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Monto (mango)
Monto was the nickname for the one-time red light district in the northeast of Dublin, Ireland. The Monto was roughly the area bounded by Talbot Street, Amiens Street, Gardiner Street and Seán McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street) in what would now be called Summerhill. The name is derived from Montgomery Street (now called Foley Street), which runs parallel to the lower end of Talbot Street towards what is now Connolly Station. Montgomery Street is believed to have been named after Elizabeth Montgomery, who was married to Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy. History In its heyday from the 1860s to the 1950s, there were anything up to 1,600 prostitutes working there at any one time, with all classes of customers catered for. Dublin was reputed to have the biggest red light district in Europe and its profits were aided by the enormous number of British Army garrisons in the city, notably the Royal Barracks (later Collins Barracks and now one of the locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summerhill
Summerhill or Summer Hill may refer to the following places: Australia * Summer Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney *Summerhill, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston * Summerhill (Mount Duneed), a prefabricated iron cottage in Victoria Canada *Summerhill, Toronto, Ontario, a neighbourhood ** Summerhill (TTC), a subway station **Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station, a 1916 former Canadian Pacific Railway station in Toronto India * Summer Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Ireland *Summerhill, Dublin, an area in the north inner city, Dublin * Summerhill, County Meath, location of Longwave transmitter Clarkestown ** Summerhill House, 100 roomed mansion which demonstrated the power and wealth the Langford Rowley family ** Summerhill GFC, a GAA club *Summerhill College, a voluntary secondary school in Sligo United Kingdom ;England * Summer Hill, East Sussex * Summer Hill, Sandwell, West Midlands *Summerhill, an alternative name for Somerhill House, Kent *Summerhill School, a school fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Ireland – Decorative Arts And History
The National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History ( ga, Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Na hEalaíona Maisiúla ⁊ Stair) is a branch of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) located at the former Collins Barracks in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin, Ireland. This museum holds historical and contemporary collections relating to military history and decorative arts, with core collections relating to historical Irish events such as the Easter Rising. History 1877–1922 The Decorative Arts & History Department of the NMI, formerly called the Art and Industrial Division of the Dublin Museum of Science and Art, was founded in 1877, alongside the Natural History Division, and the Antiquities Division. Early objects for this division were purchased in 1878 and 1879, when 121 Indian and Persian objects, including enamels, ceramics, and textiles were added to the collections which came from the Royal Dublin Society and the Museum of Irish Industry. Material was also loan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
