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Historical population of Ireland

The population of Ireland in 2021 was approximately seven million with 1,903,100 in Northern Ireland and 5,123,536 in the Republic of Ireland. In the 2022 census the population of the Republic of Ireland eclipsed five million for the first time since the 1851 census. The population of Ireland in 2024 was approximately 7.2 million (5.35 million in the Ireland and 1.91 million in Northern Ireland). Although these figures demonstrate significant growth over recent years, the population of Ireland remains below the record high of 8,175,124 in the 1841 census.
Between 1700 and 1840, Ireland experienced rapid population growth, rising from less than three million in 1700 to over eight million by the 1841 census. In 1851, as the Great Famine was ending, the population of Ireland had dropped to 6.5 million people. The Famine and the resulting Irish diaspora had a dramatic effect on population; by 1891, Ireland's population had slipped under five million and by 1931, it had dropped to just over four million. It stayed around this level until the 1960s, when the population began to rise again.
Below are some statistics to illustrate the rise, fall and rise again of the population since 1841. The statistics also illustrate a massive population shift from the west to the east of the country and increasing urbanisation. The areas around Dublin and Belfast have seen population growth, while Connacht has become depopulated.
In 2016, the population of Ireland for the first time exceeded the population recorded in the Census of 1851, the first census immediately after the Great Famine, when the population of the island was recorded at 6,575,000.
(Measured in 1000s, rounded)
Figures not in bold are for the Republic of Ireland counties of Ulster only. Figures in bold are for the whole of Ulster.
(Measured in 1000s)
Cathedral Caverns State Park

Cathedral Caverns State Park is a 493-acre (200 ha) public recreation area and natural history preserve in Kennamer Cove, Alabama, located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Grant and 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Woodville in Marshall County. The park, first known as Bats Cave, was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1950s. Cathedral Caverns was declared a National Natural Landmark in 1972 and opened as a state park in 2000.
Cathedral Caverns is a karst cave with a large stalagmite forest covering approximately 3 acres (1.2 ha). The public portion of the cave extends along 8-foot-wide (2.4 m) wheelchair-accessible, concrete walkways for approximately 3,500 feet (1,100 m) and has some 2 miles (3.2 km) of paths; another 2,700 feet (820 m) extend beyond the end of the pathway. Some 11,000 feet (3,400 m) have been surveyed and explored; only experienced cavers are allowed to go beyond the developed trail. The cave system laid claim to many world records in its commercial heyday though their accuracy has been disputed.
Notable features of the caverns include:
Archaeological excavations at the mouth of Cathedral Caverns have indicated occupation by Native Americans as recently as 200 years ago and perhaps as early as 7000 BCE.
The area around the caverns was settled by the Kennamer family and became known as Kennamers Cove. During the Civil War, the Kennamer family lived in the cave for an extended period of time after their farmhouse was burned down by Union soldiers.
The cave was maintained as a tourist attraction by Jacob "Jay" Gurley from 1955 to 1974. It was sold at auction in 1975 to Tom German, who in turn sold it to the State of Alabama in 1987. After funding delays, the state began restoration work in 1995. The cavern was re-opened to the public as Cathedral Caverns State Park in May 2000.
In September 2020, Cathedral Caverns State Park was one of eleven Alabama State Parks awarded Tripadvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Award, which recognizes businesses and attractions that earn consistently high user reviews.
The park offers cave tours, gem mining, and facilities for picnicking as well as improved, primitive, and backcountry camping sites.
The caverns appear in two motion pictures: in 1983, principal photography for the horror film Secrets of the Phantom Caverns took place there; and in 1995, they provided cave settings for the Disney film Tom and Huck.
Golden Ring of Russia

The Golden Ring of Russia (Russian: Золотое кольцо России, romanized: Zolotoye koltso Rossii) unites old Russian cities of five Oblasts – usually excluding Moscow – as a well-known theme-route. The grouping is centred northeast of the capital in what was the north-eastern part of ancient Rus'. The ring formerly comprised the region known as Zalesye. The idea of the route and the term was created in 1967 by Soviet historian and essayist Yuri Bychkov, who published in Sovetskaya Kultura in November–December 1967 a series of essays on the cities under the heading: "Golden Ring". Bychkov was one of the founders of ВООПИК: the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture (these letters in Romanized form are VOOPIK).
These ancient towns were heavily formative to the centrality of the Russian Orthodox Church in society. They preserve the memory of key events in medieval and Imperial Russian history. The towns have been called "open-air museums" and feature unique monuments of Russian architecture of the 12th–18th centuries, including kremlins, monasteries, cathedrals, and churches. These towns are among the most picturesque in Russia and prominently feature Russia's onion domes.
The Golden Ring of Russia includes: Vladimir-Suzdal-Ivanovo-Kostroma-Yaroslavl-Rostov the Great-Pereslavl-Zalessky-Sergiev Posad
For years, tourists and locals debated about which cities were "officially" part of the Golden Ring. There is no official list of which cities make up part of the Golden Ring with the exception of the eight principal cities of Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal, Vladimir, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky and Rostov Veliky. In addition, other old cities in the Ivanovo, Vladimir and Yaroslavl regions also considered themselves as part of the ring, including Palekh, Plyos, and Shuya in Ivanovo Oblast; Gorokhovets, Gus-Khrustalny, Murom, and Yuriev-Polsky in Vladimir Oblast; and Rybinsk, Tutaev, and Uglich in Yaroslavl Oblast. Many cities are to be found along the M8 highway or can be reached from Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow. Some of the churches, kremlins and monasteries are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In Russia, the area of the Golden Ring is one of the regions that has strongly preserved many traditions and culture of ancient Russia to this day.
Now the main and most popular tourist route around provincial cities of central European Russia, the promotion of the Golden Ring was a new challenge after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. From a sustainability standpoint, there were new goals that needed to be achieved: the preservation of ancient architectural monuments, modernising the tourism industry within new capitalist system, building new types of infrastructures such as hotels, theme parks, museums and malls that encouraged economic growth. As the result cities of the Golden Ring were the first one that saw the outcome out of investments from new forms of entrepreneurship like privately owned businesses and startups.
Heritage Council (Ireland)

