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Tom Sailà Ó Flaithearta
Tom Sailà Ó Flaithearta (1931 - 15 April 2021) was an Irish actor. Ó Flaithearta portrayed CóilÃn Ó Catháin on the Irish language drama, ''Ros na Rún''. He was a native of Carraroe, and began acting the 1960s, appearing in the 1978 TV production of ''PoitÃn'' playing the character Marcus. Other appearances include the 1992 short, ''Conneely's Choice'' and his role as SeáinÃn Liam in a 2007 production of ''Cré na Cille''. He had previously portrayed SeáinÃn Liam in a 1996 production of the play by the Abbey Theatre. His voice was used in the recordings of seven of the songs on the CD that accompanies the ''Gugalaà Gug'' book of children's songs. His niece, Fionnuala Nà Fhlatharta, is another cast-member of ''Ros na Rún''. Tom Sailà Ó Flaithearta died on 15 April 2021. See also * Ó Flaithbertaigh Ó, ó ( o- acute) is a letter in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Emilian-Romagnol, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, Karakalpak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and Culture of Ireland, 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 Gaels, Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while Kingdom of England, England's 16th/17th century Tudor conquest of Ireland, conquest and Plantations of Ireland, colonisation of Ireland brought many English people, English and Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scottish people, Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Republic of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ros Na Rún
() is an Irish soap opera produced for the Irish-language television channel TG4. The series is set in a fictional village called Ros na Rún, located near to An Spidéal, where the series is filmed. It focuses on the domestic and professional lives of its residents. ''Ros na Rún'' has been praised for its tackling of realistic and socially challenging storylines, which got it dubbed "the Wild West". It has dealt with many different storylines, including domestic violence, infidelity, theft, arson, abortion, homosexuality, adoption, murder, rape, drugs, teen pregnancy and paedophilia. The series is broadcast with English subtitles. Background ''Ros na Rún'' was originally devised by RTÉ producers Con Bushe and Antoine Ó Flatharta in response to the upcoming centenary of the Gaelic League, with the network deciding upon an Irish language drama as a contribution towards the commemoration of the event. The show originally transmitted on RTÉ One in 1992 as a pilot series of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carraroe
Carraroe (in Irish language, Irish, and officially, , meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in Connemara, the coastal Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of County Galway, Ireland. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Its population is widely dispersed over the Carraroe peninsula between ''Cuan an Fhir Mhóir'' (Greatman's Bay) and ''Cuan Chasla'' (Casla Bay). Carraroe has an unusual beach, ''Trá an DóilÃn'', a biogenic gravel beach made of coralline algae known as "maerl". Galway hookers Galway Hookers are a distinctive form of native Irish boat, and Carraroe hosts an annual regatta of these vessels. As of 2006 this event, which is named ''Féile an DóilÃn'' after the area's "coral strand", was the largest ever regatta of Galway hookers. The main boats are the larger ''Báid Mhóra'' (big boats) and ''Leathbháid'' (half-boats), which in earlier times were used for hauling peat, turf from the peat bogs in Connemara to the Aran Islands and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PoitÃn (film)
''PoitÃn'' is a 1978 Irish crime drama film produced and directed by Bob Quinn, and starring Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, and Niall TóibÃn. It was the first feature film to be made entirely in Irish, and the first recipient of a film script grant from the Arts Council of Ireland. Plot Michil is a moonshiner in rural Connemara, living in an isolated cottage with his adult daughter. Two local degenerates, Labhrás and Sleamhnán, terrorise the old moonshiner for his contraband liquor (poitÃn, made from potatoes), threatening to kill him and rape his daughter, until the moonshiner outwits them and tricks them to their deaths. Cast Production ''PoitÃn'' was shot on 16 mm film. It was shot entirely on-location in Connemara, County Galway. Release ''PoitÃn'' premiered in the Cinegael studio in Carraroe on 25 February 1978. Its Dublin premiere was at the Adelphi Cinema on 16 March. The film aired on RTÉ Television on Saint Patrick's Day in 1979 and caused a "public outrage" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cré Na Cille (film)
''Cré na Cille'' is a 2007 Irish language film directed by Robert Quinn. It is an adaptation of MáirtÃn ÓCadhain's 1949 novel, . It was released outside Ireland under the English title ''Graveyard Clay''. Production was filmed in various locations in Connemara, County Galway in 2006 to commemorate the centenary of ÓCadhain's birth. It was filmed with HDCAM in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and with Dolby Digital sound. Plot In a graveyard in Connemara, as the members of a small community die, their spirits linger on in the grave and can speak to each other. Release premiered in Galway in December 2006. It screened at the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival (shortlisted for the Jin Jue Award) and at the Irish Film Festival, Boston. won an award for Outstanding Services to the Irish Language at the 2007 Aisling Awards. It premiered on television on TG4 on Saint Stephen's Day, 2007. BrÃd Nà Neachtain's performance was highly praised by critics. Awards Legacy Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cré Na Cille
( )) is an Irish language novel by MáirtÃn Ó Cadhain. It was first published in 1949 and is considered one of the greatest novels written in Irish. Title literally means "Earth of the Church"; it has also been translated as ''Graveyard Clay'', ''Graveyard Soil'', ''Graveyard Earth'', ''Church and Clay'' and ''The Dirty Dust''. Summary The novel is written almost entirely as conversation between dead characters who are buried in a Connemara graveyard. The talk is full of gossip, backbiting, flirting, feuds, and scandal-mongering. Reception The novel is considered a masterpiece of 20th century Irish literature and has drawn comparisons to the work of Flann O’Brien, Samuel Beckett, and James Joyce. In its serialised form, was read aloud and gained classic status among Irish speakers. Cian Ó hÉigeartaigh, co-author of , claims that it invigorated the revival of Irish language writing in the 20th century. Publication History was serialised by ''The Irish Press'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day. The Abbey was the first state-subsidized theatre in the English-speaking world; from 1925 onwards it received an annual subsidy from the Irish Free State. Since July 1966, the Abbey has been located at 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1. In its early years, the theatre was closely associated with the writers of the Irish Literary Revival, many of whom were involved in its founding and most of whom had plays staged there. The Abbey served as a nursery for many of leading Irish playwrights, including William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, Seán O'Casey and John Millington Synge, as well as leading actors. In addition, through its extensive programme of touring abroad and its high visibility to foreign, particularly American, audie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niece
In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of an individual's sibling or sibling-in-law. A niece is female and a nephew is male, and they would call their parents' siblings aunt or uncle. The gender-neutral term nibling has been used in place of the common terms, especially in specialist literature. As aunt/uncle and niece/nephew are separated by one generation, they are an example of a second-degree relationship. Unless related by marriage, they are 25% or more related by blood if the aunt/uncle is a full sibling of one of the parents, or 12.5% if they are a half-sibling. Lexicology The word nephew is derived from the French word which is derived from the Latin . The term ''nepotism'', meaning familial loyalty, is derived from this Latin term. ''Niece'' entered Middle English from the Old French word , which also derives from Latin . The word ''nibling'', derived from ''sibling'', is a neologism suggested by Samue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fionnuala NÃ Fhlatharta
Fionnuala Nà Fhlatharta is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Bernie in the Irish language television drama '' Ros na Rún''. Biography Nà Fhlatharta has played the role of cafe owner Bernie Nà Neachtain Seoighe on '' Ros na Rún'' since the pilot episode in 1992. Her first acting experience was playing Niamh while at National School. She later attended the National University of Ireland, Galway, where she acted in the Drama Society and studied under Stanislavski's system. Her stage credits include '' The Field'', a dramatisation of ''Cré na Cille'' (based on the novel by MáirtÃn Ó Cadhain) and a production of ''The Merchant of Venice''. More recently Fionnuala appeared in "Cinneadh an Circe", an Irish language translation of Jimmy Murphy's The Hen Night Epiphany, at An Taibhdhearc in Galway. Her pastimes include woodturning, writing and basketball. She is the niece of actor Tom Sailà Ó Flaithearta, who portrays CoilÃn in ''Ros na Rún''. See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ó Flaithbertaigh
Ó, ó ( o- acute) is a letter in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Emilian-Romagnol, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, Karakalpak, and Sorbian languages. The symbol also appears in the Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, Irish, Nynorsk, BokmÃ¥l, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Galician languages as a variant of the letter "o". It usually represents a vowel sound longer than or slightly different from that represented by plain "o", although in some cases its sound is notably different (as in modern Polish, where it is pronounced the same as "u"). In some cases it represents the vowel "o" with a particular tone (for example, a high rising tone in Vietnamese). It is sometimes also used in English for loanwords. Usage in various languages Chinese In Chinese pinyin ó is the ''yángpÃng'' tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of "o". Czech and Slovak Ó is the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. * January 30 – Charlie Chaplin comedy drama film ''City Lights'' receives its public premiere at the Los Angeles Theater with Albert Einstein as guest of honor. Contrary to the current trend in cinema, it is a silent film, but with a score by Chaplin. Critically and commercially successful from the start, it will place consistently in lists of films considered the best of all time. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
