Maureen O'Carroll

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ISBN 13 : 9781794251526
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Maureen O'Carroll written by Leora O'Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maureen O'Carroll vividly brings to life growing up in a large, quirky but ambitious Irish immigrant family, as seen through the eyes of middle child Maureen. After years of periodic imprisonment in Ireland for their fight for independence, Maureen's parents immigrated to Sydney, Australia where they raised ten children during the Depression and war time. The patriarch, John O'Carroll, sets up in the storefront of their Balmain terrace house a barbershop, The Anchor Hairdressing Salon, which becomes a hub of activity for the locals. Throughout this colorful memoir infused with Irish history, local politics, Catholicism and the humorous struggles of Depression-era life, music remains a vital theme; It is instrumental in all ten O'Carroll children overcoming their hard circumstances to achieve a better life.

The Real Mrs. Brown

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Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444754521
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book The Real Mrs. Brown written by Brian Beacom and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who'd have thought a potty-mouthed Dublin mammy with a cream cardigan and elasticated tan tights could storm British TV screens and leave a nation helpless with laughter? Brendan O'Carroll performs to tens of thousands of people a night in packed-out stadiums across the country. In the last four years his TV show has become a number 1 ratings success and he's even making a movie. But Brendan has had to battle hard for success. The youngest of eleven children, his mother was Maureen O'Carroll, a former nun who went on to become the first woman to be elected to the Irish parliament. Brendan adored his strong, widowed mother - and she later became the inspiration for his indomitable character Agnes Brown. However, the family endured poverty reminiscent of Angela's Ashes and Brendan saw no option but to leave school at 12 to work. He married young and for decades struggled to make ends meet. Eventually, bankrupt and desperate, Brendan went to see a fortune teller who told him she could see his future achieving worldwide success as a comedian and actor. At first Brendan laughed at the notion, but then he thought of how much his friends loved his gags, and decided to give it a go... This is the magical story of how a loveable Irishman with a wig and a wit as caustic as battery acid surprised everyone - most of all himself - by becoming one of the best-loved comedians in the world. It is a story of hardship, heartbreak, and talent and will remind readers afresh that sometimes the facts can be even more extraordinary than the fiction.

The Mammy

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101153385
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Mammy written by Brendan O'Carroll and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne—a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humor and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias "The Kaiser") and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor. Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colorful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life. Now a major motion picture starring Anjelica Huston

The Man Who is Mrs Brown - The Biography of Brendan O'Carroll

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Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782198156
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who is Mrs Brown - The Biography of Brendan O'Carroll written by David O'Dornan and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Brendan O’Carroll, creator and star of Mrs Brown’s Boys, stood on stage to collect his first BAFTA for the phenomenally successful comedy series in 2012, it marked a new milestone in his incredible career. Finally, he was being acknowledged as a worldwide sensation in his role as the irrepressible â€~Mammy’ Agnes Brown. Over the last few years, Brendan has spread his wings to taste success as an author, a playwright, a comedian, an actor, a television star and more, picking up major awards along the way. But it hasn’t always been a bed of roses for the Dubliner, who started off life working as a waiter before evolving into the hardest working man in showbiz. Born in 1955 as the youngest of 11 children, he grew up in a two-bedroom corporation house in the rough-and-tumble working class area of Finglas in north Dublin. After his father Gerard died, when Brendan was just seven years old, his formidable mother Maureen â€" who influenced Brendan’s future career â€" raised him on his own. Life truly didn’t begin until 40 for Brendan, who left school aged just 12 and tried his hand at anything to earn a living, including jobs as a milkman, DJ, bar manager and painter and decorator. But after being persuaded to have a go on the comedy circuit it was the the beginning of a new dawn in Brendan’s life that would see him become the man with the Midas touch. In the years since, his work rate has become phenomenal as his earthy comedy has become a global hit, he found love again with his second wife and co-star Jennifer Gibney and he has become rich beyond his wildest dreams thanks to his foul-mouthed matriarch Mrs Brown. In this first ever biography of the star, David O’Dornan reveals the extraordinary rags to riches journey Brendan O’Carroll has made to become a comedy genius loved by millions of devoted fans. This is a must-read book for any fan and includes exclusive interviews with those nearest and dearest to the star.

Elections 2011

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0952019787
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Elections 2011 written by Seán Donnelly and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-21 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to Dáil, Seanad & Presidential elections in Ireland in 2011, including comprehensive background & historical information.

Díosbóireachtaí Párlaiminte

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Díosbóireachtaí Párlaiminte written by Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

No Ordinary Women

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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299195007
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Book Synopsis No Ordinary Women by : Sinéad McCoole

Download or read book No Ordinary Women written by Sinéad McCoole and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Constance Markievicz had some advice for women activists: 'Leave your jewels in the bank, and buy a revolver.' Most of the women who became involved in the fight for Ireland's freedom did not have jewels to swap for guns, but the change in their circumstances and lives would be just as radical. Setting aside their roles as dutiful daughters, wives, and mothers, they became dispatch carriers, gunrunners, spies. Guns in hand, they fought alongside their male comrades in arms, displaying a courage and resolution that astonished and sometimes offended public opinion of the time." "What they were doing was considered 'unladylike and disreputable' - a notion that explains why their stories became hidden histories; in many cases families were unaware that their great-aunts and grannies had prison records." "But the evidence is there in their prison diaries and autograph books, in the graffiti that remain on the walls of Kilmainham Gaol, and in the archive lists of women prisoners of 1916, the War of Independence, and the Civil War. From this wealth of material and interviews with survivors, Sinead McCoole has produced a portrait of the girls and women whose indomitable spirit overcame hunger strikes, harsh prison conditions, and the tragedy of huge personal loss."--BOOK JACKET.