The Heritage Council (Irish: An Comhairle Oidhreachta) is an organisation created by the Irish government to "engage, educate and advocate to develop a wider understanding of the vital contribution that our heritage makes to our social, environmental and economic well-being."
The Heritage Council was established under the Heritage Act 1995.
Its current CEO is Virginia Teehan.
The Council's purview includes monuments, archaeological objects, heritage objects such as art and industrial works, documents and genealogical records, architectural heritage, flora, fauna, wildlife habitats, landscapes, seascapes, wrecks, geology, heritage gardens, parks and inland waterways.
The Heritage Council organizes the annual Heritage Week in Ireland. It also has a grants scheme.
In 2005, the Heritage Council formed the Irish Walled Towns Network (IWTN). The role of the IWTN is to help the walled towns of Ireland become better places in which to live, work and visit. The network does this through providing grants for medieval town wall repairs, secondly, by providing grants for community festivals and heritage interpretation, thirdly, training community groups on how best to use their place's heritage and finally, by coordinating research and publishing advisory documents. In 2013, the IWTN's education programme won the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award.
The Heritage Council established the Museums Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) in 2007, to benchmark and promote professional standards in the care of collections and to recognise through accreditation the achievement of those standards within the Irish museum sector. As of 2020, 43 museums have been fully accredited through the MSPI programme.
Irish American Heritage Center

The Irish American Heritage Center (Irish: Ionad na Oidhreachtas Éire-Mheiriceánach) is a non-profit organization located in Chicago that seeks to enhance the study of Irish culture with programming centered on Irish dance, literature, heritage, music, and Irish American cultural contributions to the United States. The center also supports Irish immigrants, and three Presidents of Ireland have attended ceremonies at the center.
The center's building in the Mayfair neighborhood of Chicago houses a library, museum, art gallery, archives, auditorium and classrooms, as well as an Irish pub and gift shop. Founded in 1976, it opened its building in 1985. The center oversees and administers the Irish American Hall of Fame. It is a member organization of the Chicago Cultural Alliance.
So What (Miles Davis composition)

"So What" is the first track on the 1959 album Kind of Blue by American trumpeter Miles Davis.
It is one of the best-known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D Dorian, followed by eight bars of E♭ Dorian and another eight of D Dorian. This AABA structure puts it in the thirty-two-bar format of American popular song.
The piano-and-bass introduction for the piece was written by Gil Evans for Bill Evans (no relation) and Paul Chambers on Kind of Blue. An orchestrated version by Gil Evans of this introduction is later to be found on a television broadcast given by Miles' first quintet (minus Cannonball Adderley who was ill that day) and the Gil Evans Orchestra; the orchestra gave the introduction, after which the quintet played the rest of "So What". The use of the double bass to play the central theme makes the piece unusual. This arrangement was later performed and recorded as part of the album Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall.
While the track is taken at a very moderate tempo on Kind of Blue, it is played at a speedy tempo on later live recordings by the quintet, such as Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6, and even faster by Miles Davis's second quintet in the mid 1960's for example on Four & More.
The distinctive voicing employed by Bill Evans for the chords that interject the head: from the bottom up, three notes at intervals of a perfect fourth followed by a major third, has been given the name "So What chord" (shown below) by such theorists as Mark Levine.
The same chord structure was later used by John Coltrane for his standard "Impressions". Both pieces originate in Ahmad Jamal's 1955 cover of Morton Gould's "Pavanne".
In 2024, "So What" was ranked 492 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Explication de Texte

Explication de Texte is a French formalist method of literary analysis that allows for limited reader response, similar to close reading in the English-speaking literary tradition. The method involves a detailed yet relatively objective examination of structure, style, imagery, and other aspects of a work. It was particularly advocated by Gustave Lanson.
It is primarily a pedagogical tool, similar to a formal book report.
A simple format for writing an Explication de Texte is this:
Pobal seachas Brabús/Dlúthpháirtíocht

Is comhghuaillíocht pholaitiúil Éireannach é Pobal seachas Brabús/Dlúthpháirtíocht. Bunaíodh í sa bhliain 2015 faoin ainm Comhghuaillíocht Frith-Dhéine – Pobal seachas Brabús, nuair a tháinig na páirtithe Pobal seachas Brabús agus Dlúthpháirtíocht le chéile.
Comhghuaillíocht i bhfad amach ar an eite chlé atá ann, agus iad ag tacú le dáileadh níos cothroime d'airgead agus d'acmhainní eile, ról níos mó ag an rialtas i ndul i ngleic leis an easpa dídine, cánacha níos airde ar na daoine saibhre, agus tacaíochtaí sóisialta níos fearr do na daoine bochta. Páirtí liobrálach i dtaobh na gceisteanna sóisialta atá ann chomh maith, iad ag tacú mar shampla le haisghairm an ochtú leasú i bPoblacht na hÉireann i 2018.
An Páirtí Náisiúnta

Is páirtí Éireannach ar dheis ar fad é An Páirtí Náisiúnta. Bunaíodh an Páirtí Náisiúnta i mí na Samhna, 2016. Is é Seamus Mac Raghnaill an t-uachtarán.
Bunaíodh an Páirtí Náisiúnta i mí na Samhna, 2016. Bhí seoladh eagraithe sa Merrion Hotel, ach chealaigh an t-óstán é. Is as Contae Thiobraid Árann é Justin Barrett. Sna 1990idí, ghlac sé páirt in imeachtaí san Iodáil agus sa Ghearmáin, a bhíothas eagraithe le grúpaí ar nós Forza Nuova agus an Páirtí Daonlathach Náisiúnta.
Is as an Longfort é Seamus Mac Raghnaill. Bhí sé ceangailte le Libertas agus an feachtas in aghaidh an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht i 2012.
Reáchtáil an páirtí a chéad Ard Fheis i mí na Samhna, 2017, sa Trump International Hotel, i nDún Beag i gContae an Chláir. Bhí timpeall le caoga i láthair. Bhí achrann ann nuair a mhaslaigh Seamus Mac Raghnaill daoine aeracha. Chosain Barrett an ráiteas, agus shiúil an aoi-spéicéir John Wilson amach agus fiúnach air.
Deirtear gur pháirtí i bhfad amach ar an eite dheis é an Páirtí Náisiúnta. Achoimríonn an páirtí a n-idé-eolaíocht ar a suíomh gréasáinː
Bhí feachtas ar bun ag an Páirtí in aghaidh an ghinmhillte sna laethanta roimh an Reifreann ar an 8ú leasú ar an mBunreacht. Mhol Barrett, "Ba cheart pionós an bháis a chur ar aon dochtúir a dhéanann ginmhilleadh ar leanbh neamhbheirthe".
Comhaontas Aontachtach na hÉireann

