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Dublin History
The first habitation were found beside the Liffey Riverand city got its Irish name, Baile Atha Cliath ( The town of Hurdle Ford) from an ancient river crossing that can still be pinpointed today. By the 9th century, Viking raids had become a fact of Irish life, but some of the Danes chose to stay rather than rape, pillage and depart. The 14th century comes with the Scottish invasion and Black Death’s devastation comes in 1368. In 1592, however, Elizabeth I founded Trinity College and gave Dublin an educational tradition that it maintains today. In 1649, Oliver Cromwell took the city and seized Ireland's best land to distribute among his soldiers. Ireland backed James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. A subsequent century of trouble and unrest included a failed invasion by the French-backed Wolfe Tone and an unsuccessful revolt in 1798. In 1803 there was another revolt, but it was badly planned and ill-conceived. The 20th century of Ireland was marked by the formation of the republican political movement Sinn Fein. Agitation against Home Rule was on the increase in the Protestant-dominated northern Irish counties of Ulster, and authorities turned a blind eye to arms shipments coming into Ireland for irregular Protestant forces. Ireland’s economical difficulties arises during early 1980s.In the 1990s, however, Ireland underwent a dramatic change in its economic fortunes. The whopping 40% growth for Ireland meets during the year 1993 to 1997, leading to record-low unemployment, higher standards of living and lower interest. The renaissance prompted an explosion in tourism and a reversal of the age-old trend of emigration.
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