Local ecclesiastical sites prospered at different times, The medieval parish of Straffan lies on the border of the Diocese of Dublin ( boundaries established 1111 ), to the south of Tagahdoe Parish ( Teach Tua ), bounded on the west by Mainham, south by Bodenstown and Whitechurch, and east by Killadoon and Castledillon.

Belfast developed faster than Dublin during this period on a mixture of international trade, factory-based linen cloth production and shipbuilding.

" Another militant group, the Irish Citizen Army, was formed by trade unionists as a result of the Dublin Lockout of that year.

Longships were sea vessels made and used by the Vikings from the Nordic countries for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age although scientific analysis of the oak timber shows at least one well known ship was built in Dublin, Ireland.

* August 26 – The Dublin Lock-out begins in Ireland ; all trade union members are dismissed.

The haste with which the Danes resumed their attack on Norse Dublin before consolidating their control of Saxon England indicates that the entire Danish invasion was not primarily aimed at the conquest of Saxon England, but to secure a North Sea base of operations to use as a springboard in the conflict with the Norwegians, who controlled an extensive trade network in the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, and Ireland, which exported goods as the Danes did, from the British Isles south-east through Kievan Rus as far as Constantinople and Baghdad, following the Dniepr from the Baltic to the Black Sea.

At a meeting in the Lucan Spa Hotel near Dublin, on 10 December 1974, the Irish Republican Socialist Party was formed by republicans, socialists, and trade unionists with Costello as the Chairperson.

At the same time, Dublin became a major centre of trade in Atlantic Europe and mastery over the city and its wealth became the supreme prize for ambitious Irish kings.

There is a statue of James Connolly in Dublin, outside Liberty Hall, the offices of the SIPTU trade union.

The song tells the fictional tale of a beautiful fishmonger who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin, but who died young, of a fever.

The River Liffey in Dublin city has been used for many centuries for trade, from the Viking beginnings of the city up to recent times.

However, after the defeat of the trade unions in the Dublin Lockout of 1913 the labour movement was weakened, and the emigration of James Larkin in 1914 and the execution of James Connolly following the Easter Rising in 1916 further damaged it.

As of autumn 2010, Smithwick ’ s continues to be brewed in Dundalk and Kilkenny with tankers sent to Dublin to be kegged for the on trade market.

They entered the tea trade and in 1835 Charles Bewley landed an unprecedented cargo of 2, 000 chests of tea shipped directly from China to Dublin, thereby breaking the East India Tea Company ’ s monopoly.

The Bewley family subsequently expanded into the coffee trade and in the late 19th century they opened cafes in South Great Georges Street ( 1894 ) and Westmoreland Street ( 1896 ) in Dublin.

Thomas Johnson ( 17 May 1872 – 17 January 1963 ) was an Irish nationalist politician, trade unionist and leader of the Irish Labour Party, who served as a Teachta Dála ( TD ) for Dublin County from 1922 to 1927.

Traditionally this was an important route for transport, communication and trade between Dublin, Limerick and the midlands of Ireland.

For over a century, until the closing of the Grand Canal Company in 1960, Carrick was a major depot for river trade ; timber, cemnt, hardware, and especially Guinness stout ( see the Old Barrell Store, right ) were all transported here from Dublin, Athlone and Limerick.

On the declaration of the emergency, Walshe asked for assurances from the German minister in Dublin, Eduard Hempel that Germany would not use its legation for espionage nor attack Irish trade with Britain.

The British Minister for Health, Malcolm MacDonald, who had negotiated the 1938 trade agreement with Ireland whilst Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, was sent to Dublin to explore possibilities with De Valera.

Anglo-Norman aspirations in the Pale of Ireland have some roots in the Viking forays on the Irish Sea and the trade route which ran from York and crossing the Edinburgh-Glasgow area in Scotland, to Dublin in Ireland.

In the 1700s the village was on the main coach road between Cork and Dublin, this would have led to passing trade and the opportunity for providing boarding houses and inns for travellers.

In 1872 he was a sponsor of the " Irish Exhibition " at Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin, which was arranged to promote Irish trade.

In this period the Workers ' Union of Ireland also entered the mainstream of the trade union movement, being admitted to the Dublin Trades Council in 1936, although the Irish Trade Union Congress would not accept its membership application until 1945.

They feared a Dublin parliament run by farmers would hamper their prosperity by imposing barriers on trade with Britain.

* Convention Centre Dublin-A convention centre on the Dublin Docklands.

Dublin is situated near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and the centre of the Dublin Region.

Dublin entered a period of stagnation following the Act of Union of 1800, but it remained the economic centre for most of the island.

Dublin Castle, which became the centre of Norman power in Ireland, was founded in 1204 as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England.

Dublin, with the city enjoying a renewed prominence as the centre of administrative rule in Ireland.

General Post Office ( Dublin ) | The GPO on O ' Connell Street was at the centre of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Ireland had no significant sources of coal, the fuel of the time, and Dublin was not a centre of ship manufacturing, the other main driver of industrial development in Britain and Ireland.

Dublin records the least amount of rainfall in Ireland, with the average annual precipitation in the city centre being.

The Dublin region is the economic centre of Ireland, and was at the forefront of the country's rapid economic expansion during the Celtic Tiger period.

Dublin is the primary centre of education in Ireland, with three universities and many other higher education institutions.

The University of Dublin is the oldest university in Ireland dating from the 16th century, and is located in the city centre.

The Irish public administration and management training centre has its base in Dublin, the Institute of Public Administration provides a range of undergraduate and post graduate awards via the National University of Ireland and in some instances, Queen's University Belfast.

There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

Dublin is the centre of both media and communications in Ireland, with many newspapers, radio stations, television stations and telephone companies based there.

Early on Monday morning, 24 April 1916, roughly 1, 200 Volunteers and Citizen Army members took over strongpoints in Dublin city centre.

Elsewhere, rebel forces took up positions at the Four Courts, the centre of the Irish legal establishment, at Jacob's Biscuit Factory and Boland's Mill and at the hospital complex at South Dublin Union and the adjoining Distillery at Marrowbone Lane.

However, although it was lightly guarded, Volunteer and Citizen Army forces under Seán Connolly failed to take Dublin Castle, the centre of British rule in Ireland, shooting dead a police sentry and overpowering the soldiers in the guardroom, but failing to press home the attack.

A mainly residential neighbourhood, it is located on the Northside of the city of Dublin ( about 3 km north of Dublin City centre ).

This graveyard led to Glasnevin being known as " the dead centre of Dublin ".

These include Aircoach, a subsidiary of FirstGroup which provides services to Dublin Airport from Dublin city centre, South Dublin City, Greystones and Bray.