In Dublin's Fair City: Difference between revisions

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''As she pushed her wheelbarrow''

''Through streets broad and narrow,''

''Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"!''~~|'''<s>"Molly Malone"</s> "The Tart With the Cart"''', traditional Irish folksong}}~~

''Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"!''

|'''<s>"Molly Malone"</s> "The Tart With the Cart"''', traditional Irish folksong}}

Dublin (From the Irish ''"Dubh Linn"'' meaning ''"Black Pool"'' but it's official Irish name is ''"Áth Cliath"'' meaning ''"The Hurdled Ford"'') is the capital of [[Ireland]], the [[The Irish Diaspora|third-largest Irish city]] after [[Big Applesauce|New York]] and [[Boston (useful notes)|Boston]], and the largest city on the island with a population of about 1 million, including suburbs, and 1.6 million including the population of surrounding counties.

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To celebrate the ''other'' millennium the city set up a 393 ft tall metal spire in the middle of O'Connell Street. It's... well, it's [[Freud Was Right|tall and metal and pointy]], and possibly not the best idea to build in a city with a heroin problem. Still the Spire has inspired a few affectionate nicknames, many of them even printable ('the stiletto in the ghetto' or the 'stiffy on the Liffey' for instance).

~~'''~~Dublin in fiction~~:'''~~

* ''[[Raw]]''

* ''[[Ross O Carroll Kelly]]''

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