Ronan

[roh-nahn]

noun

Irish Legend.

1. a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.

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La Rochelle coach Ronan O'Gara came on to the field to protest but was ushered away by referee Jeremy Rozier.

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“Ronan was keen on exploring the psychological landscape of Ray, in particular, in a metaphysical way. This was our way to recontextualize the characters and place them against the vast indifference of nature. To suggest a kind of detachment from reality,” Fordesman says of “Anemone,” which examines trauma and its generational ripple effects.

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More than three dozen in-depth interviews with gay men, lesbian women, bisexuals and transgender people, along with surveys and several new books, including “The End of the Gay Rights Revolution” by Ronan McCrea, also coming out next month, reveal a complicated—and contentious—relationship between the LGB and TQ+ components of what advocacy organizations and the Democratic party refer to as “LGBTQ+ people.”

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We talk about how the play explores the confusion around modern masculinity and fatherhood, something both actors are acutely aware of - Freeman shares a teenage son and daughter with his ex-wife Amanda Abbington, while Lowden has just welcomed his first child with Saoirse Ronan.

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Det Supt Ronan Tyrer described it as "an absolutely appalling attack on a young woman", and said police were doing all they could to arrest the man responsible.

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