Páirtí polaitiúil aontachtach ab ea Comhaontas Aontachtach na hÉireann nó CAÉ (Béarlaː Irish Unionist Alliance, nó IUA), ar a dtugtar Páirtí Aontachtach na hÉireann (Irish Unionist Party), nó go simplí na hAontachtaithe, a bunaíodh in Éirinn sa bhliain 1891, ó chumasc de chuid Pháirtí Coimeádach na hÉireann agus Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union (ILPU) chun cur i gcoinne pleananna do Rialtas Dúchais d'Éirinn laistigh de Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus na hÉireann. Ba é an Coirnéal Edward James Saunderson a bhí i gceannas ar an bpáirtí ar feadh cuid mhaith dá shaol agus níos déanaí bhí St John Brodrick, 1ú Bhíocunta Midleton.San iomlán, bhí 86 bhall de Theach na dTiarnaí cleamhnaithe le Comhaontas Aontachtach na hÉireann, cé go raibh a bhallraíocht níos leithne i measc vótóirí Éireannacha lasmuigh de Chúige Uladh sách beag.
Ailínigh an páirtí é féin go dlúth leis an bPáirtí Coimeádach agus na hAontachtóirí Liobrálacha le dul i mbun feachtais chun cosc a chur leis an mBille um Rialtas na hÉireann 1893. Thóg a chuid feisirí an fuip Choimeádach ag Westminster, agus ba mhinic a cuireadh síos ar a chuid feisirí mar 'Choimeádaigh' nó 'Aontachtaithe Coimeádacha ', cé gur tháinig cuid mhaith dá thacaíocht ó iarvótálaithe Liobrálacha. I measc na mball ba mhó le rá a bhí aige bhí abhcóide Bhaile Átha Cliath, Sir Edward Carson, agus bunaitheoir gluaiseacht na gcomharchumann in Éirinn, Sir Horace Plunkett. Bhí a neart toghchánaíochta comhchruinnithe den chuid is mó (cé nach go heisiach) in oirthear Uladh agus i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath.
Bhí an D'éirigh an CAÉ scriosta ag aighnis inmheánacha go luath san fhichiú haois, agus bhí ceist na críochdheighilte thar a bheith conspóideach. Ghlac a lán aontachtaithe lasmuigh de Chúige Uladh leis as riachtanas polaitiúil a bhain le Rialtas Dúchais, fad is a bhunaigh aontachtaithe i gCúige Uladh eagraíocht ar leith, Páirtí Aontachtach Uladh (Béarlaː Ulster Unionist Party). Sa bhliain 1919 scoilt an CAÉ as a chéile faoi dheireadh nuair a bunaíodh an Unionist Anti-Partition League, rud a chuir in iúl go héifeachtach bás an aontachtachais institiúidigh sa chuid is mó d'Éirinn. Lean an UUP ar aghaidh ag feidhmiú i dTuaisceart Éireann, agus rachadh sé ar aghaidh chun tosaigh i gcúrsaí polaitíochta baile ann ar feadh cuid mhaith den fhichiú haoissé ar aghaidh chun tosaigh i gcúrsaí polaitíochta baile ann ar feadh cuid mhaith den fhichiú haois.
Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta (Éire)

Is páirtí polaitíochta Éireannach iad na Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta (Béarla:Social Democrats) a bunaíodh ar an 15 Iúil 2015.
Ar an suíomh socialdemocrats.ie, deir an pháirtí go gcreideann siad
Meastar go ginearálta gur páirtí den eite chlé atá sna Daonlathaigh Shóisialta
Mar sin, tá an páirtí ag tacú le dáileadh níos cothroime d'airgead agus d'acmhainní eile, ról níos mó ag an rialtas i ndul i ngleic leis an easpa dídine, cánacha níos airde ar na daoine saibhre, agus tacaíochtaí sóisialta níos fearr do na daoine bochta.
Páirtí liobrálach i dtaobh na gceisteanna sóisialta atá ann chomh maith, iad ag tacú mar shampla le haisghairm an ochtú leasú i bPoblacht na hÉireann i 2018.
Ar na baill bhunaithe bhí na Teachtaí Dála; Catherine Murphy, Stephen Donnelly agus Róisín Shortall a bhí mar chomh-cheannairí ar an bpáirtí. Bhíodar seo luaite mar Theachtaí neamhspleácha nó le páirtithe faoi leith roimhe sin. D'fhág Stephen Donnelly an páirtí ar an 5 Meán Fómhair 2016.
Bhí an bheirt Teachtaí Dála, Shortall agus Murphy, ina gceannairí ar an bpáirtí a bhunaigh siad in 2015 nó gur tháinig an Teachta Dála as Corcaigh Holly Cairns i gcomharbacht orthu mar cheannaire sa bhliain 2023. Tá sí le feiceáil go rialta sna meáin mar cheannaire anois.
In 2023, bhí gach cosúlacht ann go mbeadh Cairns, agus na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta léi, sásta dul i gcomhrialtas le Sinn Féin. Ag an am céanna, dhiúltaigh Cairns glacadh le socrú rialtais roimh an olltoghchán.
Ar an 2 Iúil 2024, d'fhógair Róisín Shorthall agus Catherine Murphy go raibh siad le n-éirí as an bpolaitíocht ag an gcéad olltoghchán eile. Chreid siad, a dúirt siad, gur féidir saol agus sochaí níos féaráilte bheith ann agus gur prionsabail an daonlathais shóisialta a lean siad i gcónaí chuige sin. Chreid siad chomh maith go láidir sa bpolaitíocht mar chumhacht chun tairbhe an phobail.
Is páirtí beag imeallach é na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta. Sna pobalbhreitheanna bhí tacaíocht na nDaonlathaithe Sóisialta thart ar 4% sna 2020idí. I ndáiríre braitheann suíocháin na bpáirtithe beaga seo ar an gcaoi a n-éireoidh nó nach n-éireoidh le hiarrthóirí aonair. Bunaithe ar an bhfigiúr náisiúnta is ar éigean go mbeadh suíochán ar bith ag Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta, ach déanann roinnt dá n-iarrthóirí an beart mar a dhéanann neamhspleáigh.
LADT

