* Deacon Geoffrey Ó Riada.

Much of this music first came to the attention of the band through the work of seminal Irish composer Seán Ó Riada and his group Ceoltóirí Chualann.

In arts & literature, alumni include: novelist Seán Ó Faoláin, short-story writer Daniel Corkery, composer Seán Ó Riada, actress Fiona Shaw, novelist William Wall, poets Paul Durcan, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Trevor Joyce, Thomas McCarthy and Greg Delanty, comedian Des Bishop, and journalists Brendan O ' Connor and Eoghan Harris.

While Seán Ó Riada and The Chieftains had reinvigorated Irish traditional instrumental music in an ensemble format during the 1960s, Planxty built on that foundation and took it one step further.

A less well-known memorial to Browne was composed by Seán Ó Riada.

This revival was inspired by groups like The Dubliners, the Clancy Brothers and Sweeney's Men and individuals like Seán Ó Riada.

In the late 1950s he met Seán Ó Riada and joined his group Ceoltóirí Chualann in the early 1960s.

* 3 October-Seán Ó Riada, composer and musician ( born 1931 ).

* 5 February-The film of Mise Éire, made by George Morrison with music by Seán Ó Riada for Gael Linn, is premiered at the Regal Cinema, Dublin, the first feature-length Irish language film.

* The film of Mise Éire, made by George Morrison with music by Seán Ó Riada for Gael Linn, is premiered at the Cork Film Festival, the first feature-length Irish language film.

* 1 August-Seán Ó Riada, composer and musician ( died 1971 ).

Seán Ó Riada ( 1 August 1931 – 3 October 1971 ), was a composer and perhaps the single most influential figure in the revival of Irish traditional music during the 1960s.

Séan Ó Riada In Copper Sculpture

While at College, Ó Riada was the auditor of the UCC Philosophical Society.

In 1955 Ó Riada left his prestigious job, his wife and his newborn son Peadar, and moved to Italy and France, adopting a wild bohemian lifestyle.

Over the next ten years Ó Riada wrote several orchestral pieces called " Nomos.

At about this time he changed his name from John Reidy to Seán Ó Riada, after giving the subject much thought.

A much more accurate ( indeed the above account includes many fallacies ) and detailed account of the early years is given in Dr. Tomás Ó Canainn's biography of Ó Riada.

The recording is conducted by Ó Riada himself.

Between 1961 and 1969 Ó Riada was leader of a group called Ceoltóirí Chualann.

Ó Riada sat in the middle at front playing bodhrán, a hand-held frame-drum.

Ó Riada also wanted to use the clarsach or wire-strung harp in the band, but as these were as yet unavailable, he played the harpsichord instead-the nearest sound to a clarsach.

One of the reasons that the Provisional IRA and provisional Sinn Féin were founded, in December 1969 and January 1970, respectively, was that people like Ó Brádaigh, O ' Connell and McKee opposed participation in constitutional politics.

Although some surnames ( such as " London " or " Bialystok ") are derived from large cities, more people reflect the names of smaller communities, as in Ó Creachmhaoil, derived from a village in County Galway.

Many other patriotic and nationalistic songs are sung to show allegiance to Iceland, on various occasions as people often know them better when it comes to singing them, like " Ísland er land þitt " (" Iceland is your country "), " Ísland ögrum skorið " (" Iceland cut with bays "), " Öxar við ána " (" By the Öxará ( Axe River )"), " Ó fögur er vor fósturjörð " (" Oh how beautiful is our motherland "), " Hver á sér fegra föðurland?

It is commonly stated that Ó Dálaigh and Cusack picketed the Dublin launch of Disney's Darby O ' Gill and the Little People, for what they felt was the film's stereotyping of Irish people.

However when questioned by the Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin ( who had been attending a wedding at the hotel and by chance had encountered Cowen and Fitzpatrick ), Cowen was forced to admit that there were two other people at the meeting, Gary McGann, a director of Anglo Irish Bank and Alan Gray, a director of the Central Bank and currently managing director of a consultancy company Indecon.

Ó Brádaigh and several supporters walked out and immediately set up Republican Sinn Féin ( RSF ); more than 100 people assembled at Dublin's West County Hotel and formed the new organization.

* Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Restore the means of production to the people, Dec 1970

* Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Our people, our future, Dublin 1973

Today there are people with the surname Cochrane who descend from people originally surnamed Ó Corcráin.

There, before fifty or so people, Moore took out his guitar ( instruments are rarely used in An Góilín, it being a singers ' refuge ) and sang songs reflective of the Irish language and socially radical culture of the club such as Na Conghailigh, about the deaths of Tomás and Seán Ó Conghaile off Conamara, and Viva la Quinta Brigada, about the role of the Irish fighting with the socialists in the Spanish Civil War.

The win was all the more significant for Ó Sé as he became one of the few people who captained and managed his county to an All-Ireland title.

Knowles is a common Irish ( from Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail, " valorous desire ") or Cornish ( meaning " dweller by the knoll ") surname of Celtic origin, and may refer to many people.

Unknown to Ó Riada, Irish folk music was being played ensemble-style in London pubs, but for most people of Ireland this was the first time they heard these tunes played by a band.

* Cochrane ( surname ), some people who were originally surnamed Ó Corcráin today bear the surname Cochrane.

* Higgins ( surname ), including list of people with the surname ( see also Ó hUiginn )

Gilla Mo Choinni Ó Cahill, Lord of Kinelea East and West, was slain by Shaughnessy, the son of Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, after having been betrayed by his own people.

Conor, son of Hugh, the son of Roderic, made his escape from the English, and the sons of the chiefs of Connaught assembled around him, and they made an incursion into the Tuathas ; but Conor, with Gilla Ceallaigh Ó hEidhin, and Gilchreest, the son of Donough Mac Dermot, and many others along with them, were slain by the people of the Tuathas.

Founded by a committee of local people, including Martin Talty, Muiris Ó Rócháin and Harry Hughes, who were all friends or fellow musicians of the late Willie Clancy in 1973, the school has a fine reputation as an event where Irish traditional music can be learned and practised by all.

" Ó Caoindealbháin concludes, however, that the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 altered significantly the territorial implications of Irish citizenship law, if somewhat ambiguously, via two key provisions: the renunciation of the constitutional territorial claim over Northern Ireland, and the recognition of “ the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted