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that part of this district, which lies immediately round the capital, 

 into a good Btate of productiveness. The quality of the land improves 

 towards the west and north, and the district bordering on Meath is 

 not inferior to the generality of wheat lands in the midland counties. 

 Villas, gardens, dairy-farms, kitchen-gardens, and nurseries occupy 

 the immediate neighbourhood of the capital, and grazing-farms and 

 meadow-lands extend over the country which is not occupied by 

 demesnes, to a distance of 10 and 12 miles beyond those on the west 

 and north. Cattle, sheep, and pigs are numerous and of improved 

 breed: in 1851 on 18,512 holdings their numbers were respectively 

 41,845 ; 30,776 ; 21,067. The horaes on the same holdings in the 

 same year were 19,921 : poultry numbered 155,286. In the rural 

 districts tillage-farms vary from 10 to 300 acres ; by far the greatest 

 number consists of from 10 to 30 acres. Grazing-farms are larger, 

 varying from 200 to 700 acres. The fields are mostly inclosed by 

 quickset hedges. 



Division* and Towns. The county is in the archdiocese of Dublin, 

 and in the diocese of Qlendalough. It is divided into four Poor-Law 

 Unions, North Dublin, South Dublin, Balrothery, and Rathdown; 

 and into nine baronies : 1 and 2. Balrothery (East and West) on the 

 north. 3. Nethercrogs, scattered through the other baronies in seven 

 separate divisions, of which six lie north of the city of Dublin. 4. 

 Coolock, on the north-east of the city of Dublin. 5. Castleknock, on 

 the north-west of the city of Dublin. 6. Newcastle, on the west and 

 south-west of the city of Dublin. 7. Uppercross, on the south-west 

 of the i ity of Dublin. 8. Rathdown, on the south-east of the city of 

 Dublin. 9. Dublin. 



DUBLIN, the capital of the county and of Ireland ; BALROTHERY and 

 RATHDOWN, which are seats of Poor-Law Unions, with the sea-port of 

 KIMWTOWN, are noticed in separate articles. The towns and villages 

 which further require to be noticed we give here. 



Balbriygan, population 2310 in 1851, a small sea-port town 22 miles 

 N. by E. from Dublin on the Drogheda railway, is a place of some 

 tradiug and manufacturing importance. It was a mere fishing 

 village previous to 1780, when Baron Hamilton laid the foundation 

 of its permanent improvement by the erection of two cotton factories, 

 and the construction of a pier to improve the harbour. The public 

 buildings are a church with a square embattled tower, a Roman 

 Catholic chapel, a Methodist meeting-house, a sessions court-house, 

 and a market-house. Quarter and petty sessions are held. The town 

 is the head-quarters of the district police ; and there is a coast-guard 

 station at the martello tower on the strand. An important corn- 

 market is held on Mondays. Cattle fairs are held April 29th and 

 September 29th. Fustians, checks, jeans, and calicoes, are extensively 

 manufactured. The embroidering of muslin employs a good many 

 hands ; and about 40 stocking frames are employed in the manufacture 

 of the famous ' Balbriggan hosiery." There are here dye-houses 

 attached to the factories, a tan-yard, and Bait-works. A viaduct of 

 11 arches, 35 feet high, by which the Drogheda railway crosses the 

 harbour, is a great ornament to the town. The new and inner harbour, 

 completed in 1829, formed of a curved pier 420 feet long, and termi- 

 nating in a lighthouse, has 14 feet water at high tide. The chief 

 exports are corn, meal, and flour ; the imports are coal, bark, and 

 salt. Baldoyle, population 817, situated on a small creek, about 

 7 miles N.E. from Dublin. There is here a station of the Dublin 

 and Drogheda railway. The Roman Catholic chapel is a handsome 

 edifice, with a portico of four Tuscan pillars, over which is a turret 

 supporting a dome and cross. In the village are a dispensary, National 

 schools, and stations of the constabulary and the coast-guard. In 

 summer the visitors to the place for sea-bathing are numerous. A 

 small fishery is carried on. BlaclcrocTc, population 2342, a well but 

 irregularly built town, consisting of a main street, and several smaller 

 streets, is situated on the Kingstown railway, 5 miles S.E. from Dublin. 