Acrainm is ea na litreacha LADT, a sheasann do "Leispiach, Aerach, Déghnéasach agus Trasinscneach" (LGBT i mBéarla). Scáth-théarma is ea é do dhaoine nach heitrighnéasaigh agus cisinscnigh iad.
Ós rud é go bhfuil féiniúlachtaí gnéis agus inscne ann nach dtagann faoi scáth na dtéarmaí san acrainm, is minic a bhaintear úsáid as leaganacha breisithe ar nós LADT+ freisin, acrainm lena n-aithnítear agus lena n-áirítear féiniúlachtaí mionlaigh eile nach bhfuil leispiach, aerach, déghnéasach agus trasinscneach amháin. Úsáidtear roghanna eile freisin, mar shampla LADTA, LADTI, LADTAIAP etc. Úsáideann daoine agus eagraíochtaí an t-acrainm is mó atá ag teacht, dar leo, lena gcuid ball, a gcuid dearcthaí agus a gcuid cuspóirí.
Is í an bhratach tuar ceatha siombail an phobail LADT, cruthaithe ag Gilbert Baker sa bhliain 1978.
Caitlín Ní Thoirbheird

Gníomhaí de chuid Chonradh na Gaeilge agus múinteoir Gaeilge ab ea Caitlín Ní Thoirbheird (5 Bealtaine 1891 – 24 Iúil 1969).
Rugadh Ní Thoirbheird i Mainistir na Búille, Contae Ros Comáin, sa bhliain 1891. Ba iad James Turbitt, déantóir cóitsí, agus Mary Gahan a tuismitheoirí. Bhí sí ar dhuine de sheachtar leanaí a d'fhan beo. Thugadh an teaghlach Cassie uirthi agus ba í féin agus a deirfiúr Áine amháin a labhair Gaeilge. D’oibrigh Ní Thoirbheird mar mhúinteoir taistil sa Lorgain, i Móinteach Mílic, agus sa cheantar máguaird sa bhliain 1915.
D’oibrigh Ní Thoirbheird do Chonradh na Gaeilge. Ceapadh í ina heagraí cúnta i Ros Comáin i 1918 agus ansin ina rúnaí contae i 1920. Ceapadh í freisin ina múinteoir taistil do Chomhairle Contae Ros Comáin ó 1923, ach lean sí ag obair do Chonradh na Gaeilge. Bhí sí fostaithe go lánaimseartha mar mhúinteoir Gaeilge ag Coiste Gairmoideachais Chontae Ros Comáin. Chuaigh Ní Thoirbheird ar scor ar 30 Meitheamh 1957. Fuair sí bás i 1969, agus cuireadh i Reilig Assylin í.
Cath Machias (1775)

Troideadh Cath Machias le linn Chogadh Réabhlóideach Mheiriceá ar 11-12 Meitheamh 1775, an chéad chath ar muir i gcogadh na saoirse.
Sa bhliain 1775, bhí gá ag na Sasanaigh le hadhmad chun beairicí a thógaint i mBostún. Chuir an tAimiréal Samuel Graves dhá bhád thráchta, Unity agus Polly, agus bád cogaidh HMS Margaretta á dtionlacan, ó thuaidh go Cuan Machias chun lastas adhmaid a bhreith ar ais. Chuireadar ancaire i gCuan Machias ar 9 Meitheamh 1775. Duine darbh ainm Moore a bhí ina chaptaen ar an Margaretta. Níor chuir éinne fáilte rompu.
Cúpla seachtain roimhe sin, thóg muintir Machias an bhratach Betsy Ross sa chearnóg, ag céiliuradh an troda a fearadh i Lexington, srl. Nuair a chonaic Moore an bhratach, tháinig colg air agus dúirt sé go ntógfadh sé an baile timpeall.
Chuaigh muintir Machias i gcomhairle le chéile agus shocraigh siad ar iarracht a dhéanamh ar an Margaretta a ghabháil. B’iad Maurice Ó Briain, Corcaíoch, agus a sheisear mac, Jeremiah, Gideon, John, William, Dennis agus Joseph, a bhí chun tosaigh sa bhfiontar seo.
Faoi cheannas Jeremiah Ó Briain agus i ngan fhios dona Sasanaigh ghabh buíon fear an long Unity. Chuaigh timpeall dhá scór fear ar bord go fáilí. Shleamhnaigh Joseph Ó Briain ar bord. Ní raibh sé ach sé bliana dhéag agus bhí a athair tar éis a rá leis fan sa bhaile agus aire a thabhairt dá mháthair. Taobh amuigh de cúpla muscaed, ní raibh i bhfoirm arm ag na fir ach pící féir, tuanna agus bataí. É sin agus dóchas ard. Bhí rud eile ar a thaobh — eolas domhain ar an bhfarraige agus ar sheoltóireacht.
Scaoileadar an bád agus ligeadar le sruth í. Máirnéalach críochnaithe ba ea Jeremiah agus thuig sé na sruthanna sa chuan. Chonaic an Margaritta an Unity ag teacht ina threo ach níor thug sé aon cheann di go dtí go raibh sé ródhéanach. D’éirigh le Jeremiah ceann cinn (bowsprit) an Unity a chur in achrann i seol mór an Margaritta. Dhreap na Meiriceánaigh ar bord. Mharaíodar Moore agus naonúr eile desna Sasanaigh. Maraíodh seisear Meiriceánach. Rinne Joseph Ó Briain cion fir sa troid agus tugadh claíomh Moore dó de bharr a chrógachta.
Stephanie Zambra

Is peileadóir as Baile Áthá Cliath í Stephanie Zambra née Roche (a rugadh ar 13 Meitheamh 1989) a d'imir mar ionsaitheoir láir do Sunderland Ladies agus foireann náisiúnta Poblacht na hÉireann. Ainmníodh an cúl a scóráil sí ar son Peamount United don FIFA Puskás Award an cúl is fearr sa bhliain.
Thosaigh Roche ag imirt peile leis na buachaillí ar shráideanna a háit dhúchais Seanchill. Tar éis seal gairid le Valeview FC (ceadaíodh peil measctha-inscne ag an am), thosaigh Roche ag imirt ar son Cabinteely Girls. Chuaigh sí ar aghaidh chun a bheith ag imirt le Stella Maris, áit ar bhunaigh sí comhpháirtíocht tosaithe le hÁine O'Gorman san fhoireann faoi 18.
Bronnadh scoláireacht FAI ar Roche chun dul go dtí Coláiste an Naigín. Bhí sí ainmnithe mar chuid d'fhoireann coláistí Éireannaigh a thaistil go hAlbain le haghaidh dhá cluichí cairdiúla i mí Aibreáin 2009.
Beo ar Éigean

