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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.
Musical artist. Website. doloresoriordanofficial.com. Signature. Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( / oʊˈrɪərdən / oh-REER-dən; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band The Cranberries. [ 2]
Jean Butler (born March 14, 1971) is an American stepdancer, Irish dancer, choreographer, and actress. She is best known for originating the principal female role in the Irish dance theatrical production Riverdance. In January 2020 it was announced she is a member of the Irish America Hall of Fame, an honor presented by Irish America magazine.
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.
Irish Magdalene Laundry, c. early 1900s. The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, [ 1] which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. They were run ostensibly to house "fallen women", an estimated 30,000 of whom were confined in these institutions in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sally Mann. Sally Mann (born Sally Turner Munger; May 1, 1951) [ 1] is an American photographer known for making large format black and white photographs of people and places in her immediate surroundings: her children, husband, and rural landscapes, as well as self-portraits.