 The town stands on the south shore of Dublin Bay, in a very pretty 

 neighbourhood, studded with marine villas. It is much resorted to 

 for sea-bathing. The chief buildings are a chapel of ease, a Roman 

 Catholic chapel, and a Carmelite nunnery, attached to which there is 

 a large Free school for girls. Booterstown, population 535, on the 

 shore of Dublin Bay, about 3 miles S.E. from the General Post-Office, 

 contains a neat church, adorned with a square tower aud pinnacles 

 and a lofty spire ; a commodious chapel for Roman Catholics, and a 

 convent of Sifters of Mercy, in which about 200 poor children receive 

 instruction. There are here National schools. The Kingstown railway 

 runs close past the village and has a station here. Bray, situated on 

 the sea-shore, 12 miles S.E. from Dublin at the mouth of the Bray 

 River, is partly in Dublin county, but chiefly in Wicklow. The 

 n of the town situated in the county of Dublin is called Little 

 Bray, and contained in 1851 a population of 1096 ; it is united to the 

 Wicklow portion by an old bridge of four arches. The entire popula- 

 tion of the town is 3156. The most important buildings, which are 

 all on the Wicklow side, are a church, a Roman Catholic chapel, a 

 Presbyterian chapel, and a Methodist meeting-house ; there are also a 

 fever hospital, a savings bank, National schools, a petty sessions-house, 

 and police and coast-guard stations. The chief trade of Bray is in 

 coal, slate, and Sutton limestone, which are imported in small craft ; 

 corn is exported. There are many handsome villas in the neighbour- 

 hood. Markets for provisions are held on Tuesday and Saturday. 

 Ten fairs are held in the course of the year. Cftapelizod, population 



1683, situated on the Liffey, 3 miles W. from the Dublin General 

 Post-Office, has a church, a Roman Catholic chapel, a National school, 

 and a police station. The beautiful scenery of the Liflfey in this 

 neighbourhood, and the proximity of the Phoenix-park render it a 

 favourite place of resort in summer. Opposite to one of the entrances 

 to the park near the village is the Roman Catholic church of the 

 Nativity, a handsome building in the early English style, with a tower 

 120 feet high. Clondalkin, population 474, about 4 miles S.W. from 

 Dublin, is situated close to the Grand Canal, and to the line of the 

 Great Southern and Western railway, of which there is a station 

 here. The village contains several neat houses. There are here the 

 pariah church, a chapel for Roman Catholics, almshouses for widows, 

 and several charitable institutions. Near the village is the monastery 

 of Mount Joseph, established in 1813. There is here an ancient 

 round tower 100 feet high, 15 feet in diameter, with a conical roof of 

 stone. Numerous handsome residences are in the vicinity. Clontarf, 

 population of the village aud sheds '875, memorable in Irish history 

 for the great defeat of the Danes by the Irish under Brian Boru on 

 Good Friday, 1014, is a pretty ' but scattered village, 3 miles E.N.E. 

 from Dublin. The old castle of Clontarf was taken down in 1835 

 and a modern mansion with a Norman tower erected on its site. 

 Marino, the seat of the Earl of Charlemout, is close to the village. 

 A small church and a large and handsome Roman Catholic chapel aro 

 the most notable buildings. There are extensive oyster beds off the 

 sheds of Clontarf. Dalkey, population 252, distant 8 miles S.E. from 

 Dublin, at the eastern extremity of Dublin Bay, was formerly a town 

 of somo importance, and had in 1358 a charter of incorporation. 

