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O'Sullivan is the regular anglicization of the Irish name. Less common spelling variants of the name include: Sullavan , Sullivant, Sillivant, Silliphant, and Sillifant. Some O'Sullivans in the midlands and south Ulster were originally (O) Sullahan (from Ó Súileacháin , probably from súileach , quick-eyed, according to MacLysaght).
O'Sullivan (Irish: Ó Súilleabháin, Súileabhánach) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry.According to traditional genealogy, the O’Sullivans were descended from the ancient Eóganacht Chaisil sept of Cenél Fíngin, the founder of the clan who was placed in the 9th century, eight generations removed from Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, king ...
O'Sullivan may refer to: People. O'Sullivan family, a gaelic Irish clan; O'Sullivan (surname), a family name; Sullivan (surname), a variation of the O'Sullivan family ...
The name is an anglicised form of O'Sullivan. Due to immigration out of Ireland , is most common in North America , and also found in Australia , as well as Britain . People with surname
O'Sullivan's drumming informed his style of piano-playing, which often utilises a distinct, percussive piano pattern. O'Sullivan has explained, "My left hand is hitting the high hat and the right hand is the snare." [2] He started writing songs, heavily influenced by the Beatles as writers and Bob Dylan as a performer. [5]
The song received extensive radio airplay in the months after its release and was critically praised. O'Sullivan commented: “Neil Diamond covered 'Alone Again (Naturally)' and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-old wrote it, but for me it was just one song I had written.” [8] Neil Sedaka stated when he covered the song in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song, because ...
John Louis O'Sullivan, born on November 15, 1813, was the son of Irishman John Thomas O'Sullivan, an American diplomat and sea captain, and Mary Rowly, a genteel Englishwoman. According to legend, he was born at sea on a British warship off the coast of Gibraltar . [ 2 ]
The brief instrumental introduction is the sound of O'Sullivan whistling before he begins his vocal. The real Clair who inspired the song was the three-year-old daughter of O'Sullivan's producer-manager, Gordon Mills, [1] and his wife, the model Jo Waring. The little girl's giggling is heard at the end of this song.