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Roibeárd
Roibeárd (or Roibéard) is an Irish masculine given name. It is the Irish equivalent of Robert. Roibeárd used to be a common name among medieval early Normans in Ireland, Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland, but it has greatly declined in popularity, becoming "rather rare" by 1923. Roibín is a diminutive of Roibeárd. People People with the name Roibeárd include: *Roibeárd Mac Ádhaimh (Robert Shipboy MacAdam, 1808–1895), Irish antiquary, folklorist and linguist *Roibeárd Mac Artúir (Robert Chamberlain, 1572–1636), Irish Franciscan theologian *Roibeárd Ó Faracháin (Robert Farren, 1909–1984), Irish poet *Roibéard Ó Floinn (Robert Wilson Lynd, 1879–1949), Irish writer, editor, socialist and Irish nationalist *Roibeárd Ó hUadhaigh (Robert/Bob, 1914–1995), Irish lawyer and judge *Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (born 1966), Irish linguist and Professor of Gaelic *Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh (Bobby Sands, 1954–1981), member of the Provisional IRA who died on hunger s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roibeárd Mac Artúir
Roibeárd (or Roibéard) is an Irish masculine given name. It is the Irish equivalent of Robert. Roibeárd used to be a common name among medieval early Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland, but it has greatly declined in popularity, becoming "rather rare" by 1923. Roibín is a diminutive of Roibeárd. People People with the name Roibeárd include: * Roibeárd Mac Ádhaimh (Robert Shipboy MacAdam, 1808–1895), Irish antiquary, folklorist and linguist * Roibeárd Mac Artúir (Robert Chamberlain, 1572–1636), Irish Franciscan theologian * Roibeárd Ó Faracháin (Robert Farren, 1909–1984), Irish poet * Roibéard Ó Floinn (Robert Wilson Lynd, 1879–1949), Irish writer, editor, socialist and Irish nationalist *Roibeárd Ó hUadhaigh (Robert/Bob, 1914–1995), Irish lawyer and judge * Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (born 1966), Irish linguist and Professor of Gaelic * Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh (Bobby Sands, 1954–1981), member of the Provisional IRA who died on hunger strike in pris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roibeárd Mac Ádhaimh
Robert Shipboy MacAdam (; 1808–1895) was an Irish antiquary, folklorist and linguist and was the most active figure among the Belfast Presbyterians prominent in the early Irish-language revival. He was a secretary of ''Cuideacht Gaoidhilge Uladh'' (the Ulster Gaelic Society), president of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, and the founding editor of the ''Ulster Journal of Archaeology.'' Together with the 20th century Gaelic scholar Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, since 1991 his memory has been honoured in the name of Belfast's Irish-language cultural centre '' Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich (An Chultúrlann).'' Life and work Family and business MacAdam was born to Jane Shipboy (1774–1827) and her husband James MacAdam (1755–1821), who lived next to their hardware shop in High Street, Belfast. Before being apprenticed to his father, he was educated at the new Belfast Academical Institution, a school founded on progressive principles by the former United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh
Robert Gerard Sands (; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to plan the 1976 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing in Dunmurry, which was followed by a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Sands was arrested while trying to escape and sentenced to 14 years for firearms possession. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During Sands's strike, he was elected to the UK Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death and those of nine other hunger strikers was followed by a surge of IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism. Early life Sands was born in Dunmurry in 1954 to John and Rosaleen San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roibeárd Ó Faracháin
Robert Farren (; 24 April 1909 – 29 December 1984) was an Irish poet. Farren was a native of County Dublin, where he worked as a school teacher and was a director of broadcasting at Raidió Teilifís Éireann. He was the author of a much-acclaimed critical work, ''The Course of Irish Verse in English'' (1948). Five of his poems were included in ''The Oxford Book of Irish Verse, 17th century-20th century'' (ed. by Donagh MacDonagh and Lennox Robinson Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson (4 October 1886 – 15 October 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. Life Robinson was born in Westgrove, Douglas, County Cork and raised in ..., Clarendon Press) in 1958. References * http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/index.htm 1909 births 1984 deaths Artists from Dublin (city) 20th-century Irish poets 20th-century Irish male writers {{Ireland-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Irish-language Given Names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna (name), Anna and Anne. During the "Celtic Revival, Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names "freedom" and "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen (given name), Kathleen from and Shaun from . Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish (anglicised ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normans In Ireland
Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans (; ) is a modern term for the descendants of Norman settlers who arrived during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Most came from England and Wales. They are distinguished from the native Gaelic Irish; although some Normans eventually became Gaelicised. The Hiberno-Normans were a feudal aristocracy and merchant oligarchy who controlled the Lordship of Ireland. The Hiberno-Normans were associated with the Gregorian Reform of the Catholic Church in Ireland and contributed to the emergence of a Hiberno-English dialect. Some of the most prominent Hiberno-Norman families were the Burkes (de Burghs), Butlers, and FitzGeralds. One of the most common Irish surnames, Walsh, derives from Welsh Normans who arrived in Ireland as part of this group. Some Norman families were said to have become " more Irish than the Irish themselves" by merging culturally and intermarrying with the Gaels. The dominance of the Catholic Hiberno-N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roibéard Ó Floinn
Robert Wilson Lynd (; 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist. Early life Lynd was born at 3 Brookhill Avenue in Cliftonville, Belfast to Robert John Lynd, a Presbyterian minister, and Sarah Rentoul Lynd, the second of seven children. Lynd's paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Scotland to Ireland. Lynd was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, where he befriended James Winder Good and Paul Henry, and studied at Queen's University. His father served a term as Presbyterian Church Moderator as one of a long line of Presbyterian clergy in the family. A 2003 essayist on Lynd recounts that his "maternal grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather had all been Presbyterian clergymen." Literary career Lynd began as a journalist, with James Winder Good, on '' The Northern Whig'' in Belfast. He moved to London in 1901, via Manchester, sharing accommodation wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh is an Irish linguist who is Professor of Gaelic and Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts / Colaiste nan Ealain at the University of Glasgow. He was born in 1966 in Dublin, Ireland. Career He earned a BA Hons and an MA from University College Dublin in Irish and Mathematics. Subsequently, he was awarded a scholarship to study Scottish Gaelic phonology at the University of Edinburgh, where he completed a PhD on Gaelic historical phonology. He lectured at the University of Edinburgh from 1993 to 2001, where he set up ''Ionad na Gaeilge'' ("the Centre for Irish Studies"). He was assistant professor at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, between 2001 and 2004 before returning to Scotland in 2005 to take up an endowed chair in Gaelic at the Department of Celtic and Gaelic, University of Glasgow, 2005–10. He was appointed to the first ever established Chair of Gaelic in Scotland at the University of Glasgow in 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish-language Masculine Given Names
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses of Irish speakers are therefore bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