Podchraoladh agus seó raidió as Gaeilge de chuid Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) is ea Beo ar Éigean. Is iad Sinéad Ní Uallacháin, Áine Ní Bhreisleáin agus Siún Ní Dhuinn láithreoirí an chláir.
Craoltar Beo ar Éigean ar RTÉ Raidió 1 é gach deireadh seachtaine. Déanann na láithreoirí plé ar na nithe a chuireann isteach orthu agus an tslí go dtéann siad i ngleic leo. Bíonn neart spraoi agus craic acu ar an bpodchraoladh agus is minic go mbíonn aíonna speisialta ar an gclár.
Scríbhneoir agus léiritheoir as Dún Dealgan í Ní Dhuinn. Is léiritheoir digiteach Gaeilge do RTÉ í.
Is láithreoir teilifíse agus raidió as Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall í Ní Bhreisleáin. Cuireann sí Bladhaire i láthair ar Raidió na Gaeltachta ("RnaG") Déardaoin agus Dé hAoine.
Is Iriseoir, aisteoir, ealaíontóir agus láithreoir raidió í Ní Uallacháin as Baile an Aonaigh, Co. Chiarraí. Bhí seó seachtaine Sinéad ar Maidin aici ar RnaG go dtí Bealtaine 2019.
Zainab Boladale

Is láithreoir teilifíse, gníomhaí Gaeilge agus file Éireannach í Zainab Boladale. Ba í an chéad bhean ón Nigéir a d’oibrigh i seomra nuachta RTÉ.
Bhí an chéad phost ag Boladale san Irish Independent i 2017 mar iriseoir. Ansin thosaigh sí ag obair mar dhuine de láithreoirí chlár leanaí news2day ar RTE teilifís - an chéad duine d’oidhreacht na hAfraice a bheith ina ancaire nuachta ar RTÉ. D’fhan sí ar an seó sin ó 2017 go 2019, agus i 2019 bhog sí go Nationwide.
Labhair Boladale faoina heispéiris, ag fáil ráitis agus litreacha ciníocha ó ghlac sí a post in RTÉ. Bhí a lán den ábhar maslach díriú uirthi agus tháinig an formhór trí chainéal YouTube. Mar gheall ar seo, d’iarr RTÉ ar na meáin shóisialta níos mó gníomhaíochta a dhéanamh chun dul i ngleic le cainéil maslacha. Cuireadh an cainéal as feidhm tar éis an clúdach nuachta ar eispéiris Boladale. Bhí Boladale ar cheann de na príomhchainteoirí ag an eachtra Beyond Representation i Meán Fómhair 2019.
Rugadh Boladale i Lagos, an Nigéir. Nuair a bhí sí ceithre bliana d'aois, bhog sí go hInis, Contae an Chláir, Éire lena máthair agus lena deartháir ná deirfiúr níos óige. D’fhreastail sí ar Scoil Chríost Rí, An Chloch Liath agus Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, Inis. Bhain sí céim BA amach san Iriseoireacht ó Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath i 2017. Bhuaigh sí Iriseoir na Bliana sa Dámhachtainí Hibride Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath i 2017
Caitlín Nic Aoidh

Is láithreoir teilifíse le TG4 í Caitlín Nic Aoidh (a rugadh 6 Meán Fómhair 1981). Is Gaeilgeoir dúchasach ó gCloch Cheann Fhaola i gContae Dhún na nGall í.
D'fhreastail Nic Aoidh ar Phobalscoil Cloich Cheann Fhaola i nDún na nGall, agus i ndiaidh sin d'fhreastail sí ar Ollscoil na hÉireann, Má Nuad. Bhain sí céim Ghaeilge agus ceol amach, agus seal níos déanaí bhain sí céim máistreachta amach ón ollscoil céanna.
Bronnadh Dioplóma Gairmiúil san Oideachas (DGO) uirthi in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh chomh maith.
Roimh a thosaigh sí ag obair mar láithreoir teilifíse le TG4, ba mhúinteoir meánscoile í Caitlín, leis an Ghaeilge agus ceol mar ábhair aici.
Thosaigh sí ag obair le TG4 sa bhliain 2014, ag déanamh láithreacht ar thuar na haimsire ar TG4.
Ar Oíche Shamhna i 2016 rinneadh bob léi ina ndeachaigh sí ar iarraidh i ndiaidh 'splanc thintrí'. Bhí an cleas sin i mbéal an phobail ag an am, agus ba chuid d'fhreagra é ar an gclár teilifíse ‘Have I Got a Bit More News for You’.
Bhí sí agus a comhoibrí TG4 mar aíonna ar 'The Tommy Tiernan Show' i 2018.
Ainmníodh í don gradam 'láithreoir teilifíse is fearr' sna 2016 STELLAR Shine Awards.
Ar 20 Feabhra 2023, rinne Caitlín Nic Aoidh agallamh le Paul Mescal ar an gcairpéad dearg agus é ag freastal ar na gradaim BAFTA.
Michael Davitt (file)

Aithnítear Michael Davitt mar dhuine de mhórfhilí na Gaeilge sa 20ú haois (a rugadh i gCorcaigh ar 20 Aibreán 1950 agus a fuair bás ar 19 Meitheamh 2005).
Chuaigh Davitt chuig Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh. Bhunaigh agus d'eagraigh sé an iris filíochta Innti.
Sna 1980idí agus 1990idí, d'oibrigh Davitt le RTÉ mar thuairisceoir agus láithreoir. In 1990, thug sé cead don fhoireann "Cúrsaí" dhá chlár a dhéanamh; ceann faoin malartú idir ceoltóirí na hÉireann agus an Chóiré Thuaidh, agus ceann ag déanamh cur síos ar státchóras na tíre. Níl sé ró-shoiléir cén chaoi ar cuireadh tús leis an gclár, ach bhí ról lárnach ag ceannaire an IRA Oifigiúil, Seán Garland, leis
Chaith Davitt fuinneamh mar bhainisteoir in Gael Linn agus an fhéile ealaíne Slógadh, Amharclann Damer, campaí samhraidh do dhaoine óga agus eisiúint cheirníní ina chúram. Phós sé Máire Nic Fhinn, cainteoir dúchais ó Thuar Mhic Éadaigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo, sa bhliain 1975, agus rugadh mac agus beirt iníonacha dóibh.
D'imigh an lánúin ó chéile sna 1990idí agus chuir sé faoi i mBré lena phairtnéir Moira Sweeney, ealaíontóir. Chaith siad beirt cúpla bliain ina gcónaí i nGascúin na Fraince. Nuair a tháinig siad ar ais go hÉirinn bhí socair acu gur faoin tuaith i gContae Shligigh a chuirfidís fúthu.
Deir ainm.ie "Fear seoigh ba ea é agus chuireadh dánta áirithe leis na sluaite ag gáirí. Ach b’fhéidir go raibh lionndubh os cionn an gháire aige".
Sna 1970idí, bhí Davitt ag obair mar theagascóir sna campaí samhraidh de chuid Gael Linn. Níos déanaí, ciontaíodh Davitt as mí-úsáid gnéisa tharla sna 1970idí. I bhfad níos déanaí, tuairiscíodh go ndearna sé ciapadh ar Bhláthnaid Ní Chofaigh nuair a thosaigh sí ag obair in RTÉ mar thuairisceoir óg (bhí sí ag obair ar le Davitt, SBB, Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí agus Art Ó Briain ar "Scaoil Amach an Bobailín" ag an am).
Rug an bás go tobann ar Davitt agus é amuigh ag siúl i gContae Shligigh ar an 19 Meitheamh 2005. Bhí fadhb ólacháin ag cur air sna 2000idí.
Sa bhliain 1994, bhronn An Institiúid Chultúrtha Ghael-Mheiriceánach Duais an Bhuitléaraigh ar Davitt.
Bhí Davittt ina bhall d'Aosdána.
Gaeilgeoir

