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| | ==History== <!----Write below this line---> | | ==History== <!----Write below this line---> |
| | + | Dublin began as a Viking settlement founded over one thousand years ago on |
| | + | the banks of the River Liffey and situated on a majestic broad sweeping bay. |
| | + | It became an administrative capital after the Norman conquest of Ireland in |
| | + | the twelfth century and developed its own parliament and government |
| | + | institutions under British sovereignty from the fourteenth century onwards. |
| | + | During the eighteenth century, the city grew rapidly, building fine Georgian |
| | + | architecture which still exists today. Towards the end of the nineteenth |
| | + | century, Dublin became the centre of two great cultural movements - the |
| | + | Gaelic League, aimed at restoring the Irish Language, and the Irish Literary |
| | + | Renaissance. Dublin is now the thriving capital of an independent Ireland |
| | + | and is the centre of the political, diplomatic, administrative and |
| | + | commercial life of the country. It is home to a population of over one |
| | + | million people. We hope that you will get to know the city while you are |
| | + | here, and enjoy all the facilities that it has to offer. |
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| | ==Education== <!----Write below this line---> | | ==Education== <!----Write below this line---> |