He was one of four brothers who may have been born in Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland to an Irish speaking mother, Máire Ní Scannláin, and John Holland, and learned English properly only when he attended the local English-speaking National School system and, from 1858, in the Christian Brothers in Ennistymon.

Experimental rules were drawn up in 1903 for a female stick-and-ball game by Máire Ní Chinnéide, Seán Ó Ceallaigh, Tadhg Ó Donnchadha and Séamus Ó Braonáin.

* Three teams contest the fifth-tier Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup, ( or Junior B championship ), Wicklow, and the second teams of Kildare and Meath.

Two former Camogie Association presidents Máire Ní Chinnéide and Agnes O ’ Farrelly were also presidents of Celtic Congress and exhibition matches have been held at the Celtic Congress since 1938.

Executive members included Máire Ní Chinnéide, Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh ( who wrote pamphlets on behalf of the League ), Bean an Doc Uí Choisdealbha, Máire Ní hAodáin, Máire de Buitléir, Nellie O ' Brien, Eibhlín Ní Dhonnabháin and Eibhlín Nic Néill.

Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal is the largest Gaeltacht parish in Ireland, which is home to regional studios of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and world-class musicians, such as Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Altan, Moya Brennan ( Máire Ní Bhraonáin ), Enya ( Eithne ), and Clannad, who were all raised with Irish as their first language.

Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin (), also known as Máire Brennan ( born 4 August 1952 ), is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist.

Her mother Máire ( better known by her nickname, Baba )( née Ní Dhúgáin or Duggan in English ) was a music teacher and her father Leo Brennan was a member of a cabaret band with whom she performed as a child.

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These include Máirtín Ó Direáin ( 1910 – 1988 ), Seán Ó Ríordáin ( 1916 – 1977 ), Máire Mhac an tSaoi ( born 1922 ), Michael Hartnett ( born 1941 ), Gabriel Rosenstock ( born 1949 ), and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill ( born 1952 ).

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A newly recorded version, arranged by Máire Ní Bhraonáin of Clannad, was introduced with the start of the 1993 / 94 series, and the changes to the title sequence.

* Moya Brennan ( Máire Ní Bhraonáin ), Celtic folk singer

Máire Ní Chathasaigh () ( born 1956 ) is an Irish harpist and singer.

A Labour Party TD, David Thornley, embarrassed the government ( of which Labour was a member ) by appearing on the platform at the ceremony, along with Máire Comerford, a survivor of the Rising, and Fiona Plunkett, sister of Joseph Plunkett.

However, Máire Herbert has argued that " war per se is not a primary aspect of the role of the goddess ", and that her association with cattle suggests her role was connected to the earth, fertility and sovereignty ; she suggests that her association with war is a result of a confusion between her and the Badb, who she argues was originally a separate figure.

In 1962 The Festival of Lughnasa, a study of Lughnasadh by folklorist Máire MacNeill, was published.

Máire Brennan, lead singer of Celtic / New Age band Clannad, was brought in to help Joanne with the Gaelic pronunciation, and she sang backup vocals.

In 1996 Francis Stuart was elected a Saoi of Aosdána and Máire Mhac an tSaoi objected strongly, citing his behaviour during the war when he made propaganda broadcasts for the Nazis and accusing him of antisemitism.

He was survived by his three daughters, Eileen, Máire and Nuala, and four sons, Kevin, Enda, Harry and Ciarán.

Máire Geoghegan was born in Carna, County Galway in September 1950.

Joseph Mary Plunkett ( Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916 ) was an Irish nationalist, poet, journalist, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

The 2007 arrest of Irish-language activist Máire Nic an Bhaird in Belfast was allegedly partly for saying tiocfaidh ár lá to PSNI officers, although she claimed to have said tiocfaidh bhúr lá (" your day will come ").

Another important figure was the prolific writer of rural novels, Séamus Ó Grianna ( pen name " Máire ").

She was the only female cabinet minister in Irish history until 1979 when Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was appointed to the then junior cabinet post of Minister for the Gaeltacht for Fianna Fáil.

Countess Markievicz had had held the cabinet post of Minister for Labour in the revolutionary First Dáil in 1919, but no other woman had held been appointed to the cabinet until Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was appointed as Minister for the Gaeltacht in 1979.

It was hosted by Gearóid Ó Tighearnaigh and produced by Bill O ' Donovan and included Dominic O ’ Riordan, Tony Ó Dálaigh, Seán Ó Murchú and Máire Noone ( the only woman ) on the panel.

Mary was featured on the cover of Billboard magazine in a story hailing her as " a firm favorite to join the heavy-hitting ranks of such Irish artists as Enya, Sinéad O ' Connor and Clannad's Máire Brennan in the international marketplace ".

Founded in 1966, the Language Freedom Movement ( Irish: Gluaiseacht Saoirse Teanga ) was an organization dedicated to the opposition of the state-sponsored revival of the Irish language in the Republic of Ireland with backing by such notable figures as Irish-speaking writers Séamus Ó Grianna (" Máire ") and John B. Keane.

The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, daughter of the deceased TD.

In 1944 he was founding secretary of the Liam Mellows Branch of the Labour Party and in 1945 was a founding secretary of the Cork Socialist Party, whose other notable members included Derry Kelleher, Kevin Neville and Máire Keohane-Sheehan.

Siobhan Fahey ( born Máire Siobhan Deirdre Fahey, 10 September 1958, Dublin, Ireland ) is an Irish musician and founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later formed the BRIT Award and Ivor Novello award winning musical outfit Shakespears Sister.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (; Irish Máire Nic Eochagáin Uí Cuinn ; born 5 September 1950 ) is an Irish politician, and is the current European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science.

Máire Mhac an tSaoi ( born 1922 ) is one of the most acclaimed and respected Irish language scholars, poets, writers and academics of modern literature in Irish .< ref >

In 1945 his only child, Máire MacSwiney, married Ruairí Brugha, son of the anti-Treaty Teachta Dála Cathal Brugha, and later a TD, Member of the European Parliament, and Senator.

In 1980, Enya worked with Clannad, the band composed of her siblings Máire ( Moya ), Pól, and Ciarán and twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan.

Máirtín Ó Direáin ( 1910 – 1988 ), Máire Mhac an tSaoi ( b. 1922 ) and Seán Ó Ríordáin ( 1916 – 1977 ) were three of the finest poets of that generation.

On Easter Sunday 1900 Yeat's friend and muse, Maud Gonne, founded Inghinidhe na hÉireann ( English: Daughters of Ireland ), a revolutionary women ’ s society which included writers Alice Furlong, Annie Egan, Ethna Carbery and Sinéad O ' Flanagan ( later wife of Éamon de Valera ), and the actors Máire Quinn and Sara Allgood.

Liam's Grandmother Sarah looks for a job in Tigh Thaidhg ( the local pub ), robbing her daughter's ( Máire ) fresh brown bread to impress her new employer.

* With the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Davy Spillane ( Uileann Pipes ), Kenneth Edge ( Saxophone ), Máire Breathnach ( violin ), Noel Eccles ( percussion ) " Riverdance " ( 1994 )

Born in Shankill, County Dublin, to parents Joe and Máire ( melodeon and fiddle players, respectively ), Mary started learning to play the tin whistle at the age of nine.