 The chief relics of its ancient consequence are the remains of three 

 old forts, and a church. The only public building is the Roinun 

 Catholic chapel. A large church has been recently erected near the 

 coast; and not far from it is the Loretto convent, a handsome cruci- 

 form structure. In the village there are a National school and coast- 

 guard and police-stations. On Dalkey Island, which is about 3 miles 

 from the shore and has an area of 22 acres, are a martello tower 

 and battery. The atmospheric railway connects Dalkey with Kings- 

 town and Dublin. Donnybrook, population 1970, a suburb of Dublin, 

 on the road to Bray, is situated on the Dodder, which is crossed by 

 Anglesea bridge. The public buildings include the parish church, 

 chapels for Roman Catholics and Wesleyau Methodists, a Magdalen 

 asylum, a dispensary, a lunatic asylum, and an hospital for incurables. 

 It was formerly famous for its fair, originally granted by King John, 

 and lasting 15 days from the 26th of August. The fair, which is 

 now one of pleasure, is still held ; but it does not continue longer 

 than a week, and of late years it has been greatly shorn of its 

 traditional glories. Drumcondra, population 434, a suburb of Dublin, 

 about 2 miles N. from the General Post-Office, contains many elegant 

 mansions. The Roman Catholic Missionary college of All Hallows, a 

 commodious building, situated in the midst of extensive grounds, 

 provides accommodation for 200 students, who are educated for foreign 

 missionary service. There are here a Roman Catholic chapel, a dis- 

 pensary, and an asylum for female penitents. Dundrum, population 

 594, about 4 miles 8. from the General Post-Office, consists of one main 

 street, chiefly cottages. It contains a chapel for Roman Catholics, a 

 petty sessions court-house, a dispensary, and a National school. The 

 parish church of Taney, a handsome cruciform edifice, stands on 

 Taney hill. The village is finely situated and is much resorted to in 

 summer by invalids. Qlasnevin, population 398, a suburb of Dubl'n, 

 2 miles from the General Post-Office, is situated on the bank of the 

 river Tolka. There are here a small church, the Model Training 

 school of the National Board of Education, the Claremout Institution 

 for the deaf and dumb, a Roman Catholic institution for the deaf aud 

 dumb, almshouses for widows, the Botanic Gardens of the Dublin 

 Society, and Prospect cemetery, which contains several beautiful 

 monuments, including one to the memory of Curran. Harold's Cross, 

 population 2934, situated on the Grand Canal and on the road to 

 Bathfarnham, 3 miles S. by W. from Dublin, is a largo village built 

 round a spacious central green, and surrounded by handsome villas 

 and grounds. The principal buildings in and near the village are 

 the church, at the entrance of Mount Jerome cemetery; the convent 

 of St. Clare, attached to which is a neat chapel ; a Free school for 

 female orphans ; the Carmelite friary ; and Pirn's cotton factory, in 

 which 6000 spindles are driven by steam and water power. The 

 cemetery, the great attraction of the place, has an area of 25 acres 

 beautifully laid out and surrounded by a shrubbery and lofty trees. 

 It contains many handsome tombs and monuments, including one to 

 the late Mr. Drummond, under-secretary for Ireland. Howth, popu- 

 lation 829, a small fishing town, about 8 miles N.E. by N. from 

 Dublin, consists chiefly of one main street. It contains the parish 

 church, a Roman Catholic chapel, a dispensary, a National school, and 

 stations of the constabulary and the coast-guard. The harbour cost 

 a large amount of public money, but did not answer the purpose of 

 its construction, and the mail packet station was in consequence 

 transferred to Kingstown. Howth castle is an extensive embattled 

 structure with a tower at each end. George IV. landed at Howth in 

 August 1821. A branch of the Dublin and Drogheda railway was 

 opened to Howth in August 1846. Kilinainham, population 473, 

 besides 255 inmates of the jail, a suburban village on the road to 

 Naas and near the terminus of the Great Southern and Western 



