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Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. London: Virgin. p.340. ISBN 978-0-7535-0427-7. a b "Cyfrifiad: Niferoedd y siaradwyr Cymraeg wedi disgyn". Golwg360. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015 . Retrieved 30 April 2016. Bangor Abbey, the European Connection". friendsofcolumbanusbangor.co.uk. Friends of Columbanus, Bangor. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020 . Retrieved 13 May 2020.

Canon James Hamilton M.A. (1958). Bangor Abbey Through Fifteen Centuries. Bangor: Friends of Bangor Abbey. ISBN 0-9511562-3-3.In 1865, Morris Wartski, a refugee from the Tsarist pogroms, first established a jewellery business on Bangor's High Street, and then a drapery store. His son, Isidore, went on to develop the drapery business and to create a large, fashionable, store. He also redeveloped the Castle Inn on High Street in Bangor, which then became the high-class Castle Hotel. Wartski was a very popular mayor of the city and a great patron of local sports and charities. Wartski Fields were bequeathed to the city and people of Bangor by his widow, Winifred Marie, in memory of Isidore Wartski. Millsopp, Sandra (14 November 2019). "Bangor's cotton mills; the Chambers Motor Company". Bangor Historical Society . Retrieved 23 June 2022.

Bangor Abbey was an important and influential monastery founded in the 6th century by Saint Comgall. Bangor grew during the 17th century Plantation of Ulster, when many Scottish settlers arrived. Today, tourism is important to the local economy, particularly in the summer months, and plans are being made for the long-delayed redevelopment of the seafront; a notable historical building in the city is Bangor Old Custom House. The largest plot of private land in the area, the Clandeboye Estate, which is a few miles from the city centre, belonged to the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava. Bangor hosts the Royal Ulster and Ballyholme yacht clubs. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status. [5] Name [ edit ] Bangor Pier, Garth Road, Bangor". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016 . Retrieved 30 April 2016. The city has long been the most cosmopolitan settlement in Gwynedd, attracting incomers from both England and further afield, with Bangor University being a key institution. At the 2011 Census, 49.3% of Bangor's population was born outside Wales. [41] [42] Nevertheless, Welsh was the majority vernacular of the city in the 1920s and 1930s; at the 1921 Census, 75.8% of Bangor's inhabitants could speak Welsh with 68.4% of those aged 3–4 being able to, indicating that Welsh was being transmitted to the youngest generation in most homes. [44] The 1931 Census showed little change, with 76.1% of the overall population being able to speak Welsh. [45] Education [ edit ] The event created an unprecedented opportunity for the city to shrug off its reputation as a place of questionable moral character and to start fresh. George McWhirter, author; winner with Chinua Achebe of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize inaugural Poet Laureate of Vancouver, Canada, former teacher at Bangor Grammar SchoolJohn Frawley, Bangor’s city engineer from 1960-1992, is partial to the story of a woman who, as her house burned, ran inside to retrieve her knitting needles and yarn but left behind a valuable gold watch. CEEQUAL | Awards | Balloo Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Centre, Bangor". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 9 February 2016. Bangor lies on the east coast of Northern Ireland, on the south shore of the mouth of Belfast Lough, north east of central Belfast. Saint Malachy was elected abbot of the monastery in 1123, a year before being consecrated Bishop of Connor. His extensive travels around Europe inspired him to rejuvenate the monasteries in Ireland, and he replaced the existing wooden huts with stone buildings. [23] 17th and 18th centuries [ edit ] The Old Custom House When it was over, about eight hours later, more than 250 homes and businesses (six were churches), most built from local timber, were reduced to smoldering rubble. Dozens of residents were rendered homeless. Two lives were lost.

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