Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, it lies within the province of Leinster. It is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. It has an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the Dublin Region (traditional County Dublin) as of 2016 was 1,347,359. The population of the Greater Dublin Area was 1,904,806 per the 2016 census.
There is archaeological debate regarding precisely where and when Dublin originated, with a settlement established by the Gaels during or before the 7th century AD, and a second, Viking, settlement, following. As the small Kingdom of Dublin, the city grew, and it became Ireland’s principal settlement following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State, later renamed Ireland.
Dublin is a contemporary and historical centre for Irish education, arts and culture, administration and industry. As of 2018 the city was listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of “Alpha minus”, which places it as one of the top thirty cities in the world. (Wikipedia)
O’Connell Street, circa 1960Customs House with a ship berthed at the quay, circa 1960Post Office Building, O’Connell Street, circa 1960Trinity College and Bank of Ireland, Dublin, circa 1960Chapel Street, 1961Flowers at RDS Horse Show, Dublin, 1961O’Connell Street, 1961O’Connell and Nelson Pillar, July 1963O’Connell Street, July 1963College Green, 1964Fitzwilliam Street, 1964Fitzwilliam Street, 1964O’Connell St., Dublin from Nelson’s Pillar, 1964Powerscourt House, Dublin, 1964St. George’s Church, Dublin, 1964Street scenes of Dublin, 1964The Liberties, 1964Commercial building, 1965Commercial building, 1965Flower shop at corner of Saint Stephen’s Green and Dawson Street, 1965Mountjoy Square, 1965Mountjoy Square, 1965Mountjoy Square, 1965The Black Church, Dublin, 1965Dublin castle, 1966Dublin, May 1966Aston Quay, 1967Beresford Place, Dublin, 1967Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, circa 1967Dublin airport, 1968Molesworth Street, Dublin, 1968St. Stephen’s Green, 1968Bank of Ireland, Dublin, 1969College Green, Dublin, 1969Dublin street scenes, July 1969Greenhills, Dublin, 1969Guinness ships Dublin, 1969Nelson’s Pillar and the General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin, 1969Post Office, Dublin, August 1969Row of terraces in Dublin, August 1969The O’Connell Bridge, looking South, towards D’Oliver Street, Dublin, August 1969The Parnell Monument at the junction of Upper O’Connell Street, Parnell Street and Cavendish Row, Dublin, circa 1969
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