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Dublin's ha'penny bridge. Beyond it, the dome of the eighteenth century Custom House and Liberty Hall, the city's tallest building. | |
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| Area: | 114.99 km˛ |
| County: | County Dublin |
| Population: | 495,781 (2002) |
| Province: | Leinster |
Dublin ( Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey in the County Dublin. The name Dublin derives from the Irish Dubh Linn ("the Black Pool"); the modern Irish-language name Baile Átha Cliath ("The City of the Ford of the Reed Hurdles") refers to the settlement which adjoined the Black Pool.
The earliest reference to Dublin is in the writings of Ptolemy around the year A.D. 140, who calls it Eblana.
Dublin has a population of some 495,000 ( CSO Census 2002) within the official city boundary, though such a definition has become largely meaningless with the development and spread of suburbs and satellite towns over a wide surrounding area. The population of the city and county is in excess of 1,100,000 (CSO Census 2002). Though there is no exact agreed definition of the "Greater Dublin" area it would be generally accepted as including all of the city and county and parts of counties WicklowWicklow Cill Mhantain in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of County Dublin. Area: 2,024 km˛ (781 square miles). The county town is Wicklow (pop. 9,355), although the largest urban centre is Bray (pop. Other main towns inc, KildareCounty Kildare ( Irish: Cill Dara is an Irish county located to the southwest of County Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church Cill of the oaks Dara , see Adare''. East Kildare's population has increased rapidly; and MeathMeath An Mh in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, the county is often informally called The Royal County''. Area: 2342 km˛ (904 square miles). The de facto county town is Navan, where the county hall is located, although Trim has a historical with the limits of the commuter belt stretching to a much greater distance.
Main article: History of DublinThe City of Dublin can trace its history back over 1000 years, for much of this time it has been Ireland's capital and center of culture, education and industry. During this time it has stood witness to famine, peace, social change, war which have effecte
Dublin has its origins back in the 10th century9th century 10th century 11th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. Events The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period Viking groups settle in northern France N in the VikingViking refers in a loose sense to the North Germanic (ethnically Scandinavian) population of Northern Europe in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th centuries, which during this time colonized, raided and traded the lengths of the coasts, rivers and islands of Eur settlement of An Dubh Linn (Black Pool) and the Celtic settlement Áth Cliath ("hurdle ford"). The modern city retains the anglicised Irish name of the former and the Irish of the latter. After the Norman invasion of Ireland Dublin displaced the Hill of Tara as Irelands capital, much of the power centring on Dublin Castle until independence. From the 17th century the city expanded rapidly helped by the Wide Streets Commission. The Easter Rising of 1916 left the capital in an unstable situation and the Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War left the capital in ruins, with many of its finest buildings destroyed. The Irish Free State rebuilt much of the cities buildings but took no bold tasks such as remodelling, it moved parliament into Leinster House. After The Emergency Dublin remained a capital out of time, modernisation was slow, the 1960s saw change start. In recent years the infrastructure has been changed immensely. The Dublin Area Rapid Transit allowed the city to have a transport system suited for any modern European city.
Since the beginning of English rule in the twelfth century the city has served as the capital of the island of Ireland in the varying geopolitical entities that existed; the Lordship of Ireland ( 1171- 1541) and the Kingdom of Ireland ( 1541- 1800), the island within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1922) and the Irish Republic ( 1919- 1922). From 1921, following the partition of Ireland, it served as the capital of Southern Ireland ( 1921- 1922) and the Irish Free State ( 1922- 1937). (Many of these states co-existed or competed within the same timeframe as rivals within either British or Irish constitutional theory.)
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