toirdealbhach Mac Ruaidhrí Ó Conchobhair (1088–1156), High King of Ireland (also known as Turlough O'Connor) Arts *Alexander James O'Connor, more known as Rex Orange County (born 1998), British singer-songwriter *Brian O'Connor (bassist), Brian O'Connor, American bassist *Caroline O'Connor (actress), Caroline O'Connor (born 1962), Australian singer, dancer and actress *Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), American actor *Celeste O'Connor (born 1998), American actress *Claudio O'Connor (born 1963), Argentine singer *Denis O'Connor (New Zealand sculptor) (born 1947), New Zealand ceramicist, sculptor and writer *Denis O'Connor (Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair
Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair (Anglicised as Cathal O'Connor/O'Conor and Cathal the Red-handed O'Conor) (1153–1224), was a king of Connacht. He was the youngest son of the High King of Ireland Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair and brother to the last fully recognized High King Ruadri Ua Conchobair. His own sons Aedh Ua Conchobair and Feidhlimidh Ua Conchobair were kings of Connacht after him. His reign was a troubled one dominated by internal feuds and the outside influence of powerful Anglo-Norman lords. From his base west of the river Shannon, he was forced to deal with the Norman invaders and was a competent leader despite his problems, avoiding major conflicts and winning minor skirmishes. Ua Conchobair attempted to make the best of the new situation with Ireland divided between Norman and Gaelic rulers. His long reign was perhaps a sign of relative success. He is the subject, as Cáhal ''Mór of the Wine Red Hand'', of the poem ''A Vision of Connaught in the Thirteenth C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction (novels and short stories), biography, and travel books. He is most widely known for his more than 150 short stories and for his memoirs. The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was named in his honour, as is the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Fellowship. Early life Raised in Cork, he was the only child of Minnie (née O'Connor) and Michael O'Donovan. He attended Saint Patrick's School on Gardiner's Hill. One teacher, Daniel Corkery, introduced O'Connor's class to the Irish language and poetry and deeply influenced the young pupil. He later attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School. O'Connor's early life was marked by his father's alco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee O'Connor
Evelyn Renee O'Connor (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, producer, and director, known for the role of Gabrielle on the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Early life Born in Houston and raised in suburban Katy, Texas by her mother Sandra, O'Connor at age 12 studied acting at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. She attended Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, and made her professional debut as a dancing Porky Pig at that city's Six Flags AstroWorld. Afterward, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career. Career O'Connor made her screen debut at 17, starring in the "Teen Angel" segment of the Disney Channel's ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', and the subsequent '' Teen Angel'' TV series. She went on to the Disney film ''The Adventures of Huck Finn'' and TV-movies including ''Follow the River'', ''Danielle Steele's Changes'', and '' Hercules and the Lost Kingdom'', starring Kevin Sorbo. There, in the role o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond O'Connor (actor)
Raymond John O'Connor (September 13, 1952 - October 9, 2023) was an American character actor. Life and career Raymond John O’Connor was born September 13, 1952, in the Parkchester neighborhood of the borough of South Bronx in New York City. Born to a typical Irish Catholic family, his early life included attending Catholic schools and minor brushes with law enforcement. This path led Ray to attend Belmont Abbey College, a Benedictine monastery in North Carolina. Ray had no intentions of entering the monastery although it was a remarkable intellectual, emotional, and spiritual experience. During and after college he dabbled with many jobs including working as a hard rock miner, drilling and blasting 795 feet beneath New York. Ray flirted with theater in undergraduate school and began pursuing it more seriously in graduate school in the mid-1970’s eventually jumping into the deep end of the New York Theatre scene and finding his sea legs with the First Amendment Comedy group and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards and was a member of three influential musical ensembles: the David Grisman Quintet, The Dregs, and Strength in Numbers. O'Connor has released 45 albums, of mostly original music, over a 45-year career. He has recorded and performed mostly his original American Classical music for decades. An expert at traditionally-based fiddle and bluegrass music, he also plays other instruments proficiently, including the violin, guitar and mandolin. He has appeared on 450 albums, composed nine concertos and has put together groundbreaking ensembles. His mentors have included Benny Thomasson who taught O'Connor to fiddle as a teenager, French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with whom O'Connor toured as a teenager, and gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh O'Connor
Joshua O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) is a British actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for three BAFTA Awards. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, O'Connor had supporting roles in television series such as ''Doctor Who'' in 2013 and '' Peaky Blinders'' in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's ''The Durrells''. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama '' God's Own Country'' (2017), for which he won a BIFA Award. O'Connor gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama series ''The Crown'' (2019–2020), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He has since starred in the period drama '' Emma'' (2020), the comedy-drama '' La chimera'' (2023) and the romantic sports film '' Challengers'' (2024). Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph O'Connor
