In Ireland, since 1902, most stores remain closed on St. Stephen's Day, as with Christmas Day.

There are many pubs across the city centre, with the area around St. Stephen's Green and Grafton Street, especially Harcourt Street, Camden Street, Wexford Street and Leeson Street, having the most popular nightclubs and pubs.

Following Sir Leslie Stephen's English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, most commentators agree that two features constituted the core of deism:

Works in Ireland include the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge Dublin, which consists of a bridge over the railway and a bridge over the river Liffey ( unbuilt ) and two tiered sunken gardens ; Heywood Gardens, County Laois ( open to the public ) consisting of a hedge garden, lawns, tiered sunken garden and a belvedere ; extensive changes and extensions to Lambay Castle, Lambay Island near Dublin consisting of a circular battlement enclosing the restored and extended castle and farm building complex, upgraded cottages and stores near the harbour, a real tennis court, a large guest house ( The White House ), a boathouse and a chapel ; alterations and extensions to Howth Castle, County Dublin ; the unbuilt Hugh Lane gallery straddling the River Liffey on the site of the Ha ' penny Bridge and the unbuilt Hugh Lane Gallery on the west side of St Stephen's Green ; a Lodge at Costelloe, County Galway ( that was used for refuge by J Bruce Ismay the Chairman of the White Star Line following the sinking of the Titanic ) and a hunting lodge near Rosapenna in northern County Donegal, most recently used as a youth hostel.

The courthouse, district jail and St. Stephen's Lutheran Church were put to the torch as were most businesses and homes.

The phase of the conflict known as " the Castle War " saw both sides attempting to defeat each other through sieges, such as Stephen's attempts to take Wallingford, the most easterly fortress in Matilda's push towards London, or Geoffrey de Mandeville's attempts to seize East Anglia by taking Cambridge Castle.

The design had to incorporate those parts of the building that escaped destruction, most notably Westminster Hall, the adjoining double storey cloisters of St Stephen's court and the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel, Barry's design was parallel to the River Thames, but the surviving buildings are at a slight angle to the river, thus Barry had to incorporate this awkward difference in axis into the design.

Henry believed that Theobald had been elected not only because of Stephen's concerns but also because Waleran of Meulan, the lay patron of Bec, was attempting to put his own man in one of the most powerful positions in England.

Along with Easter, Christmastime is one of the most important periods on the Christian calendar, and is often closely connected to other holidays at this time of year, such as Advent, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, St. Nicholas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's, and the Feast of the Epiphany.

In his first year, 1898-1899, he published Henry James's In the Cage ; Leslie Stephen's English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century ; Jocelyn by John Sinjohn, a nom-de-plume of John Galsworthy ; a translation of August Strindberg's Der Vater ; and Mother Goose in Prose, the first children's book by L. Frank Baum and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish ( Baum's most famous work The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in Chicago just a year later ).

The fire lasted for many hours and gutted most of the Palace, including the converted St Stephen's Chapel ( the meeting place of the House of Commons ), the Lords Chamber, the Painted Chamber and the official residences of the Speaker and the Clerk of the House of Commons.

While most modern legislatures sit in a circular chamber, the benches of the British Houses of Parliament are laid out in the form of choir stalls in a chapel, simply because this is the part of the original room that the members of the House of Commons utilised when they were granted use of St Stephen's Chapel.

The area includes significant tourist attractions, such as Rozafa Castle ( fortress of Shkodra ), one of the biggest and most famous castles in Albania, with the 13-14th century St. Stephen's Church in its court, later converted to a mosque, the Ottoman era Historical Museum building ( 1815 ) and the National Photo Gallery.

To mention but the most obvious example, let us cite Charles IV ’ s crown provided with a cross containing a thorn relic .” Later, it was the Crown itself, rather than St. Stephen's cross reliquary that came to be regarded as holy through its traditional association with St. Stephen.

Houses in the Burnley Wood clearance area awaiting demolition, with the tower of St Stephen's Church visible in the backgroundAlthough the area saw a significant amount of urban clearance during the 1970s, resulting in the loss of residential streets including Holton Street, Rawlinson Street, Russell Street, Swainbank Street, Laurel Street and many parts of Waterloo Road, Springfield Road and Brunswick Street, which became fragmented as infill housing such as Russell Court and Brittania Walk, the Gerald Court sheltered housing complex, now itself demolished and the Burnley Wood School, now Springfield Primary School were built and most of the mills ultimately closed and were given over to other industrial and commercial uses.

* Gundred de Warenne, who married first Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick and second William, lord of Kendal, and is most remembered for expelling king Stephen's garrison from Warwick Castle.

Aside from a number of houses, the most notable buildings are St Stephen's Church and Hammerwood Park at the end of the lane, which was the centre of what was a large country estate extending in its heyday to over 2, 500 acres ( 10 km² ).

