Gleeson (surname)
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Gleeson is an Irish surname
. It is an anglicisation of the Irish
name Ó Glasáin or Ó Gliasáin. The name is most common in County Tipperary
but originates in East County Cork
, in the once powerful Uí Liatháin
kingdom, where the Gleesons were great lords and sometimes kings.
Persons:
Fictional person:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. It is an anglicisation of the Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
name Ó Glasáin or Ó Gliasáin. The name is most common in County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
but originates in East County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
, in the once powerful Uí Liatháin
Uí Liatháin
The Uí Liatháin were an early kingdom of Munster in southern Ireland. They belonged the same kindred as the Uí Fidgenti, and the two are considered together in the earliest sources, for example The Expulsion of the Déisi...
kingdom, where the Gleesons were great lords and sometimes kings.
- It may refer to:
Persons:
- Brendan GleesonBrendan GleesonBrendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
(born 1955), Irish actor - Brian GleesonBrian GleesonBrian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Gleeson attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat and later played with St Kilda at Centre half-forward initially. He developed into a skilful and agile ruckman, winning the Brownlow medal in 1957...
(born 1934), Australian rules football player - Dan GleesonDan GleesonDaniel Edwin "Dan" Gleeson is an English footballer who plays for Luton Town. He is 191 cm tall and plays as a right back.-Career:...
(born 1985), English football player - Dave GleesonDave GleesonDavid "Gleeso" Gleeson is the lead singer of The Screaming Jets. Gleeson also hosts rock-related syndicated shows for the MMM-FM radio network.Dave Gleeson made his stage debut in 1978, with his school choir at the Abermain Eisitedford....
(born 1968), Australian rock singer - Dermot GleesonDermot GleesonDermot Gleeson is a barrister, former Irish government advisor and businessman born in Cork, Ireland in 1949. He is married with four children and lives in Dublin....
(born 1949), Irish barrister, government adviser, and businessman - Dermot GleesonDermot Gleeson (BBC)Dermot Gleeson is non-executive chairman of MJ Gleeson Group plc. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the BBC, where he served two terms, and subsequently one of the original members of the BBC Trust, the current governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation...
(born 1949), British governor of BBC - Domhnall GleesonDomhnall GleesonDomhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor, director and writer from Dublin. He has acted on both stage and screen, picking up a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore...
(born 1983), Irish actor, son of Brendan Gleeson - James GleesonJames GleesonJames Timothy Gleeson was Australia's foremost artist. He was also a poet, critic, writer and curator. He played a significant role in the Australian art scene, including serving on the board of the National Gallery of Australia.-Early life:Gleeson was born in the Sydney district of Hornsby and he...
(born 1915), Australian surrealist artist, poet, and writer - John GleesonJohn GleesonJohn William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...
(born 1938), Australian cricketer - John Gleeson (judge)John Gleeson (judge)John Gleeson is a United States federal judge.Gleeson was born in Bronx, New York. He received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1975, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1980. He was a law clerk for Boyce Martin on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth...
(born 1953), American judge - Johnny Tom GleesonJohnny Tom GleesonJohnny Tom Gleeson was an Irish poet and songwriter. He wrote the ballad "The Bould Thady Quill" , a spoof on a non-athlete, and two other noted poems: “The Battle Ship Sinn Féin” , his only patriotic piece, and “The Wild Bar-A-Boo” , spoofing the noted Muskerry fox chase that originated in...
(1853-1924), Irish poet and songwriter - Keith GleesonKeith GleesonKeith Gleeson is a retired Irish rugby union football player.- Early life :Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, before moving to Australia with his family as a child after attending St. Michaels College, Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4 for several years...
(born 1976), Irish Australian rugby union football player - Martin GleesonMartin GleesonMartin Gleeson is an English professional rugby league footballer, who plays for Hull in the Super League. A Great Britain and England international representative , and /, he previously played for Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield Giants, St. Helens and Warrington...
(born 1980), English rugby league player - Michael Hewitt-GleesonMichael Hewitt-GleesonMichael Hewitt-Gleeson is a cognitive scientist and author of Software For Your Brain , ISBN 0-947351-1088 which first published his invention of the universal brain software known as the digital switch cvs2bvs or cvs to bvs.For eight years Hewitt-Gleeson and Edward de Bono collaborated to...
(born 1947), Australian cofounder and principal of the School of Thinking - Murray GleesonMurray GleesonAnthony Murray Gleeson AC QC is a former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.-Biography:Gleeson was born in Wingham, New South Wales, the eldest of four children...
(born 1938), Australian jurist, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia - Robert GleesonRobert GleesonRobert Anthony Gleeson - A useful batsman and a medium pace bowler, Robert Gleeson was born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, on December 6, 1873 and died in the same city on September 27, 1919, aged 45. His first-class career spanned the years 1894 to 1904 but in truth it was interrupted by a...
(1873–1919), South African cricketer - Sean Gleeson (born 1987), English rugby league player
- Seán GleesonSeán GleesonSeán Gleeson is an English actor and director, best known for playing the roles of Conor Flaherty in EastEnders and lawyer Ronnie Woodson in the day time soap opera, Doctors, for which he has also directed a number of episodes...
(contemporary), British soap opera actor - Simon GleesonSimon GleesonSimon Gleeson is an Australian actor in the United Kingdom who has performed in plays at The Royal National Theatre and in the West End of London. He has appeared in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing SJ Fletcher's boyfriend Sid Clarke and in the Aussie soap Neighbours as Max Crawford...
(born 1977), Australian soap opera actor in the UK - Stephen GleesonStephen GleesonStephen Gleeson is an Irish international footballer, signed to League One side Milton Keynes Dons.-Club career:Born in Dublin, Gleeson played for Cherry Orchard before moving to England where he received a three-year contract at the start of May 2006 having come up through the Wolves Academy.In...
(born 1988), Irish professional football player - Father William GleesonFather William GleesonFather William Gleeson was a Roman Catholic priest, missionary, linguist, and historian.He was born January 29, 1827, in County Tipperary, Ireland, and was privately educated before entering All Hallows College at Drumcondra north of Dublin to prepare for missionary service...
(1827-1903), Irish-American historian, linguist, and missionary priest.
Fictional person:
- Summer GleesonSummer GleesonSummer Gleeson is a fictional character on Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Mari Devon.- Overview :Gleeson is a reporter and talk show host for "Gotham Live", a news channel in Gotham City...
, character in Batman: The Animated Series