Dublin guide

Founded as a Viking settlement, the city has been Ireland's primary city for most of the island's history since medieval times. Today, it is ranked 13th in the Global Financial Centres Index, is an economic, administrative and cultural centre for the island of Ireland and has one of the fastest growing populations of any European capital city.

The city has a world-famous literary history, having produced many prominent literary figures, including Nobel laureates William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. Other influential writers and playwrights from Dublin include Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift and the creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker. It is arguably most famous, however, as the location of the greatest works of James Joyce. Dubliners is a collection of short stories by Joyce about incidents and characters typical of residents of the city in the early part of the 20th century. His most celebrated work, Ulysses, is also set in Dublin and full of topical detail. Additional widely celebrated writers from the city include J.M. Synge, Seán O'Casey, Brendan Behan, Maeve Binchy, and Roddy Doyle. Ireland's biggest libraries and literary museums are found in Dublin, including the National Print Museum of Ireland and National Library of Ireland.

Dublin enjoys a maritime temperate climate characterised by mild winters, cool summers, and a lack of temperature extremes with moderate rainfall. However, contrary to popular belief, Dublin does not experience as high rainfall as the west of Ireland, which receives over twice that of the capital city.

 


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    Today, 10:33

  • TheNextWeb

    The team behind the Dublin Web Summit hits the road for a European Tech Crawl this summer http://t.co/Q3Ybkz3V by @MartinSFP

    Yesterday, 13:07

  • julieplec

    Made it to Dublin. Any suggestions on a nice pub to write during the day? I plan to finish a movie and marry a bartender, in that order.

    Today, 01:23

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    Today, 21:20

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    Today, 21:19

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    Today, 21:19

  • BrendaBelfast

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    Today, 21:19

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    @ittsupresident there's a f1 thingy on the bank holiday in Dublin. They are racing up and down the length of the quays.

    Today, 21:19

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    Today, 21:19

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Featured Businesses and Services in Dublin

Other Businesses and Services in Dublin

  • Trinity College
  • Dublin Castle
  • Cassidy's Bar
  • The Brazen Head
  • Jurys Inn Custom House
  • Kilmainham Gaol
  • Clontarf Golf Club
  • Kart City

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