



Dublin. 1. Bank of Ireland, the Houses of Parliament, until the Union of 1800. a. Viceregal Lodge, JPhoenix Park. 



formerly the residence of the Viceroy. 3. Four Courts, King's Inn Quay, before the bombardment of 1932 



4. S. Patrick's Cathedral from the N.E. 5. Custom House, before destruction by fire, 1921. 6. College Green left the 



Bank of Ireland ; facing, Trinity College. 7. SackvUle Street, looking towards the Nelson Pillar 



numerically the larger element, 

 have so far only a pro-cathedral. 



Near S. Patrick's cathedral, which 

 includes memorials of Stella and of 

 Dean Swift, who was born in Hoey's 

 Court, is a district formerly inha- 

 bited by a colony of weavers and 

 their descendants, who carried on 

 a once important industry. Of 



provements have been effected in 

 recent years. The Dublin Port 

 and Docks Board, created in 

 1898, exercises control over the 

 port. The Grand Canal Docks lie 

 on the S. side of the river. The 

 handsome Custom House, de- 

 stroyed by fire by Sinn Feiners in 

 1921, was on one of the northern 



present industrial importance are quays. Westwards from O'Connell 

 5 Bridge 



the breweries and distilleries 

 notably Guinness's in this S.W. 

 quarter of the city. From the cen- 

 tre at College Green, going S. by 

 Grafton Street the Bond Street of 

 Dublin Stephen's Green, a well 

 laid-out public park, is reached, and 

 beyond it are the suburbs of Rath- 

 mines, Rathgar, Ranelagh, and 

 Donnybrook. Northwards from 

 College Green, another radial cuts 

 the Liffey at O'Connell Bridge, 

 and is continued along a broad 

 thoroughfare well known as Sack- 

 ville or O'Connell Street, which 

 is being handsomely restored after 

 the destruction caused in the 

 insurrection of 1916. Eastwards, 

 on both sides of the Liffey, run the 

 lines of quays ; there are also docks 

 and ship building yards of rapidly 

 increasing importance. 



The harbour is protected by two 

 large breakwaters, and great im- 



are the Four Courts Build- 



ings, much damaged in 1922 ; and 

 further up the Liffey, on its N. 

 bank, is the main gate of Phoenix 

 Park, in which are situated the 

 viceregal lodge, the lodge formerly 

 occupied by the chief secretary, for- 

 mer headquarters of the R.I.C., an 

 infirmary, the zoological gardens, 

 and a fine polo-ground. The park, 

 1,750 acres in extent, was the scene 

 in 1882 of the assassination of 

 Cavendish and Burke. 



The shipment of live stock is one 

 of the chief activities of Dublin 

 port. Other industries not already 

 mentioned are biscuit-making and 

 the preparation of artificial man- 

 ures and fertilisers. With govern- 

 ment departments, the judicature, 

 the two chief universities, and 

 national organizations of all kinds 

 centred in Dublin, the civil service 

 and professional element is at least 



as important as the commercial 

 In May 1924 the Dublin corpor- 

 ation was dissolved by the Irish 

 Free State ministry for local gov- 

 ernment, and its powers transferred 

 to three commissioners ; its duties 

 were not being effectually dis- 

 charged. The municipal council 

 consisted of 80 members, one alder- 

 man and three councillors to each 

 of 20 wards. The corporation had, 

 however, to deal with the old, over- 

 crowded city area, expensive to 

 administer without assistance from 

 the newer and more easily admin- 

 istered suburbs, which have pro 

 f erred to remain independent, 

 though their inhabitants, for the 

 most part, make their living in the 

 city. The valuation on March 1. 

 1919, was 1,136,519. The elec 

 tricity supply is municipal, but not 

 the gas; the corporation controlled 

 an excellent water supply for 

 Dublin and its dependent areas, 

 but the tramway service is an in 

 dependent enterprise. 



Dublin has many educational and 

 artistic institutions. The chief of 

 these are Dublin University or 

 Trinity College, Dublin, and the 

 National University, virtually a 

 Roman Catholic university. The 

 former has a well-known medical 