Call Me Mrs. Brown

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0241483689
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Call Me Mrs. Brown written by Brendan O'Carroll and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious and remarkably honest autobiography from the star of Mrs Brown's Boys, Brendan O'Carroll ___________ Before he became the nation's favourite Mammy, Brendan O'Carroll was known simply as Brendan. The youngest of ten children from a poor family in Dublin, his father died when he was just nine years old. Leaving school at the mere 12 years of age, Brendan began what would become a long and varied working life; he would go on to be a waiter, a publican, a window cleaner and a publisher amongst other jobs. Throughout the tough moments, Brendan always had humour and a good story to tell alongside the ever-guiding inspiration of his own Mammy, a formidable figure who became Ireland's first female Labour MP. In his own unique voice, Brendan O'Carroll strings together the threads of his life, a helter-skelter story tracing the helter-skelter journey of a scrawny kid from Finglas, Dublin to TV screens around the world. Told with warmth, humour, a touch of mischievousness - and more than a few coincidences - this is the fascinating story of the one and only, Brendan O'Carroll. __________

Saothar

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saothar written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Scrapper

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Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847174485
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Scrapper written by Brendan O'Carroll and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dublin boxer Sparrow McCabe has the Spanish contender on the floor. The World Featherweight title is his for the taking. But something stops Sparrow from throwing that final punch and suddenly it's all over. Fifteen years later Sparrow is working as a driver for the gangster Simon Williams, trying to turn a blind eye to the scams, the extortion rackets and the rough justice handed out by Williams and his heavies. Then murder enters the picture and Sparrow decides to take a stand. This is one fight he cannot lose. From Brendan O'Carroll, author of the bestselling Mrs Brown trilogy and the BAFTA-nominated TV series Mrs Brown's Boys.

Women and the Decade of Commemorations

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253053854
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Women and the Decade of Commemorations written by Oona Frawley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When women are erased from history, what are we left with? Between 1912 and 1922, Ireland experienced sweeping social and political change, including the Easter Rising, World War I, the Irish Civil War, the fight for Irish women's suffrage, the founding of the Abbey Theatre, and the passage of the Home Rule Bill. In preparation for the centennial of this epic decade, the Irish government formed a group of experts to oversee the ways in which the country would remember this monumental time. Unfortunately, the group was formed with no attempt at gender balance. Women and the Decade of Commemorations, edited by Oona Frawley, highlights not only the responsibilities of Irish women, past and present, but it also privileges women's scholarship in an attempt to redress what has been a long-standing imbalance. For example, contributors note the role of the Waking the Feminists movement, which was ignited when, in 2016, the Abbey Theater released its male-dominated centenary program. They also discuss the importance of addressing missing history and curating memory to correct the historical record when it comes to remembering revolution. Together, the essays in Women and the Decade of Commemorations consider the impact of women's unseen, unsung work, which has been critically important in shaping Ireland, a country that continues to struggle with honoring the full role of women today.

The Irish Reports

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book The Irish Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Little History of Dublin

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Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 178537463X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book A Little History of Dublin written by Trevor White and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish village. Viking town. English city. Proud European capital. A Little History of Dublin is a high-speed history of life in the Irish capital. The key events are explained in short, digestible chapters, and the reader can expect to discover the complete history of Dublin in the time it takes to walk from Dollymount to Dalkey. Incident, humour and humanity are privileged throughout this history in a hurry. Author Trevor White writes with affection but also with a clarity that reflects his experience of running a museum that celebrates the history, humour and hospitality of Dublin. The result is a crisp and colourful account of achievement and misadventure in a city that White calls Europe’s largest village.

The American Harp Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The American Harp Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Children of the Rising

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Publisher : Hachette Ireland
ISBN 13 : 1473617049
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Rising written by Joe Duffy and published by Hachette Ireland. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children of the Rising is the first ever account of the young lives violently lost during the week of the 1916 Rising: long-forgotten and never commemorated, until now. Boys, girls, rich, poor, Catholic, Protestant - no child was guaranteed immunity from the bullet and bomb that week, in a place where teeming tenement life existed side by side with immense wealth. Drawing on extensive original research, along with interviews with relatives, Joe Duffy creates a compelling picture of these forty lives, along with one of the cut and thrust of city life between the two canals a century ago. This gripping story of Dublin and its people in 1916 will add immeasurably to our understanding of the Easter Rising. Above all, it honours the forgotten lives, largely buried in unmarked graves, of those young people who once called Dublin their home.

The Irish Law Times Reports

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book The Irish Law Times Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Banished Babies

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
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Download or read book Banished Babies written by Mike Milotte and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior RTE current affairs reporter Mike Milotte, who began to unravel the story in a TV documentary last year, has now gained access to hundreds of confidential files for Banished Babies. Blending personal stories into his account, Milotte reveals how the state colluded with Church agencies to facilitate the export of 'illegitimate' children, and how a black market existed in which Irish babies changed hands beyond the fringes of the official 'export scheme'. In this hard-hitting book, Mike Milotte explains in vivid detail how thousands of babies came to be exiled.