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The Dublin Plaza Hotel opened in August 2006 offering 125 4 star rooms. It is ideally situated 5...
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Dublin
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Dublin is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland.
Settlement Dubh Linn dates perhaps as far back as the first century B.C., Baile Átha Cliath or simply Áth Cliath was founded in 988 near by. The two towns eventually became one. The modern city retains the Anglicised Irish name of the former and the original Irish name of the latter. After the Norman invasion of Ireland, Dublin replaced the Hill of Tara as Ireland's capital, with much of the power centring on Dublin Castle until independence.
Dublin Castle
Seat of the Lord Lieutenant and his court until 1922From the 17th century the city expanded rapidly, helped by the Wide Streets Commission. Georgian Dublin was for a time, the second city of the British Empire. Much of Dublin's best architecture dates from this time. The Easter Rising of 1916 left the capital in an unstable situation and the Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War left the capital in ruins, with many of its finest buildings destroyed.
The Irish Free State rebuilt much of the city's buildings and moved parliament into the Leinster House, but took no bold tasks such as remodelling.
Temple Bar is an important place for night life and often people from Britain and beyond visit for the weekend.
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