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hooligan – (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as Hooligan or Hoolihan). keening – From caoinim (meaning "I wail") to lament, to wail mournfully (OED). kern – An outlaw or a common soldier. From ceithearn or ceithearnach, still the word in Irish for a pawn in chess. Leprechaun – a fairy or spirit (from leipreachán)
Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Ireland, and common in Scotland, Wales and England.It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, means both "little rock" and "harmony", or it may also be derived from the Celtic Aluinn, which means "handsome".
Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write Irish.A spelling reform in the mid-20th century led to An Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the modern standard written form used by the Government of Ireland, which regulates both spelling and grammar. [1]
American obituary for WWI death Traditional street obituary notes in Bulgaria. An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2]
Frank Sinatra said it best - in the end "I'll do it my way." And that's exactly what one Swedish man did. Stig Kernell told his local funeral home to forgo the traditional obituary and instead ...
Andrew Allen (singer) (born 1981), Canadian singer; Andrew Allen (priest) (died 1808), Irish Anglican priest; Andrew J. Allen (born 1986), American saxophonist and pedagogue; Andrew James Campbell Allen (1856–1923), Northern Irish mathematician and educational administrator; Murder of Andrew Allen (1988–2012), Irish murder victim; Andy ...
Eamonn Andrews, CBE (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1960 to 1964 he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority (now the RTÉ Authority ), which oversaw the introduction of a state television service in the Republic of Ireland .
Terry McMahon (born 1970), Irish director, producer, writer, actor and acting coach, best known for his roles in Batman Begins and Patrick's Day; Thomas A. McMahon (actor), best known for playing Spiro in the 2006 film The Killing of John Lennon; Thomas D. McMahon, architect, known for designing the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton, Alberta ...