Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:30 am
A question about english civil engineering firms
Why do a majority of the ones i've seen have irish names?
some examples of these irish names ?
as i cant think of any from my travels down souf
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A question about english civil engineering firms
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:44 pm
well didnt the british come into ireland and striped them of theyre identity a long time ago. they also did the same crap to the scottish. i may have a italian last name but im also irish.im glad the irish are taking from the british about time they had some served back to them of what they have been serving out for years.
Edited by - richard w. sabatino on 4/20/2006 12:46:05 AM
Edited by - richard w. sabatino on 4/20/2006 12:46:05 AM
Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:16 am
now now,let's not get into that particular can of worms, shall we?
in answer to your question, effs, no they are not all Irish, what about Taylor-Woodrow, Costain, Hanson, Balfour-Beatty, Redrow and many others? However, the reason that there is a noticeable number of firms with Irish names is that most of them were founded in the late 19th-early 20th centuries when there was a large proportion of Irish workers in the building industry in mainland Britain (the *navvies*) ergo it's hardly surprising to find that they'd set up their own businesses to take advantage of what was then, for Britain, a boom-time. We were after all a very rich and powerful nation back then, with the resources of the largest Empire the world had ever seen.
Interestingly, if you look at import/export and balance of trade records from the period 1850-1914, it's quite revealing to see how Britain's *imperial* economy evolves into something more akin to today's - dependency on imports, export earnings from luxury goods and invisbles, American investment penetration into the UK - did you know that by 1904, Britain traded more with the USA than with any other trading partner, including our own imperial colonies? And that US investment in Britain was greater than British investment in the US?
I know that's not what the OP was about but that particular period in which those firms came into being was a significant transitory phase in British economic history.
in answer to your question, effs, no they are not all Irish, what about Taylor-Woodrow, Costain, Hanson, Balfour-Beatty, Redrow and many others? However, the reason that there is a noticeable number of firms with Irish names is that most of them were founded in the late 19th-early 20th centuries when there was a large proportion of Irish workers in the building industry in mainland Britain (the *navvies*) ergo it's hardly surprising to find that they'd set up their own businesses to take advantage of what was then, for Britain, a boom-time. We were after all a very rich and powerful nation back then, with the resources of the largest Empire the world had ever seen.
Interestingly, if you look at import/export and balance of trade records from the period 1850-1914, it's quite revealing to see how Britain's *imperial* economy evolves into something more akin to today's - dependency on imports, export earnings from luxury goods and invisbles, American investment penetration into the UK - did you know that by 1904, Britain traded more with the USA than with any other trading partner, including our own imperial colonies? And that US investment in Britain was greater than British investment in the US?
I know that's not what the OP was about but that particular period in which those firms came into being was a significant transitory phase in British economic history.
Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:25 am
richard, I have an italian last name too, yet our own mother country has a rather appalling track record as regards colonialism, to wit Libya, Italian Somaliland, and the Abyssinian campaigns, including the use of poison gas, forced labour, torture, mass deportation and executions, and turned the country into an Italian slave colony where the native peoples had no rights whatsoever, only duties.
as a percentage of GDP and respective balance of earnings, which are more meaningful statistics than simple absolutes.
Edited by - The Great Moon Moth on 4/24/2006 2:52:45 AM
And that US investment in Britain was greater than British investment in the US?
as a percentage of GDP and respective balance of earnings, which are more meaningful statistics than simple absolutes.
Edited by - The Great Moon Moth on 4/24/2006 2:52:45 AM
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