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Tórna
Torna may refer to: ;Given name of Irish writers: * Torna Éices, legendary 5th-century poet * Torna Ó Maolconaire (died 1468), Irish poet and historian * Torna, pen name of Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (1874–1949) Irish-language writer, academic and activist ;Surname: * Nikita Torna, possible Hungarian name of Enrico Tamberlik (1820–1889), an Italian tenor * Oscar Törnå (1842–1894), Swedish artist ;Places: * Turňa (other), Slovak placename which is in Hungarian, the local minority language ** Torna County, of the former Kingdom of Hungary * Torna Fort in Pune District, Maharashtra, India * Torna Hundred, administrative division of Skåne, Sweden ;Other * ''Torna!'' (i.e. "Come Back!"), a 1953 Italian film * Torna (moth), a synonym of ''Compsoctena'' * Torna or ''torana'', a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway in South and East Asia * '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country'', a 2018 video game See also * Toran (other) Toran may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (1874 – 1949) was an Irish writer, poet, editor, translator and a prominent member of the Gaelic League (''Conradh na Gaeilge'') and the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was editor of ''Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge'' (The Gaelic Journal), Professor of Irish in University College Cork and Dean of the Faculty of Celtic Studies. Life He was born in Carrignavar, County Cork, which was an Irish-speaking area, and educated there and at St Patrick's Teacher Training College, Drumcondra, Dublin. In 1901 he became editor of the Irish-language newspaper ''Banba'', and also became Irish-language editor of the '' Freeman's Journal''. The following year he also became editor of the ''Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge'' (The Gaelic Journal). He wrote under the pseudonym Torna, after Torna Éices. With Máire Ní Chinnéide, Seán Ó Ceallaigh, and Séamus Ó Braonáin he drew up the first rules for the new game of camogie in 1903. He also invented the name of the game, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Éices
Torna, nicknamed Éices or Éces ("the poet, sage"), was a legendary Irish poet of the 5th century, noted as "the last great bard of Pagan Ireland." He is not to be confused with Torna Éigeas, the 17th-century bard who figures in the ''Contention of the Bards''. He was the foster-father of the Irish kings Corc and Niall of the Nine Hostages, and to him is attributed the ''Lament for Corc and Niall of the Nine Hostages.'' In the tale ''Suidigud Tellaig na Cruachna'' ("The Settling of the Manor of Crúachan"), he is the author of a poem on famous men and women who were buried in the cemetery of Crúachan (Rathcroghan). References * ''1000 Years of Irish poetry'', Kathleen Hoagland New York, 1947, pp. 6–8. . 5th-century writers Medieval Irish poets Irish male poets 5th-century Irish writers {{Ireland-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Ó Maolconaire
Torna Ó Maolconaire was Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh from 1447- 1468. The Annals of Connacht, ''sub anno'' 1468, say of him: ''Torna O Mailchonaire, ollav of Sil Murray in History and Poetry, died after a victory of repentance in his own house at Lis Ferbain after St. Patrick's day; he was buried under the protection of Patrick and St. Francis at Elphin and Urard O Mailchonaire succeeded to the ollavship.'' External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html Sources * ''Annals of Connacht'', A. Martin Freeman, Dublin, 1946. * ''Annals of Ireland from the year 1443 to 1468 ... translated by ... Dudley mac Firbisse'', ed. John O'Donovan, in ''The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society'', vol. i, pp. 198–302, Dublin, 1846. 1468 deaths 15th-century Irish historians People from County Roscommon 15th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Tamberlik
Enrico Tamberlik (16 March 1820 – 13 March 1889) was an Italian tenor who sang to great acclaim at Europe and America's leading opera venues. He excelled in the heroic roles of the Italian and French repertories and was renowned for his powerful declamation and clarion high notes. Career Born in Rome, some sources claim that Tamberlik might have been of Romanian descent and that his real name was Nikita Torna. Nonetheless, his vocal training was entirely Italian. He studied first in Naples with Zirilli and Borgna, then in Bologna with Guglielmi, and finally in Milan with De Abella. The budding ''tenore robusto'' made his debut in concert in 1837 and later graced the operatic stage for the first time at the Teatro Apollo in Rome, as Gennaro in ''Lucrezia Borgia (opera), Lucrezia Borgia'' and as Arnoldo in ''Guglielmo Tell''. He subsequently appeared at the Teatro Fondo in Naples in 1841, under the name Enrico Danieli, as Tebaldo in ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'', and during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Törnå
Oscar Emil Törnå (18 October 1842 - 3 June 1894) was a Swedish landscape painter, illustrator and graphic artist. Biography Törnå was born at Kättilstads Parish in Östergötland, Sweden. Of French ancestry, he was the son of Gudmund Teurneau, a tailor, and Anna Maja Persdotter. He began receiving an education in the trades when he was fourteen, but eventually displayed an aptitude for art. Thanks to the support of some well-to-do neighbors, he was able to enroll at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and participated in the Academy's exhibition of 1868. He was awarded a medal in 1870 for one of his first landscape paintings. Impatient to receive a travel scholarship, he took off on his own in 1873 and went to Düsseldorf, but was not pleased with their teaching methods and later felt that he had wasted his time there. Finally, in 1874, he obtained a trave scholarship and went to Paris via Brussels. His feelings about his studies in Germany were confirmed when he v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turňa (other)
