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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Glasgow Warriors | | | |  Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Coat of armsThe coat of arms shows Glasgow's patron saint, Saint Kentigern also known as Saint Mungo, and includes four emblems — a bird, a tree, a bell, and a fish. The emblems represent miracles Saint Mungo is reputed to have performed. The motto of the city is Let Glasgow Flourish and this is part of the arms. The motto is derived from Saint Mungo's original sermon: Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word and the praising of thy name. The original version is inscribed on a bell made in 1637 which states Lord let Glasgow flovrichse throvgh the preachin ...
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Culture The city has many amenities for a wide range of cultural activities, from curling to opera and from football to art appreciation; it also has a large selection of museums that include those devoted to transport, religion, and modern art. The city even has the largest public reference library in Europe in the form of the Mitchell Library.
Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries.
Glasgow is home to a variety of theatres including The Kings Theatre, Theatre Royal and the Citizens Theatre and is home to Glasgow's municipal museums and art gal ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Culture |
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Sport Glasgow has a long sporting history, with the world's first international football match held in 1872 at the West of Scotland Cricket Club's Hamilton Crescent ground in the Partick area of Glasgow. The match was between Scotland and England and resulted in a 0–0 draw.
Glasgow - Football.
The city is home to Scotland's largest football stadia: Celtic Park (60,832 seats); Ibrox Stadium (50,411 seats); and Hampden Park (52,670 seats), which is Scotland's national football stadium. Glasgow has three professi ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Sport |
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Education Glasgow is also a major education centre with four universities within 10 miles (16 km) of the city centre: the 15th-century University of Glasgow (which has one of the highest ratios of students who continue living at home), the University of Strathclyde, the Glasgow Caledonian University, and the University of Paisley; as well as teacher training colleges, teaching hospitals, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow School of Art, and 10 other further education colleges.
Glasgow is home to a student population in exces ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Education |
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Dialect Glaswegian, otherwise known as The Glasgow Patter is a local, anglicised variety of Scots.
Glaswegian is a rich and vital living dialect which gives a true reflection of the city with all its virtues and vices. It is more than an alternative pronunciation; words also change their meaning, e.g. "away" can mean "leaving" as in A'm awa, an instruction to stop being a nuisance as in awa wi ye, or "drunk" or "demented" as in he's awa wi it. Cannae means "can't". Pieces refers to "sandwiches". Gi ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Dialect |
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Politics Glasgow has a long history of supporting socialist ideas and politics. The city council has been controlled by the Labour party for 30 years. Its socialist roots spring from the city's days as an industrial powerhouse, and continue through the previously mentioned levels of relative poverty among some Glaswegians. In the 1920s and 1930s the city's strikes and revolutionary fervour caused serious alarm at Westminster, with one uprising causing tanks to be sent onto the city's streets.
Later, strikes at the shipyards gave rise to the "R ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Politics |
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Religion The city is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic community with diverse religions.
Glasgow - Cathedrals.
The city boasts four cathedrals:
Glasgow Cathedral (Church of Scotland)
St. Andrew's Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
St. Mary's Cathedral (Scottish Episcopal)
St. Luke's Cathedral (Greek Orthodox)
Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings.
Caledonia Road Church designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson
Queen's Cros ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Religion |
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| | | | | Glasgow Warriors: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Media The city is home to large sections of the Scottish national media. It hosts BBC Scotland as well as Scottish Television. The Scottish press publishes various newspapers in the city such as the Daily Record and The Herald. Scottish editions of newspapers such as The Sun and The Times are also printed in the city. SMG plc or Scottish Media Group is a Glasgow-based media conglomerate with interests in Television, Radio, Cinema, Advertising and Publishing. ITV plc is believed to own a significant stake in SMG. Amongst others, SMG owns and operat ...
See also:Glasgow, Glasgow - The City's Name, Glasgow - Coat of arms, Glasgow - Geography and climate, Glasgow - Climate, Glasgow - Temperature, Glasgow - Demographics, Glasgow - History, Glasgow - Main districts, Glasgow - City Centre, Glasgow - The West End, Glasgow - The East End, Glasgow - The Southside, Glasgow - Architecture, Glasgow - Culture, Glasgow - Theatres Museums and Galleries, Glasgow - Festivals and Exhibitions, Glasgow - Music Scene, Glasgow - Sport, Glasgow - Football, Glasgow - Rugby, Glasgow - Sports, Glasgow - 2014 Commonwealth Games bid, Glasgow - Religion, Glasgow - Cathedrals, Glasgow - Other churches and religious buildings, Glasgow - Religious rivalry, Glasgow - Politics, Glasgow - Scottish Parliament electoral region and constituencies, Glasgow - United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, Glasgow - Dialect, Glasgow - Education, Glasgow - Economy, Glasgow - Media, Glasgow - Transport, Glasgow - Suburbs and surrounding district, Glasgow - Famous Glaswegians, Glasgow - Twinned cities, Glasgow - Footnotes, Glasgow - Sources Read more here: » Glasgow: Encyclopedia II - Glasgow - Media |
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