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Irish-English actor Sir Michael Gambon (October 19, 1940-September 27, 2023) earned fame for his stage work, films such as "Gosford Park" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," and his starring role in the 1986 BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective." But he is warmly re...
William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, he directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922...
finish his courses through correspondence and returned in June 2000 to graduate with the rest of his class. Within a month of his return to Los Angeles, Harrison landed his first major role on a television series, playing the bright, but socially inept neighbor of a working-class Irish Cathol...
the former NCAA champion became the first American fencer in history to own three Olympic gold medals and the first American woman to win two fencing golds at a single Games. Her Fighting Irish pride remained strong, as she gave a shoutout to the Notre Dame community following ...
- 《Journal of American History》 被引量: 1发表: 2015年 "BONFIRE" BY JOHN PATRICK MСHUGH: THE TRAUMA OF GROWING UP literary award for the best work in the genre of short story, McHugh is recognized by critics as one of the most notable young authors of Irish ... D Kisliak - 《...
He enlisted in the Irish Regiment of Canada and was wounded in Italy. After arriving at the University in 1946, he and fellow Rhodes Scholar John Coyne revived the OUIHC, defeating Cambridge in the 1946 Varsity Match (15-4). He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1968 for ...
Saying that, after the massive international success ofNormal Peopleand the phenomenon that was the subsequent television adaptation starring Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones, one senses something of a backlash building against the Irish writer.The Atlanticoffereda helpful roundup: critics have pointed...
Sake Dean Mahomed (born Sheikh Din Muhammad) – Indian traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur who introduced the Indian take-away curry house restaurant in Britain; first Indian to have written a book in the English language; converted to marry Jane Daly, an Irish Protestant, as it was illegal ...
this is a spotless compilation. The first disc finds Shane McGowan and his bandmates bringing the energy and violence of punk to traditional Irish music while the second has a tone that is both poppier and reverent. It includes all four songs from the group’s incredible 1986 EPPoguetry in...