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Cuffe Street
Cuffe Street (Irish language, Irish: or ) is a street in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland which runs from St Stephen's Green at the eastern end to Kevin Street Lower at the western end. The street is intersected by Mercer Street and Montague Court. The street is not to be confused with what was formerly Cuffe Street on the north side of the city which connected Rory O'More Bridge, Bloody Bridge with Benburb Street, Barrack Street. The street was later renamed Ellis Street. History Cuffe Street was named after James Cuffe (died 1678), James Cuffe, and first appears on maps in 1728. Buildings are shown along the north side of the street on Herman Moll's map of 1714. On John Rocque's map of Dublin in 1756, it is Great Cuffe Street. The residential buildings built in the early 1700s were mostly gable-fronted houses, so-called 'Dutch Billys', which were largely modified in the later Georgian era, Georgian and Victorian era, Victorian periods. Most of these buildings were demol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cuffe (died 1678)
Sir James Cuffe (died 1678) was an Irish politician. Biography The son of Thomas Cuffe of Somerset, he moved to Ireland with his father and brother in 1641. He served as Member of Parliament for County Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency), County Mayo in 1661, as Master-General of the Ordnance in Ireland, and was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in August 1676. He married Alice, daughter of Ambrose Aungier and his wife Griselda (Grizzell) Bulkeley, granddaughter of Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier and Lancelot Bulkeley, Archbishop of Dublin, and sister of the first and second Earl of Longford, Earls of Longford. Their children included Francis Cuffe (died 1694), Francis Cuffe, ancestor of the Pakenham Earls of Longford; Gerald Cuffe, ancestor of James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley, Lord Tyrawley; Jane Cuffe, who married Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet; Alice Cuffe, who married James Macartney (died 1727), James Macartney, and Lettice Cuffe, who married Francis Follio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilds Of The City Of Dublin
The Guilds of the City of Dublin were associations of trade and craft practitioners, with regulatory, mutual benefit and shared religious purposes. In their eventual number they were sometimes called the "25 ''minor corporations''", in contrast to the city's principal authority, ''the'' Dublin Corporation). They operated in various forms from near the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland - the Merchants’ Guild existed in some form by 1192 - until the mid-19th century, and a few of which have descendent operations to the present day. The guild system in Ireland was first established under a royal charter from John, King of England, Prince John in 1192. It largely ceased between 1840 and 1845, but subsequently some guilds developed residual activities. The Guilds elected 96 of the up to 144 members of the Common Council, the lower house of the City Assembly, the governing body of Dublin Corporation, with 31 seats controlled by the Merchants Guild, and each of the others elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warden Flood
Warden Flood (1694 – 16 April 1764) was an Irish judge who held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, but is mainly remembered now as the natural father of the statesman Henry Flood. He was born at Burnchurch in County Kilkenny, son of Francis Flood and Anne Warden. He was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College Dublin, taking his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1714. He entered Middle Temple in 1716 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1720. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1741, Attorney-General for Ireland in 1751, and in 1760 was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland. He acted as a judge of assize and was briefly Speaker of the Irish House of Lords The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until the end of 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was modelled on the House of Lords of Englan ....Ball p. 221 He became the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bermingham (Irish Republican Brotherhood)
James Bermingham (1849–1907) was a prominent "advanced nationalist" in Dublin during the last quarter of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries. Early life James Bermingham was born in Dublin in December 1849. The church register of St. Nicholas of Myra, Francis Street, Dublin, shows that he was baptised there on Monday, 17 December 1849. His father was Peter Bermingham and his mother was Ellen Flood. The sponsors at his baptism were James D'Arcy and Bridget Daly. The officiating priest was Fr. Nicholas O'Farrell, curate. Personal life In his personal life, James Bermingham was a plumber and Sanitary Contractor living at 26 Cuffe Street, Dublin. He married Margaret Byrne, a native of County Wicklow, in St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin on 21 September 1873. Membership of the Irish Republican Brotherhood James Bermingham was a veteran of the 1867 Fenian Rising. As a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood he was present at the attack on the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisk Group
Sisk Group is a construction and property company founded in Cork, Ireland in 1859 with operations in Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Sweden and the Middle East. History After an apprenticeship as a plasterer and at the age of 22, John Sisk set up the construction business in 1859. In April 2019, Sisk was removed from the UK Government's Prompt payment, Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay suppliers on time. It was reinstated around 10 months later. Projects Major projects involving the company include: *City Hall, Cork, completed in 1936 *Central Plaza (Dublin), Central Bank of Ireland building, Dublin, completed in 1978 *New stand at Croke Park, completed in 1995 *Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, Warburton Hall, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, completed in 1995 *Imperial War Museum Duxford#American Air Museum, American Air Museum, Duxford, completed in 1997 *Aviva Stadium, Dublin, completed in 2010 *Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun
Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, (1 November 1840 – 20 January 1915), styled Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt between 1868 and 1880, was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician and philanthropist. He is perhaps best known for giving St Stephen's Green to the Dublin Corporation for public use. Background and education Guinness was born at St Anne's, Clontarf, Dublin, the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, and elder brother of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh. He was the great-grandson of Arthur Guinness. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated BA in 1862, and in 1868 succeeded his father as the second Baronet Guinness of Ashford. Political life In 1868 Guinness was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the City of Dublin, a seat he held for only a year. His election was voided because of his election agent's unlawful efforts, which the court found were unknown to him. He was re-elected at the next election in 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecom Éireann
Telecom Éireann (; meaning "Telecommunications of Ireland") was an Irish state-owned telecommunications company that operated from 1983 to 1999. Prior to then a telephone and postal service was provided by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (known as "P and T" or "P⁊T" in Gaelic script), as part of the civil service. Telecom Éireann was established by the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983; its full formal title was "Bord Telecom Éireann or, in the English language, The Irish Telecommunications Board". "Telecom Éireann" may be translated as "Telecom of Ireland". In 1999, the company was privatised and renamed as '' eircom''. Upgrading the network Telecom Éireann rolled out digital telephone switching technology, across the country along with an extensive fibre optic and digital microwave backbone. Two digital switching systems were selected; CIT- Alcatel's E10 and Ericsson's AXE telephone exchange. Digital technology quickly replaced analogue system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MEPC Plc
MEPC is a British-based property investment and development business. It is headquartered in Milton Park, Oxfordshire. It used to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is however now owned by Federated Hermes. History The business was founded by Claude Moss Leigh in 1946 as the ''Metropolitan Estates & Property Corporation''. Having started as a property investment business it diversified into the development of shopping malls in the 1970s. It adopted the shortened name of ''MEPC'' in 1973. In 1987 it acquired the ''Oldham Estate''.BT Pensioners buy Centrepoint BBC News, 1 June 2000 In 2000 the Company was acquired by ''Leconport Estates'', a joint venture between the |
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War. It was the most significant List of Irish uprisings, uprising in Ireland since the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798 and the first armed conflict of the Irish revolutionary period. Sixteen of the Rising's leaders were executed starting in May 1916. The nature of the executions, and subsequent political developments, ultimately contributed to an increase in popular support for Irish independence. Organised by a seven-man Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Rising began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916 and lasted for six days. Members of the Irish Volunteers, led by schoolmaster and Irish language activist Patrick Pearse, joined b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Citizen Army
The Irish Citizen Army (), or ICA, was a paramilitary group first formed in Dublin to defend the picket lines and street demonstrations of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) against the police during the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913. Subsequently, under the leadership of James Connolly, the ICA participated in the Irish Republican insurrection of Easter 1916. Following the Easter Rising, the death of James Connolly and the departure of Jim Larkin, the ICA largely sidelined itself during the Irish War of Independence by choosing to only offer material support to the Irish Republican Army and not become directly involved itself. Following the ICA's declaration in July 1919 that members could not be simultaneously members of both the ICA and the IRA, combined with the ICA's military inactivity, there was a steady stream of desertion from the ICA. During the Irish Civil War, the ICA declared itself "neutral", resulting in further departures from the organisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Volunteers
The Irish Volunteers (), also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by nationalists and republicans in Ireland. It was ostensibly formed in response to the formation of its Irish unionist/loyalist counterpart the Ulster Volunteers in 1912, and its declared primary aim was "to secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the whole people of Ireland". Its ranks included members of the '' Conradh na Gaeilge'', Ancient Order of Hibernians, Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Increasing rapidly to a strength of nearly 200,000 by mid-1914, it split in September of that year over John Redmond's support for the British war effort during World War I, with the smaller group opposed to Redmond's decision retaining the name "Irish Volunteers". Formation Background The Irish Home Rule movement dominated political debate in the British Isles since Prime Minister William Ewart Gladst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish National Invincibles
The Irish National Invincibles, usually known as the Invincibles, were a militant organisation based in Ireland active from 1881 to 1883. Founded as splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the group had a more radical agenda, and was formed with an intent to target those who implemented English policies in Ireland. Phoenix Park Murders After numerous attempts on his life, Chief Secretary for Ireland William Edward Forster resigned in protest of the Kilmainham Treaty. The Invincibles settled on a plan to kill the Permanent Under Secretary Thomas Henry Burke at the Irish Office. The newly installed Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, was walking with Burke on the day of his arrival in Ireland when they struck, in Phoenix Park, Dublin, at 17:30 on 6 May 1882. Joe Brady attacked Burke, followed in short order by Tim Kelly, who knifed Cavendish. Both men used surgical knives. A large number of suspects were arrested and interrogated by the Dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
