Dublin

(dub'lin,) the metropolis of Ireland, situate in Lat. 53° 20′ 38″ N., Lon. 6° 17′30″ W. It is intersected a distance of over 2 m.by the river Liffey, which is cro ed by several handsome bridges. D. is one of the finest cities of Europe, with wide, clean, and spacious streets, and some magnificent squares. Her pp. public buildings are the Castle, the residence of the English viceroy, the Bank of Ireland (formerly the House of Parliament), Trinity College, and the Four Courts of Law. D. is notable for her many fine monuments of public worthies. W. of the city is the celebrated Phaniz Park, a wooded tract, 7 m. in circumference, containing the Vice-regal Lodge. St. Patrick's Cathedral is a venerable pile, founded in 1190, and restored in 1865. D. is the entrepôt of an extensive commerce, and has important manuf. of textile fabrics, tobacco, and porter. Pop. 321,540. [s. 305]