Joseph Victor O'Connor (born 20 September 1963) is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel '' Star of the Sea'' was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the '' Sunday Tribune'' newspaper and ''Esquire''. He is a regular contributor to RTÉ and a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána. Early life O'Connor is the eldest of five children and brother of singer Sinéad O'Connor. He is from the Glenageary area of south Dublin. His parents are Sean O'Connor, a structural engineer who later turned barrister, and Marie O'Connor. Educated at Blackrock College, O'Connor graduated from University College Dublin with an M.A. in Anglo-Irish Literature. He did post-graduate work at Oxford University and received a second M.A. from Leeds Metropolitan University's Northern School of Film and Television in screenwriting. In the late 1980s, he worked for the British Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign; his second novel, ''Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef O'Connor
Josef O'Connor (born 20 January 1990) is a British-Irish artist and curator. His multi-disciplinary works include interactive media and digital content.Butter, Susanna ''London Evening Standard'', 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2019 He is the founder and artistic director of CIRCA.Holmes, Hele“New, Optimistic Billboards by David Hockney Will Be On Display All Over the World” ''Observer'', 29 April 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021 Life and work Josef O’Connor was born in 1990 in London, England. He sold his first painting at the age of 13. He was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and Tiffin Boys School “Is it worthless or is it art?” , 18 May 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe O'Connor (actor)
Joe O'Connor is an American actor best known for playing Marshall Darling, father of the title character in the television series ''Clarissa Explains It All''.Morgan Jeffery (July 12, 2011)Melissa Joan Hart: 'Clarissa and Sam were platonic' ''Digital Spy''. Career O'Connor's first television role was in the TV series ''Emergency!'' in 1979, playing a sailor in the episode "The Convention". He gained fame when he joined the cast of the television series ''Clarissa Explains It All'' (1991–1994), in which he played Marshall Darling, father of the title character. After this, he only appeared in several episodes of other television series, and in several TV and feature films. In 1996, he appeared in the episode ""A Girl and Her Cat" of ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'', which reunited him with Melissa Joan Hart, who played the main character in both ''Sabrina'' and ''Clarissa''. He later appeared on other TV series including ''Friends'' (in 1997), ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2003), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O'Connor (drummer)
Godhead (occasionally typeset as gODHEAD) is an American industrial rock/metal band from Washington, D.C. They were the only band signed to musician Marilyn Manson's short-lived vanity label, Posthuman Records. History The band was formed in 1994 under the early moniker Blind, but made their first performance as Godhead shortly after in Fairfax, Virginia that April. After fairly remaining in obscurity for a number of years, the band was noticed by Marilyn Manson and in 2000 signed a record contract with Manson, making them the first act of Posthuman Records. This deal culminated with the release of their breakthrough studio album in January 2001 entitled, '' 2000 Years of Human Error'', which earned Godhead recognition by Ozzy Osbourne and landed them a spot on Ozzfest where the band headlined the second stage that same year. The album featured additional contributions by Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez, Scott Putesky (original guitarist for Marilyn Manson, formerly kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel O'Connor
Hazel Thereasa O'Connor (born 16 May 1954) is a British singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles " Eighth Day", " D-Days" and " Will You?" She also starred in the 1980 film '' Breaking Glass''. Career O'Connor was born in Coventry, England. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after the Second World War to work in a car plant. Her brother Neil later fronted the punk band The Flys, best known for their single "Love and a Molotov Cocktail", which she later covered. Her film debut was in '' Girls Come First'' in 1975, where she was credited as Hazel Glyn. She became prominent as an actress and singer five years later in 1980 when playing the role of Kate in the film '' Breaking Glass''. She also performed on the accompanying soundtrack. Her performance as Kate won her the Variety Club of Great Britain Award for 'Best Film Actress'. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. The fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin O'Connor (actor)
Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in TV series such as " The Hunt For Raoul Moat", " Vikings: Valhalla, "The Alienist", " Taken Down",'' Charlie'', " North Sea Connection", ''The Tudors'', '' Single Handed'' and films including ''Dorothy Mills'' (2008), '' The Front Line'' (2006), '' Headrush'' (2003) and '' This Is My Father'' (1998), '' This Must Be The Place'' (2011) and '' Fifty Dead Men Walking'' (2008). O'Connor's first novel, ''MOJO'', was released on Amazon in 2019. Biography Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin. Career O'Connor made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's ''Loco County Lonesome'' at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in September 1994. His on-screen debut came in the film '' The Informant'' (1997). O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of Shrewsbury in the third series of Michael Hirst's hit television series ''The Tudors'', first aired on 5 April 2009 in the United States on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
