Irish people

The Irish people (Irish: Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a Celtic nation and ethnic group who originate from the island of Ireland and its associated islands. Ireland has been inhabited for about 9,000 years according to archaeological studies (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). Anglo-Normans conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century (re)conquest and colonization of Ireland brought a large number of English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, most notably Northern Ireland, where they form a separate and distinct ethnic group.

There have been many notable Irish people throughout history. The 6th-century Irish monk and missionary Columbanus is regarded as one of the "fathers of Europe", followed by Kilian of Würzburg and Vergilius of Salzburg. The scientist Robert Boyle is considered the "father of chemistry". Famous Irish explorers include Brendan the Navigator, Robert McClure, Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean. By some accounts, the first European child born in North America had Irish descent on both sides; and an Irishman was the first European to set foot on American soil in Columbus' expedition of 1492.

The Irishman

The Irishman is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Elizabeth O'Conner, dealing with the experiences of Paddy Doolan, an Irish horse wagoner and his son Michael in the Gulf Country of north-eastern Australia. It is set in the early 1920s when horse-drawn transport was challenged by the advent of motor vehicles and aircraft—change which Doolan cannot accept.

In 1978, the book was adapted for the screen by Donald Crombie in a film of the same name.

References

Galway Girl

"Galway Girl" or "The Galway Girl" is a song written by Steve Earle and recorded with Irish musician Sharon Shannon, which was featured on Earle's 2000 album Transcendental Blues.

A cover version of the song by Mundy and Shannon reached number one and became the most downloaded song of 2008 in Ireland, and has gone on to become the eighth highest selling single in Irish chart history.

Plot

"Galway Girl" tells the semi-autobiographical story of the singer's reaction to a beautiful black haired blue eyed girl he meets in Galway, Ireland. Local references include Salthill and The Long Walk.

References in popular culture

"Galway Girl" featured in the 2008 Bulmers cider advertising campaign.

The song appears in the 2007 film P.S. I Love You, where Gerard Butler's character sings the song for Hilary Swank's character. This was also sung by Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character to Swank.

The song featured in the TV series Treme (in episode 9 of the second series, entitled "What Is New Orleans?"). It was performed by Steve Earle (in his role of Harley, a street musician) with Lucia Micarelli and Spider Stacy (of The Pogues) accompanying him on violin and pennywhistle.

Galway

Galway (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/; Irish: Gaillimh, pronounced [ˈɡalʲɪvʲ]) is a city in the West of Ireland in the province of Connacht. Galway City Council is the local authority for the city. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay and is surrounded by County Galway. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the Republic of Ireland and the sixth most populous city in the island of Ireland.

According to the 2011 Irish Census, Galway city has a population of 75,528; however, the rural county agglomeration is far bigger.

Name

The city's name is from the river Gaillimh (River Corrib) that formed the western boundary of the earliest settlement, which was called Dún Bhun na Gaillimhe ("Fort at the mouth of the Gaillimh"). The word Gaillimh means "stony" as in "stony river" (the mythical and alternative derivations are given in History of Galway). Historically, the name was Anglicised as Galliv, which is closer to the Irish pronunciation as is the city's name in Latin, Galvia.

Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. After dropping out of school at 16, he moved to London the following year, in 2008, to pursue a career in music. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (read as "plus"), was released on 9 September 2011 and has since been certified six-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.

Sheeran's popularity abroad began in 2012. In the US, he made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John. He spent much of 2013 opening for Swift's The Red Tour in North America dates. In late 2013, he performed three sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden as a headline act. He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

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'Irishman' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Is This a Joke? (2012)

Actors: Patrick Godfrey (actor), Mark Heap (actor), Russell Tovey (actor), Daniel-Konrad Cooper (actor), Daniel-Konrad Cooper (producer), Kate Coggins (editor), Siobhan Hewlett (actress), Nick Ashdon (producer), Nick Ashdon (actor), Oliver Chris (actor), Olivia Hallinan (actress), Cecile Van Dijk (costume designer), Jarred Christmas (actor), Dylan Charles (actor), Tim Steed (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,

Paddy Whacked: The Irish Mob (2006)

Actors: Timothy J. Cox (actor), Carl H. Lindahl (producer), Rick Borgia (actor), Gerard Adimando (actor), Steven M. Stern (composer), Dinarte de Freitas (actor), Don Sperling (director), Don Sperling (writer), Don Sperling (producer), Charlie Sadoff (writer), Charlie Sadoff (editor), Wayne Chesler (producer), Wayne Chesler (writer), Wayne Chesler (director), Stephen Beach (actor),

Genres: Documentary,

Raining Stones (1993)

