In the city of Dublin, capital of Ireland, is on the east coast in the province of Leinster

 “Dublin is a city built on storytelling.” – Brian O’Driscoll

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Situated at the head of a beautiful bay, Dublin straddles the River Liffey where it breaks eastward through a hill-ringed plain to the shores of the Irish Sea. Home to so much historical architecture and countless literary legends, Dublin blends old world-vibes with friendly, down-to-earth charm. For starters, the city is quite walkable. To kick things off with a few popular sights here, check out the ornate details of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and explore the “heart of the city” at the Dublin Castle,
+ The city of Dublin, capital of Ireland, is on the east coast in the province of Leinster. Situated at the head of Dublin Bay of the Irish Sea, Dublin is the country’s main port, center of commercial power, and seat of culture.

+ Yet, Dublin is a warm and welcoming city, known for the friendliness of its people and famous for its craic (“crack”) that mixture of repartee, humor, intelligence, and acerbic insight that has attracted writers, intellectuals, and visitors for centuries. The city’s heart is divided north-south by the River Liffey, with O’Connell’s Bridge (shown here) connecting the two parts. Pubs (where much of the city’s social life is conducted), cafés, and restaurants abound, and Irish musicality rarely permits much silence. On the north side, near the General Post Office, stand most of the remaining Georgian houses, built in the 18th century around squares, now side by side with glass and concrete offices and apartment blocks. Some of the finest monumental buildings stand on the north riverbank, as do the city’s poorest parts, maintaining a curious juxtaposition between the echoes of the politics and economic life of the past (aristocratic and impoverished) and manifestations of the prosperous city of today. Ireland’s national theater, the Abbey, is just east of O’Connell Street, marked since 2002 by the Spire of Dublin, a 394-foot (120-meter) stainless steel landmark that proclaimed the street’s transformation with a pedestrian plaza and tree-lined boulevard. Together with a rash of new high-rise buildings, the spire has changed the character of the city and of the north side. Though Dublin has undergone modernization, and some areas (such as the narrow and winding streets of the Temple Bar district west of Trinity College) regularly play host to rowdy and raucous crowds, a strong sense of history and of a centuries-old capital pervades.

+ Dublin’s geographic site is superb. (The dark bog water draining into the river made the “black pool” that gave the city its name.) Almost certainly, this opening from the sea --leading through the mountains to the fruitful central plains of Ireland -- originally attracted Viking raiders and Norse settlement. Each year the suburbs jut farther into the countryside, but to the south there is a natural limit posed by the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, which ring the city and provide some of its most beautiful vistas.