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Georgian Mile
The Georgian mile is an unofficial term used to describe a continuous, near mile-long thoroughfare largely lined with Georgian townhouses in Dublin, Ireland. It comprises Fitzwilliam Place, Fitzwilliam Square East, Fitzwilliam Street, and Merrion Square East. According to The Irish Times, the stretch was once "the longest and arguably the finest Georgian streetscape in the world." It was built between the 1780s and the 1830s. 1965 demolition of 16 houses In 1962, Ireland's Electricity Supply Board announced plans to level 16 houses on the Lower Fitzwilliam Street portion of the mile in order to build a new headquarters and to accommodate its growing presence on the street. The move resulted in widespread pushback from the city's conservationists and would become a bone of contention between preservationists and the ESB for 50 years. Those in opposition to the demolition included the Irish Georgian Society, actor Micheál MacLiammóir and artist Seán Keating. Princess Grace of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holles Street Hospital
The National Maternity Hospital ( ga, An tOspidéal Náisiúnta Máithreachais), popularly known as Holles Street Hospital, is a large maternity hospital in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The hospital is located at the eastern corner of Merrion Square, at its junction with Holles Street and Lower Mount Street in Dublin. It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group. History The hospital was established through charitable donations in 1894 and received a Royal Charter, in line with other maternity hospitals in Dublin, in 1903. The Linen Guild, a charity to help mothers and babies in need of financial assistance, was established in 1912. Elizabeth O'Farrell, a member of Cumann na mBan, served as a midwife, training and working in Holles Street in the early years of the 20th century before carrying the white flag delivering the surrender at the Easter Rising in 1916. The hospital became the first such facility to benefit from the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake which funded extensive rede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork. With his partner, Hilton Edwards, and two others, Mac Liammóir founded the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and became one of the most recognisable figures in the arts in twentieth-century Ireland. As well as acting at the Gate and internationally, he designed numerous productions, wrote eleven plays, and published stories, verse and travel books in Irish and English. He wrote and appeared in three one-man shows, of which ''The Importance of Being Oscar'' (1960) was the most celebrated, achieving more than 1,300 performances. Life and care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