Actors: Stewart Copeland (composer), Ken Loach (director), Susanna Lenton (miscellaneous crew), Ricky Tomlinson (actor), Tom Hickey (actor), Jonathan Morris (editor), Bruce Jones (actor), Stephen Lord (actor), Little Tony (actor), Jeff Bowen (miscellaneous crew), Wendy Ellerker (miscellaneous crew), Sally Hibbin (producer), Paula McBreen (miscellaneous crew), William Ash (actor), Shellie Smith (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

Keywords: catholic, communion-dress, dress, first-communion, holy-communion, independent-film, religion, religious, social-realism, tragicomedy
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Actors: Kernan Cripps (actor), George Anderson (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), Ben Blue (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Rodney Bell (actor), Edward Clark (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Tom Coleman (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), William B. Davidson (actor),

Plot: The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his true love Rose Donovan and stage star Lillian Russell, who wants to make him a star.

Keywords: banjo, bar, based-on-book, dinner-party, elopement, father-daughter-relationship, fistfight, horse-and-carriage, irish-american, jealousy
Genres: Biography, Musical,

Parnell (1937)

Actors: Frank Elliott (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Erville Alderson (actor), Thomas Carr (actor), King Baggot (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), James Blaine (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Jules Cowles (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor),

Plot: The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to free his country from English rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the relationship with married Katie O'Shea which threatens to bring all Parnell's plans to ruin. Moderately accurate historically.

Keywords: aunt, based-on-play, blackmail, box-office-flop, catholic, character-name-in-title, critically-bashed, death, divorce, dying
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

[while visiting America, Parnell gives some money to a poor family]::Poor man: It's little wonder why they call him the King of Ireland.::Sheriff: The *uncrowned* King.::Poor woman: He'll get his crown in heaven.

[Parnell tries to convince Mrs. O'Shea of his love]::Charles Stewart Parnell: Have you never felt there might be someone, somewhere who, if you could meet them, was the person that you'd been always meant to meet? Have you never felt that?

Charles Stewart Parnell: Ours could be a great love story, Katie.::Mrs. Katie O'Shea: Great love stories are always unhappy ones.::Charles Stewart Parnell: Then I hope ours *won't* be great.

Fire Over England (1937)

Actors: Norma Varden (actress), Flora Robson (actress), Vivien Leigh (actress), Evelyn Ankers (actress), Charles Carson (actor), Howard Douglas (actor), Ralph Truman (actor), Laurence Olivier (actor), Laurence Hanray (actor), Henry Oscar (actor), Francis De Wolff (actor), Donald Calthrop (actor), James Mason (actor), Raymond Massey (actor), Alexander Korda (producer),

Plot: Queen Elizabeth is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age and how to foil those pesky Spanish who got far too much influence in England when her older sister Mary was on the throne after their father Henry VIII was succeeded by their sickly half brother. Elizabeth thinks Michael Ingolby can do great things. Michael is mostly thinking about one of Elizabeth's ladies in waiting, Cynthia. Soon his mind is on survival when Elizabeth sends him on a voyage to Spain.

Keywords: 1580s, 16th-century, ambassador, aristocrat, assassination, baron-william-cecil-burleigh, based-on-novel, boat-on-fire, british-history, country-name-in-title
Genres: Adventure, History, Romance, War,
Taglines: . . . A truly brilliant producer brings you a thrilling tale of love and danger that will live in your memory as long as there is romance in your heart !

Quotes:

Spanish Ambassador: If your majesty will not hear words, we must come to cannon and see if you will hear them.::Queen Elizabeth I of England: If you use threats of that kind, I will chase you out of my kingdom.::Spanish Ambassador: But, your grace. You MUST listen.::Queen Elizabeth I of England: Must? Little man, little man, must is NOT a word to use to princes. Our council shall confer with you. Meanwhile, go home and be quiet!

Knight Without Armour (1937)

Actors: Harry Terry (actor), Noel Purcell (actor), Miklós Rózsa (actor), Guy Rolfe (actor), Peter Bull (actor), Gordon McLeod (actor), Miles Malleson (actor), Mark Daly (actor), James Carew (actor), Hay Petrie (actor), Allan Jeayes (actor), Laurence Hanray (actor), Edward Lexy (actor), Raymond Huntley (actor), Torin Thatcher (actor),

Plot: Because he can pass as a Russian, A.J. Fothergill is recruited to spy on the revolutionary movement in Russia in 1913. He becomes imprisoned in Siberia, as a revolutionary, until the 1917 uprisings. Amid the turmoil of the civil war between the red and white armies, he tries to flee Russia along with the beautiful Countess Alexandra.

Keywords: 1910s, aristocracy, based-on-novel, beard, bolshevik, bomb, brandy, british, cattle-car, class-differences
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: The woman of flame -- the man of steel -- together !