While most of the novel concentrates on Stephen's life in France before and during the war, the novel also focuses on the life of Stephen's granddaughter, Elizabeth, and her attempts to find out more about her grandfather's experiences in World War I.

Along with Easter, Christmas time is one of the most important periods on the Christian calendar, and is often closely connected to other holidays at this time of year, such as Advent, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, St. Nicholas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's, and the Feast of the Epiphany.

Some of the most popular colleges are here are Shri Ram College of Commerce, Hindu College, SGTB Khalsa College, Miranda House, Hansraj College, St. Stephen's College, Kirori Mal College.

Hugh obtained an exemption allowing him to keep his castle at Northallerton when Henry was ordering the destruction of most of the illegal castles that had been built during King Stephen's reign.

The monastery, along with St. Stephen's Church was built between 1313 and 1317 and was founded by the Serb King Stefan Uroš II Milutin, one of the most powerful Balkan rulers of the period and one of the most powerful rulers of the entire Nemanjić dynasty.

The Naxalites found supporters among some of the educated elite, and Delhi's prestigious St. Stephen's College, alma mater of many contemporary Indian leaders and thinkers, became a hotbed of Naxalite activities.

The centre is situated in the university's North Campus in Maurice Nagar, and is surrounded by a host of other prestigious academic institutions of the country such as the St. Stephen's College, the Hindu College, and the Faculty of Management Studies.

Stephen's victory came about primarily thanks to his German retinue led by the brothers Pázmány and Hont.

Some of the Hungarian standards that were captured came with a " huge booty of tents, waggons and guns ," which were sent to Casimir as proof of Stephen's victory.

Serving as part of Adam Stephen's brigade, Scott's 5th Virginia Regiment fought in the colonial victory at the December 26 Battle of Trenton.

Stephen's victory at Vaslui is considered one of the greatest Moldavian victories over the Ottomans, and as such " played a role in universal history " by securing the " culture and civilization of the Christian West from the onslaught of Islam.

Similarly, the rebel position at St Stephen's Green, held by the Citizen Army under Michael Mallin, was made untenable after the British placed snipers and machine guns in the Shelbourne Hotel and surrounding buildings.

When Stephen's son and heir apparent Eustace died in 1153, the king reached an accommodation with Henry of Anjou ( who became Henry II ) to succeed Stephen and in which peace between them was guaranteed.

In 1772 he was appointed organist to the court of Vienna, and in 1792 Kapellmeister of St. Stephen's Cathedral.

His compositional style derives from Johann Joseph Fux's counterpoint, who was Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathedral 1713-1741, a position that Albrechtsberger would hold 52 years later.

A new official residence for the Speaker of the House of Commons was built adjoining St Stephen's Chapel and completed in 1795.

At a young age he was raised at the Lateran Palace during the pontificate of Pope Adrian I, and it was under Stephen's predecessor Pope Leo III that he was first ordained a Subdeacon before he was subsequently made a Deacon.

Stephen's reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda.

His father was Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois and Chartres, an important French nobleman ; Stephen's father played only a brief part in his early life, being an active crusader.

Stephen's mother, Adela of England, was the daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders, famous amongst her contemporaries for her piety, wealth and political talent.

The king's power was linked to his control of the rich province of Île-de-France, just to the east of Stephen's home county of Blois.

Stephen's eldest brother was William, who under normal circumstances would have inherited the title of count.

Stephen's younger brother, Henry of Blois, was probably born four years after Stephen.

Stephen's early life was heavily influenced by his relationship with Henry I, his uncle and King of England.

In 1127, William Clito, a potential claimant to the English throne, seemed likely to become the Count of Flanders ; Stephen was sent by the king on a mission to prevent this, and in the aftermath of his successful election, William Clito attacked Stephen's lands in neighbouring Boulogne in retaliation.

Stephen's elder brother Theobald was further south still, in Blois.

Stephen's coronation was held a week later at Westminster Abbey on 26 December.

Theobald met with the Norman barons and Robert of Gloucester at Lisieux on 21 December but their discussions were interrupted by the sudden news from England that Stephen's coronation was to occur the next day.

Stephen's brother Henry wanted to succeed to the post, but Stephen instead supported Theobald of Bec, who was eventually appointed, while the papacy named Henry papal legate, possibly as consolation for not receiving Canterbury.

Stephen was also rapidly running out of money: Henry's considerable treasury had been emptied by 1138 due to the costs of running Stephen's more lavish court, and the need to raise and maintain his mercenary armies fighting in England and Normandy.

Stephen's wife Matilda was sent to negotiate another agreement between Stephen and David, called the treaty of Durham ; Northumbria and Cumbria would effectively be granted to David and his son Prince Henry, in exchange for their fealty and future peace along the border.

Stephen's brother, Henry of Blois, was alarmed by this, both as a matter of principle, since Stephen had previously agreed in 1135 to respect the freedoms of the church, and more pragmatically because he himself had recently built six castles and had no desire to be treated in the same way.