Nassau and Kildare Streets, Museum, Gallery and Merrion Square
SECTION XI Nassau Street, Kildare Street, The Museum, National Gallery, and Merrion Square COMING from the direction of College Green, Nassau Str...
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Grafton, Dawson Streets, Stephen's Green
SECTION X Grafton Street, Dawson Street, and Stephen's Green Grafton Street, the busiest thoroughfare of modern Dublin, runs southward from Colle...
Christ Church
PART II The City SECTION I Christ Church Cathedral "How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear the...
Liberties and Coombe
SECTION XII The Liberties - South Great George's, Aungier, Kevin Streets and the Coombe Half way along the southern side of Dame Street is a sh...
O'Connell Bridge to Kingsbridge
SECTION XIII The Southern Quays - O' Connell Bridge to Kingsbridge The inland quays of Dublin, like those of Paris, are a characteristic feature ...
Sackville, Henry, Marlborough, Dominick and Henrietta Streets.
SECTION XV The North City - Sackville, Henry, Marlborough, Dominick and Henrietta Streets From College Green northwards for nearly half a mile ru...
O'Connell Bridge to Parkgate Street
SECTION XIV The Northern Quays - O' Connell Bridge to Parkgate Street The northern line of quays, while not really so old as the southern, enjoys...
The Phoenix Park
SECTION XVII The Phoenix Park Very few cities can boast of a pleasure-ground so extensive and so little spoilt by artificiality as the Phoenix Pa...
O'Connell Bridge to Ringsend and Sandymount
SECTION XVI The Port of Dublin - O'Connell Bridge to Ringsend and Sandymount At the present time O'Connell Bridge marks the head of Dublin port, ...
Cabra, Drumcondra, Glasnevin, North Strand.
SECTION XVIII The Northern Suburbs - Cabra, Drumcondra, Glasnevin, North Strand While deliberate design may often be traced in the central plan o...
The Castle
SECTION II The Castle "A palace and a prison on each hand." - Byron. Next to the cathedrals the Castle is the oldest institution in Du...
Kilmainham, Clondalkin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham, Ranelagh and Donnybrook.
SECTION XIX The Southern Suburbs - Kilmainham, Clondalkin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham, Ranelagh and Donnybrook. From Islandbridge on the upper Liffey...
Clontarf, North Bull, Sutton, Howth.
SECTION XX The North Shore of the Bay - Clontarf, The North Bull, Sutton, Howth The easiest and pleasantest manner of seeing the beautiful shores...
Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Killiney.
SECTION XXI The South Shore of the Bay - Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Killiney The southern margin of Dublin Bay has been more built over than t...
Trinity College
SECTION III Trinity College ". . . Provost and Fellows of Trinity Famous for ever at Greek and Latinity." -Graves. ![tcd.gif...
The Old Parliament House
SECTION IV The Old Parliament House Here, where old Freedom once was wont to wait Her darling Grattan nightly at the gate, Now little...
City Hall to Christ Church Place
SECTION VIII From the City Hall to Christ Church Place The older buildings of Dublin have suffered many and strange vicissitudes. At som...
Chart List
By D. A. Chart, M.A. Illustrated by Henry J. Howard. (J. M. Dent & Co., London. 1907).
St. Patrick's Cathedral
SECTION V S. Patrick’s Cathedral "An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which...
College Green, Dame Street
SECTION VII College Green and Dame Street As centuries go by, place names that were once highly descriptive lose their appropriateness....
Royal Hospital
SECTION VI The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o...
Christ Church to Kilmainham
SECTION IX Christ Church Place to Kilmainham At its western end, Christ Church Place contracts suddenly into a narrow and crowded thoroug...
Protestant Ascendancy. 1702-1760.
CHAPTER X Protestant Ascendancy and Commercial Restriction 1702-1760 "O! it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyra...
Viking Dublin 150-1169AD.
CHAPTER I The Viking Stronghold 150-1169 AD. "Thirty men they each commanded, Iron-sinewed, horny-handed, Shoulders broad, a...
Coming of the Norman. 1169-76.
CHAPTER II The Coming of the Normans 1169-1176 "For why? because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they...
Progress and Conciliation. 1803-1906
CHAPTER XII Gradual Progress and Conciliation 1803-1906 "And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light;...
Volunteers, United Irishmen. 1760-1803
CHAPTER XI The Volunteers and the United Irishmen 1760-1803 "Oh, the French are in the bay, They'll he here at break of day, And t...
English Decline. 1318-1399.
CHAPTER IV The Decline of English Power 1318-1399 "Perchance it is the chastisement of God, whereby these lands are suffered t...
Dublin 1176-1316.
CHAPTER III From Strongbow's Death to the Scottish Invasion 1176-1316 "They quitted not their armour bright, Neither by day, no...
War of the Roses. 1399-1485
CHAPTER V The Wars of the Roses 1399-1485 "Bella, horrida bella." - Virgil. The terrible Art defied the English power to the...
Fall of the Geraldines. 1485-1558
CHAPTER VI The Fall of the Geraldines 1485-1558 "Ye Geraldines! ye Gerald ines! how royally ye reigned O'er Desmond broad ...
Last Struggles of the Clans. 1558-1603.
CHAPTER VII The Last Struggle of the Irish Clans 1558-1603 Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding, Loudly the war cri...
Royalist, Roundhead and Catholic. 1603-1660
CHAPTER VIII A Triangular Duel - Royalist, Roundhead and Catholic - 1603-1660 "Such as do build their faith upon The holy...
Williamite and Jacobite. 1660-1702
CHAPTER IX Williamite and Jacobite 1660-1702 "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought o...
Preface.
The seat of this citie is of all sides pleasant, comfortable and wholesome. If you would traverse hills, they are not far off. If champaign ground,...