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The pioneer of the women's movement on Ireland was Anna Haslam, who in 1876 founded the pioneering Dublin Women's Suffrage Association (DSWA), which campaigned for a greater role for women in local government and public affairs, aside from being the first women's suffrage society (after the Irish Women's Suffrage Society by Isabella Tod in 1872 ...
Hiberno-English, Irish, African languages. Black people in Ireland, also known as Black Irish, [ 1] Black and Irish[ 3] or in Irish: Daoine Goirme/Daoine Dubha, [ 4] are a multi-ethnic group of Irish people of African descent. Black people, Africans and people of African descent have lived in Ireland in small numbers since the 18th century.
Saoirse Una Ronan (/ ˈ s ɜːr ʃ ə ˈ uː n ə ˈ r oʊ n ə n / SUR-shə OO-nə ROH-nən; [1] born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, [2] she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards and five British Academy Film Awards.
Jacqueline Kennedy was a woman who understood how the role could be used to further the message the Kennedys were sending—that this is a new America, it’s a new generation, and this is a ...
Madigan was born in Florissant, Missouri, one of seven children in an Irish Catholic family. [2] Her parents, Jack and Vicki Madigan, are a lawyer and a nurse respectively. [3] [4] She grew up mostly in Florissant, a suburb of St. Louis, [5] although the family also lived for periods of time in House Springs, Missouri and in the Lake of the Ozarks region of central Missouri. [3]
Ireland's Vanishing Triangle[ 1][ 2][ 3] is a term commonly used in the Irish media when referring to a number of high-profile disappearances of Irish women from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Several other women were also murdered within the triangle and their cases remain unsolved as well. [ 4] All of the cases appeared to share some ...
He moved to Ireland in 1991 and lived with his partner in Goleen from 1992 onwards. Bailey, who lived near Toscan du Plantier's home in Ireland, was a suspect arrested twice by the Garda Síochána, yet no charges were laid as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) found there was insufficient evidence to proceed to trial. Bailey lost a ...
A banshee ( / ˈbænʃiː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound " or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [ 1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically important ...