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Also: Ireland: People: By occupation: Socialites This category lists socialites who originated from Ireland or spent a notable part of their careers in Ireland. Pages in category "Irish socialites"
The concept of socialites dates to the 18th and 19th century. Most of the earliest socialites were wives or mistresses of royalty or nobility, but being a socialite was more a duty and a means of survival than a form of pleasure. Bashful queens were often forced to play gracious and wealthy hostess to people who despised them.
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Some branches, particularly in Ulster, still exist. The INF brass band in Navan in County Meath is still promoting music in its surroundings. They practice once a week in the CYWS (Catholic Young Women's Society) hall located in the centre of the town. The only branch left in the Republic of Ireland is the one in Tullamore with over 80 members.
A socialite is a person of social prominence who spends substantial time and resources entertaining or being entertained. For more information, see Socialite . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Socialites .
Peerage of Ireland, whose titles were created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. These groups are not mutually exclusive. There is some overlap between the first two groups (prior to the Treaty of Limerick ), and a lesser degree of overlap between the last two groups (prior to the ...
Many constructed large country houses, which became known in Ireland as Big Houses, and these became symbolic of the class' dominance in Irish society. The Dublin working class playwright Brendan Behan, a staunch Irish Republican, saw the Anglo-Irish as Ireland's leisure class and famously defined an Anglo-Irishman as "a Protestant with a horse ...