Quotes:

Station Master: Take your seats, please! Kazan... Moscow... Petrograd!::Ainsley J. Fothergill aka Peter Ouronov: I don't see the train.::Station Master: Sshh! Trains that are seen are being blown up.

Ainsley J. Fothergill aka Peter Ouronov: [the darkness of the gulag is making him lose his mind. Shouting] Night... night... night! Night all the time! Ceaseless night! Nothing but night all over the earth! The sun must be dead! Everything must be dead! We're the last things alive!

Countess Alexandra Vladinoff: [Asking about a bribe] And all he wanted was your wristwatch?::Ainsley J. Fothergill aka Peter Ouronov: [Rhetorically] Well, what use is a wristwatch when trains are to be a week late?

Things to Come (1936)

Actors: Abraham Sofaer (actor), Anthony Holles (actor), Raymond Massey (actor), George Sanders (actor), Ralph Richardson (actor), Terry-Thomas (actor), Patrick Barr (actor), Edward Chapman (actor), Edward Chapman (actor), Derrick De Marney (actor), Raymond Massey (actor), Allan Jeayes (actor), Cedric Hardwicke (actor), Alexander Korda (producer), Charles Carson (actor),

Plot: A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into primitive localized communities. In 1966 a great plague wipes out most of what people are left but small numbers still survive. One day a strange aircraft lands at one of these communities and its pilot tells of an organization which is rebuilding civilization and slowly moving across the world re-civilizing these groups of survivors. Great reconstruction takes place over the next few decades and society is once again great and strong. The world's population is now living in underground cities. In the year 2035, on the eve of man's first flight to the moon, a popular uprising against progress (which some people claim has caused the wars of the past) gains support and becomes violent.

Keywords: 1940s, 1960s, 2030s, anti-war, aviation, barbarism, barefoot, based-on-novel, fanatic, future
Genres: Sci-Fi,
Taglines: What will the next hundred years bring to mankind? The future is here!

Quotes:

Raymond Passworthy: Oh, God, is there ever to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest?::Oswald Cabal: Rest enough for the individual man - too much, and too soon - and we call it death. But for Man, no rest and no ending. He must go on, conquest beyond conquest. First this little planet with its winds and ways, and then all the laws of mind and matter that restrain him. Then the planets about him and at last out across immensity to the stars. And when he has conquered all the deeps of space and all the mysteries of time, still he will be beginning.::Raymond Passworthy: But... we're such little creatures. Poor humanity's so fragile, so weak. Little... little animals.::Oswald Cabal: Little animals. If we're no more than animals, we must snatch each little scrap of happiness and live and suffer and pass, mattering no more than all the other animals do or have done. Is it this? Or that? All the universe? Or nothingness? Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?

Roxana: I don't suppose any man has ever understood any woman since the beginning of things. You don't understand our imaginations.

John Cabal: If we don't end war, war will end us.

A Countless Count (1915)

Actors: Robert McKenzie (actor), 'Snub' Pollard (actor), Eddie Fries (actor), Margie Reiger (actress), May White (actress), Ed Armstrong (actor),

Plot: The daughter and sweetheart are in love, but their affairs move anything but smoothly, because the father has other ideas for his daughter's marriage. He has already selected the Count as a future son-in-law, but the daughter has a nasty temper of her own, and refuses point blank. The father has never seen the Count and finds an Irishman in the park whom he mistakes for the Count and invites to dinner. Amazing complications result when the real Count arrives.

Genres: Comedy, Short,

The Riot (1913)

Actors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (actor), Charles Avery (actor), Nick Cogley (actor), Gordon Griffith (actor), William Hauber (actor), William Hauber (actor), Charles Inslee (actor), Billy Jacobs (actor), Edgar Kennedy (actor), Hank Mann (actor), Al St. John (actor), Alice Davenport (actress), Virginia Kirtley (actress), Mabel Normand (actress), Mack Sennett (producer),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

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'Irishman' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Is This a Joke? (2012)

Paddy Whacked: The Irish Mob (2006)

Raining Stones (1993)

My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Parnell (1937)

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Fire Over England (1937)

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Knight Without Armour (1937)

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Things to Come (1936)

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A Countless Count (1915)

The Riot (1913)

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Kino+ #41 | Valerian - Die Stadt der tausend Planeten, The Irishman, Creed 2, Toy Story 4

Danny Greene | The Irishman

Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl [Official Video]

Angry Irish Man Cannot Find His Soup (Funny Subtitle Version)

What Happened To Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN? - AMC Movie News

Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman

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Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl [Official Lyric Video]

Netflix to Release Martin Scorsese's The Irishman starring Robert De Niro - Collider Video

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