Go bunúsach is duine a labhraíonn Gaeilge é Gaeilgeoir.
Sa Ghaeltacht áfach is ionann é agus foghlaimeoir Gaeilge, agus is téarma leath-mhaslach é uaireanta ar dhuine a bhfuil a dhíograis i leith na teanga níos mó ná a chumas chun í a labhairt. Bíonn Gaeilgeoirí ag Gaeilgeoireacht.
Agus na duine seo ón taobh amuigh:
Rylan Clark

Is láithreoir agus amhránaí Sasanach é Ross Richard "Rylan" Clark-Neal (né Clark; rugadh 25 Deireadh Fómhair 1988). Is láithreoir reatha The Xtra Factor Live agus Big Brother's Bit on the Side é. Tháinig sé sa chúigiú háit ar an naoú sraith The X Factor sa bhliain 2012.
Eoghan Mac Diarmada

Is láithreoir Éireannach é Eoghan Mac Diarmada (Béarla: Eoghan McDermott), a rugadh ar 15 Aibreán 1983 i gCathair Luimnigh. D'fhás sé aníos i mBaile Átha Cliath den chuid ba mhó. Is iarláithreoir The Voice of Ireland é. Aithnítear é freisin mar láithreoir ar Xfm Drivetime sa Ríocht Aontaithe.
Tá Gaeilge aige.
Irish political scandals

Since at least the 1970s, many Irish political scandals relating to miscarriage of justice, dereliction of duty and corruption by public officials have resulted in the establishment of extra-judicial Tribunals of Enquiry, which are typically chaired by retired High-Court judges and cannot make judgements against any of the parties. Since 2004 many such scandals have been investigated by the less costly but less transparent Commissions of Investigation. Many Irish scandals, however, have not resulted in trials or public enquiries.
Irish Democratic Party

The Irish Democratic Party (IDP) was a minor Irish political party formed in 2013, as a result of a split with Direct Democracy Ireland. Another minor party of the same name but different ideology and leadership had been established in 2010 but was later dissolved.
The party advocated the introduction of participatory democracy in the Republic of Ireland. The IDP ran two candidates in the 2016 general election, the party chairperson Ken Smollen ran in Offaly. He received 2.2% of the first preference votes and was eliminated on the second count. Smollen was elected to Offaly County Council for Tullamore in the 2019 local elections on the eighth count. He received 1,054 votes and 9.5% of the first preferences. Mark Keogh, who was a candidate in the 2016 general election in Limerick, ran unsuccessfully as a Direct Democracy candidate in the 2019 local elections.
Smollen was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2020 general election in the Laois–Offaly constituency. Since November 2020, the IDP is no longer a registered political party. Smollen became an independent councillor.
Amy Ricard

Amy Ricard (January 1, 1882 — August 17, 1937) was an American actress and suffragist.
Amy Ricard was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Denver, Colorado. Her mother was Emma A. Ricard. She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She also trained as a soprano singer, with Horton Kennedy.
Ricard appeared in Broadway in The Pride of Jennico (1900), Janice Meredith (1900-1901), The Stubbornness of Geraldine by Clyde Fitch (1902), Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert (1903-1904), The College Widow (1904-1905), Mary and John (1905), Matilda (1906-1907), The Literary Sense (1908), The Reckoning (1908), Girls by Clyde Fitch (1908 and 1909), The Torches (1917), The Woman on the Index (1918), and Those Who Walk in Darkness (1919). On the Boston stage, with her husband Lester Lonergan, she starred in An Idyl of Erin (1910).
Dorothy Parker wrote of The Woman on the Index in Vanity Fair, saying "The thing was so well done. You know yourself that with a cast including Julia Dean, Amy Ricard, and Lester Lonergan, you can't really have such a terrible evening."
Amy Ricard made her political views in favor of women's suffrage public, wearing a "Votes for Women" pin and speaking at suffrage events in New York City.
Amy Ricard's engagement to poet and editor Charles Hanson Towne was announced in 1908, but she married Irish actor and playwright Lester Lonergan, as his third wife, in 1909. The couple owned a summer cottage on Indian Island in Maine, which was among the buildings removed by the Portland Water District in 1922 to return the island to an undeveloped state. Ricard was widowed in 1931, and she died in 1937, aged 55, in New York City.
Frances Van Gasken

