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Period dramas have a lot to answer for. Not only do they feature incredible costumes that are enough to make any woman dream about being transported back to the days of corsets, but they also showcase some of the most beautiful stately homes ever built, in which dashing young men stride about in breeches, with a wagging hunting dog by their side.
So, if you’re done checking out Anthony Bridgerton or Matthew Crawley, then soak up the sights by checking into one of these centuries-old abodes…
Highclere Castle, England You can stay in the grounds of famous Highclere Castle in Grotto Lodge (left) or London Lodge (right). Courtesy Highclere Castle
Councillors back move to recover Invincibles remains
Updated / Monday, 15 Feb 2021
18:39
The men s families want their remains to be re-interred in Glasnevin Cemetery (File image: Rolling News)
Dublin city councillors are backing a proposal to recover the remains of The Invincibles from Kilmainham Jail.
The five men - Joseph Brady, Daniel Curley, Michael Fagan, Thomas Caffrey and Tim Kelly - were hanged in 1883 for their part in the Phoenix Park assassinations.
The newly installed Chief Secretary of Ireland Lord Frederick Cavendish and Permanent Under Secretary Thomas Henry Burke were attacked and stabbed to death as they walked in the park.
The Irish National Invincible - an IRB splinter group - were behind the attack.
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1851: The Great Exhibition
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was Britain’s glittering shop window and showcase for the world’s attention and admiration. The first and greatest industrial power, the greatest imperial power, and the greatest naval power was, in effect, showing off its extraordinary achievements and at the same time advertising its manufacturing and industrial wares.
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Although William Morris and others were to react negatively to the mass production of everyday utensils, furniture and textiles as depressingly lacking in beauty and originality, the tide could not be turned.
Within the Crystal Palace some 100,000 objects were displayed – taking up ten miles of space – the work of 15,000 contributors. Over half the display came from Britain and its empire, but other nations were invited to participate. In fact, the event was tactfully entitled “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations”.
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