“I wanted to claim Charlotte Brontë as one of our own because she is,” said Irish actress Maxine Linehan, who portrays Brontë, the author of Jane Eyre, in the one-woman show Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte by William Luce.
“Charlotte’s schoolmates have remarked that she spoke with an Irish accent,” says Linehan. “Her father, Patrick, was born in County Down at Emdale, Drumballyroney, near Rathfriland, about 20 miles from my own home place in Newry. The more research I did, the more I saw the profound influence their Irish heritage had on Charlotte and her sisters.”
Patrick, whose family name was originally Brunty, an Anglicized version of O’Pronntaigh – a family of hereditary scribes (appropriate, that) – was the oldest of 10 children. His father, Hugh, a farm laborer had eloped with his mother, Alice McClory, when her family objected to the marriage, perhaps because Hugh was an outsider, born in southern Ireland and adopted by an uncle – a tale that resona
Designed by Renal Consultant, Dr Neal Morgan in conjunction with Southern Trust’s Medical Education team, the programme is now available to student doctors on placement at Daisy Hill and Craigavon Area hospitals.
Along with traditional learning resources, SIVMAP (Simulation for IntraVenous fluid Management And Prescribing) offers students a ‘real world’ clinical training environment to help them transition from theoretical learning to postgraduate practice on a hospital ward.
Ward based scenarios with actors as patients and nursing support staff are set up for students to manage whilst being monitored and assessed.
Debriefing after each exercise allows for discussion and reflection on key learning.
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image captionFabricio (left) and Patrick Hovarth (right) went missing on Friday evening
The father of two missing boys from north Belfast has claimed they were with a trusted friend , a court heard on Thursday.
Police said Patrick Hovarth, 27, has refused to disclose the whereabouts of the brothers, who may have been taken across the border.
His sons, five-year-old Patrick junior and eight-year-old Fabricio, have not been seen for nearly a week.
Mr Hovarth is charged in connection with their disappearance.
The Slovakian national has an address at Rutherglen Street in the city.
He appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court to face two counts of keeping a child away from the responsible person, namely social services.
Missing north Belfast boys are with trusted friend, says father Five-year-old Patrick Hovarth and brother Fabricio (8) were last seen in north Belfast on Friday getting into a black car in the Limestone Road area. 20 May, 2021 14:43
The father of two missing boys from north Belfast claimed they were with a trusted friend , a court heard today.
Police said Patrick Hovarth, 27, has refused to disclose the whereabouts of the brothers who may have been taken across the border.
His sons, five-year-old Patrick junior and eight-year-old Fabricio, have not been seen for nearly a week.
Hovarth, a Slovakian national with an address at Rutherglen Street in the city, is charged in connection with their disappearance.