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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 [[Useful Notes/Ireland|Ireland]], the [[The Irish Diaspora|third-largest Irish city]] after [[Big Applesauce|New York]] and [[Useful Notes/Boston|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. |
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 [[Useful Notes/Ireland|Ireland]], the [[The Irish Diaspora|third-largest Irish city]] after [[Big Applesauce|New York]] and [[Useful Notes/Boston|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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Officially, Dublin celebrated its millenium in 1988 (making the city a spry 1020 at time of writing), but that was just a brazen excuse to hold a party: the [[Horny Vikings|Vikings]] established a stronghold in the Liffey River back in 841 (and even before that there was [ |
Officially, Dublin celebrated its millenium in 1988 (making the city a spry 1020 at time of writing), but that was just a brazen excuse to hold a party: the [[Horny Vikings|Vikings]] established a stronghold in the Liffey River back in 841 (and even before that there was [[wikipedia:Eblana|Eblana]]). Dublin was an important Hiberno-Norse kingdom for centuries, before <s> some different French accented Vikings</s> the Normans arrived and turned it into the centre of English (and later British) power in Ireland for centuries. |
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Dublin is famous for its writers (especially [[James Joyce]]), musicians, [[Regency England|Georgian architecture]] and its pubs. Indeed, the St. James's Gate Brewery (the home of Guinness, the beer that drinks like a meal) is the most popular tourist attraction in the city... |
Dublin is famous for its writers (especially [[James Joyce]]), musicians, [[Regency England|Georgian architecture]] and its pubs. Indeed, the St. James's Gate Brewery (the home of Guinness, the beer that drinks like a meal) is the most popular tourist attraction in the city... |
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