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Manchester is known for opulent warehouses from the city's textile trade. Manchester's buildings display a variety of architectural styles, ranging from Victorian to contemporary architecture. The widespread use of red brick characterises the city, much of the architecture of which harks back to its days as a global centre for the cotton trade ...
Manchester was the subject of Friedrich Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Engels himself spending much of his life in and around Manchester. Manchester was also an important cradle of the Labour Party and the Suffragette Movement. [citation needed] Manchester's golden age was perhaps the last quarter of the 19th ...
Little Ireland plaque on Great Marlborough Street, Manchester. Little Ireland was a slum district of Manchester, England in the early 19th century. [1] [2] It was inhabited from about 1827 to 1847 by poor Irish immigrants, [3] and during its existence gained a reputation as the archetypal Irish district in nineteenth century industrial cities. [4]
In industrial districts in 1819, factory workers demanded better wages, and demonstrated. The most important event was the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, on 16 August 1819, when a local militia unit composed of landowners charged into an orderly crowd of 60,000 which had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation. The crowd ...
Ireland declared itself neutral in the Second World War. [59] In 1948, Ireland declared itself a republic and so left the British Commonwealth. Britain's political interest in this part of the island formally ceased with its passage of the Ireland Act 1949 at Westminster. Nevertheless, the two states co-operated formally and informally to try ...
Both Fenian factions raised money by the issue of bonds in the name of the "Irish Republic", which were bought by the faithful in the expectation of their being honoured when Ireland should be "A Nation Once Again". [15] These bonds were to be redeemed "six months after the recognition of the independence of Ireland".
Down manager Conor Laverty believes that the guarantee of All-Ireland football is more important than silverware ahead of the Tailteann Cup final. 'All-Ireland football more important than trophy ...
Almost equally important was the Under Secretary for Ireland, who headed up the civil service in Ireland. As the century went on, the UK Parliament and Cabinet took over from the monarch as the legislative and executive branches of government, respectively.