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Irish writer Roddy Doyle wrote a short story by the same title about an Irish girl who brings home an immigrant from Nigeria, published in 2008 in the collection The Deportees.
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* 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish writer ( d. 1909 )
* 1928 – James White, Irish writer ( d. 1999 )
* 1930 – Edna O ' Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer
* 1904 – Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish writer ( d. 1950 )
* 1852 – George A. Moore, Irish writer ( d. 1933 )
* 1882 – Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish writer ( d. 1928 )
In its heyday, many celebrities belonged to the Golden Dawn, such as actress Florence Farr, Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, Irish writer William Butler Yeats, Welsh author Arthur Machen, English author Evelyn Underhill, and English author Aleister Crowley.
The Irish anarchist writer of the Decadent movement Oscar Wilde influenced individualist anarchists such as Renzo Novatore and gained the admiration of Benjamin Tucker.
Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist Irish people | Irish writer of the decadent movement and famous dandyThe anarchist writer and bohemian Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous essay The Soul of Man under Socialism that " Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
* 1865 – William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1937 )
* 1955 – William Wall, Irish writer
* 1878 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish writer ( d. 1957 )
* 1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1950 )
* 1889 – Maurice Collis, Irish writer ( d. 1973 )
Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist Irish people | Irish writer who published the libertarian socialist work titled The Soul of Man under SocialismThe anarchist writer and bohemian Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous essay The Soul of Man under Socialism that " Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
* 1972 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer ( b. 1904 )
* 1854 – Oscar Wilde, Irish writer ( d. 1900 )
* Oscar ( opera ), an opera about Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet by composer Theodore Morrison to be presented by The Santa Fe Opera in 2013.
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* 1901 – Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly ( d. 1980 )
* February 28 – United Irishman Roddy McCorley is executed in Toomebridge for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
* Family ( 1994 TV series ), an Irish miniseries by Roddy Doyle
Howard Sounes in his biography of Dylan describes how Dylan listened to the Clancys singing Irish rebel songs like " Roddy McCorley " which he found fascinating, not only terms of their melodies but also their themes, structures and storytelling techniques.
* Roddy Doyle ( born 1958 ), an Irish writer
The Commitments ( 1987 ) ( Originally called The Partitions ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha ( 1993 ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.
Roddy also stated that these two unidentified persons were one and the same person — a young cleric-turned-journalist and a Jesuit of Irish descent working for Cardinal Bea and who was active in the Biblical Institute — he figuratively named as Timothy O ' Boyle-Fitzharris S. J.
* 11 February — Roddy Connolly, Irish Labour Party TD, Seanad member, son of James Connolly ( died 1980 ).
Colonel Patrick Roddy VC ( 17 March 1827 – 21 November 1895 ) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Terry Pender commented on At Swim, Two Boys: " With only this work O ' Neill can take his rightful place among the great Irish writers beginning with Joyce and ending with Roddy Doyle ".
Welles brought in Irish actor Dan O ' Herlihy in his first U. S. film role as Macduff, and cast former child star Roddy McDowall as Malcolm.
Roddy McCorley ( Irish: Rodaí Mac Corlaí ) ( died 28 February 1800 ) was a United Irishman and a participant in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
After the rebellion, Roddy went into hiding for almost a year, joining a company of soldiers who had deserted to the Irish cause, who were excluded from the terms of " surrender and protection " for fugitives.
A Star Called Henry ( 1999 ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.
The Barrytown Trilogy consists of the first three novels by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and is first published as a trilogy in 1992.
The Snapper ( 1990 ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the second novel in The Barrytown Trilogy.
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors ( 1996 ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, adapted from the 1994 RTÉ / BBC miniseries Family.
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In August 1827, against his mother's wishes, he married Rosina Doyle Wheeler ( 1802 – 1882 ), a famous Irish beauty.
The series also featured a number of contemporary Irish actors and comedians, including Dervla Kirwan, Graham Norton, Tommy Tiernan, Patrick McDonnell, Don Wycherley, Joe Rooney, Jason Byrne, Jim Norton, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Ed Byrne, Brendan Grace, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Gerard McSorley and Kevin McKidd.
* 1985 – Colin Doyle, Irish footballer
* 1936 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
For example, the Irish insanity defence comprises the M ' Naghten Rules and a control test which asks whether the accused was debarred from refraining from committing the act because of a defect of reason due to mental illness ( see Doyle v Wicklow County Council 1974 ) 55 IR 71.
* Dick Doyle ( Richard Doyle, 1879 – 1946 ), Irish hurler
* Dick Doyle ( Kilkenny hurler ) ( 1888 – 1959 ), Irish hurler
* 1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
* June 1 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
However, there were international protests particularly in Britain and the United States in 1903-04 spearheaded mainly by Edmund Dene Morel and British diplomat / Irish patriot Roger Casement, whose 1904 report on the Congo condemned the practice, as well as famous writers such as Mark Twain ( who wrote King Leopold's Soliloquy ) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
* Joseph Doyle, bassist from Irish band The Frames is from Allenwood
Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn ( 28 May 1970 – 3 December 2002 ) was an Irish actor in television and film, known for playing Mark Healy in the American sitcom Roseanne, and Doyle, a half-demon, on the 1999 – 2004 television series Angel, a spin-off series of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Although he spent years doing an American accent on Roseanne, Quinn was pleased producers made Doyle on Angel Irish because it would allow him to use his native accent.
The 1990s marked a significant shift in attitudes towards commemorating the Famine, as hundreds of events took place in Ireland and throughout the Irish diaspora, some of which received sponsorship from the National Famine Commemoration Committee based in the Department of the Taoiseach, led by TD Avril Doyle.
( Joseph ) Joe Doyle ( 1 June 1936 – 8 August 2009 ) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.
* Irish Chiefs at The Doyle Page ( Australia )
He also played Desmond LaRochette in Robert Whitlow's The List, and Irish patriarch Enda Doyle in Red Roses and Petrol ( 2008 ).
The song was first recorded in 1979 by Danny Doyle, reaching the top ten in the Irish Singles Chart.
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Actress and singer Maria Doyle Kennedy is originally from the neighbourhood of Clontarf, as is Irish rugby international, Brian O ' Driscoll.
* Gerry Doyle, Irish football manager
* Quinn was asked if he knew Doyle was Irish before he auditioned, he responded " I went and I read it in American and Whedon said ' Hey, let's do it in Irish and see where it takes us .'..
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