Turna or Turňa may refer to: Turňa * Turňa (river), a river in Slovakia * Turňa nad Bodvou, a village and municipality in Slovakia ** Turňa Castle, in Turňa nad Bodvou * The Slavic name for Torna County, Kingdom of Hungary Turna * "Turna" (song), a Turkish and Greek folk song * Turna, Mengen, a village in Bolu Province, Turkey * Turna, Kardzhali Province, a village in Bulgaria * Turna, Poland, a village in Węgrów County * Turna, Kamboja (Kamboja) people clan of Punjab See also * Torna (other) {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna County
Torna ( Slovak: ''Turňa'', Latin and Hungarian: ''Torna'', ) is the name of a historic administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was located in present-day southeastern Slovakia and northern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...; today Turňa is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory in Slovakia. The initially large county was one of the original counties in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was gradually reduced to a territory corresponding to a small territory around the Turňa River (). The capital of the county was Turňa Castle (), later the town of Turňa nad Bodvou (). From 1785 to 1790, 1848–1859, and ultimately in 1882 it was merged with the county Abov to form the county Abaúj-Torna (''Abov-Turňa''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Fort
Torna Fort, also known as Prachandagad, is a large fort located in Pune district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is historically significant because it was the first fort captured by Shivaji I in 1646, at the age of 16. The hill has an elevation of above sea level, making it the highest hill-fort in the district. The name derives from ''Prachanda'' ( Marathi for huge or massive) and ''gad'' ( Marathi for fort). History This fort is believed to have been constructed by the Shiva Panth in the 13th century. A Menghai Devi temple, also referred to as the Tornaji temple, is situated near the entrance of the fort. Malik Ahmed, a Bahamani ruler, captured this fort during the reign of Alauddin Khilji during the late 1470s. In 1646, Shivaji captured this fort at the age of sixteen , thus making it one of the first forts that would become one of the forts of the Maratha empire. Shivaji renamed the fort ' 'Prachandagad' ' as ''Torna'', and constructed several monuments and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna Hundred
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also known as during the early Middle Ages); in Danish and Norwegian, ; in Finnish, ; and in Estonian, . The Scanian hundreds were Danish until the Treaty of Roskilde The Treaty of Roskilde was negotiated at Høje Taastrup Church and was concluded on 26 February ( OS) or 8 March 1658 ( NS) during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Karl X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish ci ... of 1658. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundreds Of Sweden, List Of Hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna!
''Torna!'' (i.e. "Come Back!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film that was directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson. Plot Roberto, who has been estranged from his family, presumably because of his illegitimate birth, is called by his cousins Susanna and Giacomo to the reading of their uncle's final will and testament. He learns that he, along with the other cousins, is to inherit a third of the estate but, hearing the harsh language used by his late uncle concerning his mother, abruptly refuses his share, and gets up to leave. Susanna stops him and requests that they be left alone. She explains that their uncle actually loved Roberto and, as proof, shows him photos their uncle had kept out of obvious pride and fondness. Roberto is surprised by these sudden revelations. The next day he meets with the Notary who informs him that the estate is nearly worthless, burdened with heavy mortgages and a defunct shipyard. When Susanna learns that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna (moth)
''Compsoctena'' is a genus of moths in the family Eriocottidae. It was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ... in 1852. Species * '' Compsoctena aedifica'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Compsoctena aethalea'' Meyrick, 1907 * '' Compsoctena africanella'' Strand, 1909 * '' Compsoctena agria'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Compsoctena araeopis'' Meyrick, 1926 * '' Compsoctena autoderma'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena barbarella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena brachyctenis'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Compsoctena brandbergensis'' Mey, 2007 * '' Compsoctena byrseis'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Compsoctena connexalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Compsoctena cossinella'' Walker, 1866 * '' Compsoctena cossusella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena cyclatma'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Compsoctena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torana
A ''torana'' (; ''[tawr-uh-nuh]'') is a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes in Hindu architecture, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Toranas can also be widely seen in Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. Chinese Shanmen gateways, Japanese ''torii'' gateways, Korean Iljumun and Hongsalmun gateways, Vietnamese Tam quan gateways, and Thai Giant Swing, Sao Ching Cha were derived from the Indian ''torana''. They are also referred to as ''vandanamalikas''. History Indologist art historian and archaeologist Percy Brown (art historian), Percy Brown has traced the origin of ''torana'' from the wikt:ग्राम, grama-dvara (village-gateways) of the Vedic period, vedic era (1500 BCE – 500 BCE) village which later developed as a popular adornment for cities, places, and sacred shrines.Krishna Chandra Panigrahi, Harish Chandra Das and Snigdha Tripathy, 1994, Kṛṣṇa pratibhā: studies in Indology : Prof. Krishna Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
