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Seán Ó hEinirí (26 March 1915 – 26 July 1998), known in English as John Henry, was an Irish seanchaí ("traditional storyteller" or "bearer of the old lore") and a native of Cill Ghallagáin in County Mayo.
Coolahan, John. Irish Education, History and Structure (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1981). Dowling, Patrick J. A history of Irish education: a study in conflicting loyalties (Cork, 1971). Dowling, Patrick J. The Hedge Schools of Ireland (1998). Farren, Sean. The politics of Irish education 1920-65 (Belfast, 1995).
Edith Mary Johnston aka Edith Mary Johnston-Liik (11 July 1930 – 25 February 2008) was a historian and editor. She was the first female St. Andrews PhD student to go on to an academic career. She was the first female St. Andrews PhD student to go on to an academic career.
Today Tonight was broadcast from Monday to Thursday on RTÉ One after the main evening news and restored the station's reputation for current affairs broadcasting following the demise of 7 Days in 1976. [2] The last edition of the programme was broadcast on 27 August 1992 and was replaced by Prime Time. [3] It won a number of Jacob's Awards.
John Murray is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. Currently heard on Weekend Sport , he presented The John Murray Show on RTÉ Radio 1 , "focus[ing] on lifestyle and entertainment items", filling the slot from 09:00 to 10:00 previously occupied by Ryan Tubridy , who moved to RTÉ 2fm . [ 1 ]
John Dulanty begins a 20-year spell as Ireland's High Commissioner (later, Ambassador) to London. [1] 31 December – Mayo County Council is dissolved by ministerial order for refusing to appoint Miss Letitia Dunbar-Harrison to the position of county librarian on the grounds that she is a Protestant. [2]
John Marcus O'Sullivan (18 February 1881 – 9 February 1948) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Education from 1926 to 1932 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance from 1924 to 1926. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 to 1943. [1]
A native New Yorker, she had moved to rural Ireland following her 1946 marriage to James. Their son John Ranelagh, who has three younger sisters, Bawn, Elizabeth and Fionn, was born in 1947. [10] His wife is Elizabeth Grenville Hawthorne, author of Managing Grass for Horses (2005). Hawthorne is the daughter of the late Sir William Hawthorne.