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Coatbridge-born Dame Laurentia McLachlan was the Benedictine abbess of the Stanbrook Community whose correspondence with George Bernard Shaw and Sydney Cockerell was the subject of the film The Best of Friends. [45] Coatbridge is also home to the annual Deep Fried Film Festival.
The name of "Monklands" originated in the grant of lands in the area to the monks of the Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle, Midlothian in 1162. From the seventeenth century the area was formed into the two parishes of New Monkland and Old Monkland. [4] Apart from the two burghs of Airdrie and Coatbridge, the area included the following settlements:
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Reportedly more than 28% of adults in Coatbridge had names with Irish origins. [16] Ironically, Barra, the most Scottish place in Scotland is overwhelmingly Catholic compared to Coatbridge's slight majority. [17] [18] In 2008 Coatbridge was subject of an hour-long RTÉ documentary regarding the Irish culture of the town. [19]
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In the 1920s-1930s Coatbridge Town Council constructed new housing estates at Cliftonville, Cliftonhall, Rosehall, Barrowfield and Espieside. As late as 1936 however Coatbridge was the most overcrowded place in Scotland. [31] After World War II Townhead, Kirkwood, Kirkshaws, Shawhead, Summerlee and Sikeside followed. The high rises which can be ...
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Buckfast Tonic Wine is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of fortified wine with added caffeine, [2] originally made by monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.It is now made under a licence granted by the monastery, and distributed by J. Chandler & Company in Great Britain, James E McCabe Ltd in Northern Ireland, [3] and Richmond Marketing Ltd in Ireland.