Frances Culbreth Van Gasken (May 24, 1860 – October 24, 1939) was an American physician and suffragist, based in Philadelphia.
Van Gasken was born in Smyrna, Delaware, the daughter of John Van Gasken and Harriet Van Gasken. Her mother died in 1863, and she was raised by her stepmother, Rachel English Van Gasken. She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1890. She later made postgraduate studies in Vienna. Her brother Joseph practiced medicine in Texas.
Van Gasken was one of the first women interns at Philadelphia General Hospital. In 1893 she was an inspector for the city's Bureau of Health, and addressed the Civic Club of Philadelphia on health conditions in the city's tenement houses. She was resident physician at the College Settlement House in Philadelphia until 1896, when she became physician for the women's department of the Philadelphia Municipal Court. She was removed as medical inspector by the mayor in 1899, sparking a protest from her colleagues. She was a professor of clinical medicine at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia from 1918 until she resigned as part of a faculty protest over Alice Weld Tallant's dismissal in 1923.
Van Gasken was known to wear a "Votes for Women" pin while teaching, and in January 1915 she was part of a delegation of Pennsylvania suffragists who spoke on the subject at the White House with Woodrow Wilson. She exhorted women medical students in 1917 to take on professional responsibilities and join in the war effort, saying "Who is there to fill these places but women? Is it not your day? Does opportunity not call to you?"
Van Gasken died in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1939, at the age of 79. She left money to her sister and Camp Onawa in Piscataquis County, Maine, to her nephew; her estate also funded a scholarship in her father's name, at a high school in her hometown.
Next Irish general election

The next Irish general election to elect the 35th Dáil must be held no later than January 2030.
The 34th Dáil first met on 18 December 2024. Electoral law provides that the "same Dáil shall not continue for a longer period than five years from the date of its first meeting". It must therefore be dissolved no later than 17 December 2029. The taoiseach may advise the president to dissolve at any time. If a taoiseach has ceased to retain the support of the majority of the Dáil, the president may in their absolute discretion refuse to dissolve the Dáil. To date, no president has refused to dissolve the Dáil.
When the Dáil is dissolved, the Clerk of the Dáil must issue a writ of election to the returning officer for each constituency. The election must take place on a date set by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 18 to 25 days (disregarding any excluded day, being Sundays, public holidays and Good Friday) after the writs have been issued.
There are currently 174 TDs returned in 43 Dáil constituencies of between three and five seats each. The Electoral Commission will be required to review the size of the Dáil and the arrangement of constituencies after the 2027 census.
Under the system of single transferable vote (STV), each voter may mark any number of the candidates in order of preference. The quota is determined at the first count in each constituency by dividing the number of valid ballots by one more than the number of seats (for example, a quarter of the valid ballots in a three-seat constituency, a fifth of those in a four-seat constituency, and a sixth of those in a five-seat constituency) and then adding one vote. Any candidate reaching or exceeding the quota is elected.
If in the first count fewer candidates reach the quota than the number of seats to be filled, if any successful candidates have more votes than the quota, their surplus is distributed to remaining candidates based on the next usable marked preference on the ballot papers. If it still happens that fewer candidates have reached the quota than the number of seats to be filled, the last-placed candidate is excluded from the count and those ballot papers are transferred to the next usable marked preference. This is repeated until sufficient candidates have reached the quota to fill the available seats, or where a seat remains to be filled in a constituency and no candidate is capable of achieving a quota as there is nobody left to eliminate for a distribution, then the highest place candidate, even if not having quota, is deemed elected.
The Ceann Comhairle (Verona Murphy, since December 2024) immediately before the dissolution of the 34th Dáil will automatically be deemed to be elected a member of the 35th Dáil, unless she decides not to seek re-election. This is provided for under the Constitution and electoral law.
World Championship of Public Speaking

The World Championship of Public Speaking began in 1938 and has grown to over 50,000 participants in 149 countries in 2022. In its early decades, it was referred to as the Toastmasters Speech Contest. By the 1990s, there were about 10,000 participants every year. The contest's popularity grew rapidly in the 2000s. The contest has been called the "largest speech contest in the world" by Daijiworld.
1960 champion Glenn E. Carroll is the first non-American (from Canada) to win the title. 1977 champion Evelyn Jane Burgay is the first woman to win the title. 1982 champion Kenneth Bernard is the first from outside North America (Australia) to win the title. 1985 champion Marie C. Pyne is the first European (Ireland) to win the title. 1995 Champion Mark Brown is the first and only Jamaican to win the title. 2014 champion Dananjaya Hettiarachchi of Sri Lanka was the first Asian to win the championship. In 2008, Lashunda Rundles became the first African American woman to ever win the title of World Champion of Public Speaking. She also was the first woman to win in almost two decades. In 2018, Ramona J. Smith became the second African American woman to win, it had been a decade since a woman took the title. Also in 2018, for the first time ever in the history of Toastmasters International, three women became the top speakers in the world. Sherri Su of China took 2nd place. Anita Fain Taylor of Florida, USA took 3rd place, Ramona J. Smith took 1st place. In 2021 Verity Price (South Africa) became the 6th woman to ever win the international speech contest, and the first speaker in history to win from Africa.
El camino de los ingleses (película)

El camino de los ingleses es una película de 2006 dirigida por Antonio Banderas, y basada en la novela homónima de Antonio Soler.
Miguelito Dávila (Alberto Amarilla) es un joven al que una enfermedad renal ha llevado a pasar una temporada en el hospital. Allí ha conocido a un hombre culto interesado en la poesía, el cual le ha iniciado en este mundo y le ha demostrado que puede imaginar una vida interior mejor y optar por ella con este género, y ha utilizado la Divina Comedia de Dante Alighieri como punto de partida.
Miguelito sueña con poder dejar su trabajo en una pequeña ferretería, dedicarse a la poesía y llegar a convertirse en un poeta. En el verano en el que transcurre la historia encuentra a Luli (María Ruiz), a la que tomará como musa (al igual que hiciera el poeta Dante con su amada Beatriz Portinari) y comienza un idilio con ella. Será el mismo verano en el que, junto a sus amigos, un grupo cerrado compuesto por Babirusa (Raúl Arévalo), Paco Frontón (Félix Gómez) y Moratalla (Mario Casas), emprenda una andadura que va a resultar crucial en sus vidas.
Miguelito va a conocer también a una profesora (Victoria Abril) con la que inicia una relación paralela, al tiempo que Luli es asediada por Cardona (Antonio Garrido), un hombre seductor y mayor que ella. Uno de los amigos de Cardona, El Enano Martínez (Antonio Zafra), le ayuda a establecer contacto con Luli y comenzar a conocerla. Cardona, cuando de modo aparentemente desinteresado le promete ayuda en sus estudios de baile, se convierte para la chica en su posibilidad de escapar de la realidad gris que la rodea.
Cuando Cardona descubra que Miguelito es infiel a Luli, verá abierto un camino para aproximarse a ella, el mismo camino que acabará alejando a Miguelito de su sueño con ayuda de sus secuaces Rafi (Ronky Rodríguez) y el Enano Martínez.
Tras el poco éxito alcanzado por su ópera prima, Locos en Alabama (1999), Antonio Banderas decidió situar su película siguiente en terreno conocido. El guion es de su amigo de infancia Antonio Soler, que adaptó su novela homónima, y la acción se desarrolla en la ciudad natal de ambos, Málaga.​ La película es una coproducción hispano-británica en la que interviene Green Moon Producciones, productora de Antonio Banderas.
Para componer el reparto, destaca la apuesta de Banderas por jóvenes promesas entonces desconocidos como Mario Casas, Raúl Arévalo, Marta Nieto o Fran Perea, entre otros, que despuntaron en el cine español tras su trabajo en esta película.​
El periodista Agustín Rivera (Riverita) publicó en marzo de 2007 el libro El viaje de los ingleses, rodando con Antonio Banderas (editorial Ocho y Medio).​
Álex González (actor)

