Rosaleen
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Rosaleen is an
first name. It is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Róisín, the diminutive of "rose" in the Irish language; it therefore means "little rose". It has use in Ireland since the 16th century, possibly popularised by Rosaline in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
.
The name featured in "Dark Rosaleen" by
United Ireland.[2]
People with the given name
- Rosaleen Davey (born 1947), Irish visual artist
- Rosaleen Linehan (born 1937), Irish stage, screen and television actress
- Rosaleen Love (born 1940), Australian science journalist and writer
- Rosaleen McDonagh, activist, playwright and Irish Traveller
- Rosaleen Mills (1905–1993), Irish activist and educator
- Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds (born 1960), British businesswoman, artist and disability rights campaigner
- Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), New Zealand-born Australian artist and occultist
References
- JSTOR 24332398.
- ^ Murphy, Nancy (2009). "Elizabeth O'Shea In O'Shea, John Augustus". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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