Alejandro González Jose, más conocido como Álex González (Madrid, 13 de agosto de 1980), es un actor español, conocido por haber interpretado a Javier Morey en El Príncipe (2014-2016) y a Mario Mendoza en Vivir sin permiso (2018-2020), ambas de Telecinco.​
Álex inició su carrera como actor en televisión, en series como Un paso adelante, Hospital Central, Los Serrano y Motivos personales, en la que sustituyó a Miguel Ángel Silvestre para interpretar a su personaje, Nacho Mendoza, en la segunda temporada de la serie.​ También ha participado como protagonista en series como Cuenta atrás, LEX, La Señora, Tierra de lobos y la miniserie Inocentes.​​ Durante 2014 y 2015 protagonizó El Príncipe, serie que le catapultó a la fama, dándole un gran reconocimiento por parte del público.​​
Debutó en el cine en la película con ambiente de boxeo Segundo asalto en 2005, con la que consiguió ser candidato al Goya como mejor actor revelación.​ Más tarde fue dirigido por Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón en Una rosa de Francia (2006)​ y por José Luis Garci en Luz de domingo (2007), adaptación de una novela de Ramón Pérez de Ayala con escenario asturiano. Pocos años después, tras presentarse a un casting mientras estaba estudiando inglés en Gran Bretaña, pudo debutar en Hollywood formando parte del reparto de la película de superhéroes X-Men: primera generación (2011), interpretando el personaje de Riptide.​ Posteriormente, en Alacrán enamorado (2013) interpretó a un joven neonazi que pertenecía a un grupo liderado por Javier Bardem.​
En 2016 estrenó Noctem, grabada en verano de 2015 junto a Adrián Lastra y Carla Nieto y Órbita 9, que protagonizó junto a Clara Lago y Belén Rueda.​ También viajó a Los Ángeles para rodar una serie estadounidense llamada Citizen, de la cual se llegó a grabar el episodio piloto, pero que fue finalmente cancelado.​
En abril de 2017, volvió a España para comenzar a grabar la serie de Telecinco Vivir sin permiso, junto a José Coronado, en la cual fue protagonista interpretando a Mario Mendoza durante las dos temporadas de la serie.​ En 2021 fue uno de los protagonistas de la serie de Amazon Prime Video 3 caminos, junto a Verónica Echegui, Anna Schimrigk, Andrea Bosca, Alberto Jo Lee y Cecilia Suárez.​ Ese mismo año protagonizó, junto a María Valverde, la película original de Netflix Fuimos canciones, dirigida por Juana Macías y basada en las novelas de Elísabet Benavent.​ Además, se incorporó a la segunda temporada de Toy Boy​ y se anunció su fichaje como principal protagonista por la serie de Prime Video Operación Marea Negra.​
Javier Gutiérrez (actor)

Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez (Luanco, Asturias, 17 de enero de 1971) es un actor de cine, televisión y teatro español, ganador de dos Premios Goya por sus actuaciones en las películas La isla mínima (2015) y El autor (2017), y también conocido por sus interpretaciones en ficciones como Los Serrano (2005-2008), Águila Roja (2009-2016), Estoy vivo (2017-2021) o Campeones (2018).​​
Javier Gutiérrez nació en Luanco (Asturias)​​​ y con un año se mudó con su familia a Ferrol (La Coruña). Su padre falleció siendo muy niño y quedó al cuidado de su madre y sus dos hermanas. Estudió en el colegio La Salle en el barrio de Caranza. Allí tendría su primera relación de carácter testimonial con el teatro, al participar en pequeñas representaciones escolares. En el instituto, formó parte de un grupo de teatro dirigido por el actor argentino Roberto Leal. En Ferrol, también asistió a sus primeras representaciones en el teatro Jofre, de las que el actor recuerda las interpretaciones de Gemma Cuervo y de Rafaela Aparicio en Mala yerba.​ A los 19 años, se trasladó a Madrid para estudiar interpretación, en la Escuela de Arte Teatral de Ángel Gutiérrez.​
Su trayectoria teatral dio un paso adelante en 2000, cuando empezó a trabajar con el grupo Animalario en el montaje El fin de los sueños, con Andrés Lima. Desde entonces ha participado en múltiples producciones de esta compañía y películas de algunos de sus colaboradores más habituales como Juan Cavestany y David Serrano de la Peña.​
Su debut en el cine se produjo en El otro lado de la cama en 2002 y también ha participado en algunas de las películas de éxito del cine español, como El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo, Días de fútbol y Torrente 3[TVE]] Águila roja, donde interpretaba a Saturno García, "Sátur".
El 30 de marzo de 2009 fue galardonado con el Premio Max de las Artes Escénicas al Mejor actor protagonista por Argelino, servidor de dos amos y se lo dedicó "a todos los seres humanos que mueren al llegar a la costa ante la indiferencia y pasividad del Gobierno y la sociedad".Error en la cita: Error en la cita: existe un código de apertura <ref> sin su código de cierre </ref> y el Goya a la Mejor Interpretación Masculina.​
En 2015 participó junto a Michael Fassbender en la cinta basada en la serie de videojuegos de Ubisoft Assassin's Creed, en la que interpretaba el papel de Tomás de Torquemada.​
En 2017 da vida a Álvaro Martín en la película El autor, basada en una novela de Javier Cercas y por la que ha recibido el premio José María Forqué de 2018​ a la mejor interpretación y estrena las series Estoy vivo (TVE), en la que comparte protagonismo con Anna Castillo y Alejo Sauras, y Vergüenza (Movistar+), junto a Malena Alterio.
Festival de Cine en Corto "Ciudad de Vera" (Premios Bayra)​