The city name derives from Gaelic for "black pool."

Also known as Baile Atha Cliath.

Former and merged names include:
· Dyfflyn

The Easter Rising of 1916 was centred in Dublin. Insurgents seized administrative buildings throughout the city. At the General Post Office, they declared Ireland's independence. British forces soon crushed the rebellion, and 15 leaders were executed.

The phrase "Bloody Sunday" refers to several events in the history of Dublin and Ireland. An assassination squad led by Michael Collins killed 14 British officers on Sunday 21 November 1920. In retaliation, Black and Tans fired upon a crowd attending a football match at Croke Park; 12 spectators died and 60 were wounded.

Bloody Sunday is also used in reference to a 10 July 1921 attack by Catholics in Belfast, and to a 30 January 1972 attack by British soldiers in Derry.

The 120-meter-high Spire of Dublin, which now towers over O'Connell Street, was completed in 2003 on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar. The top of the earlier landmark was blown off in an IRA bombing in March 1996, and the rest of the column was officially destroyed three days later.

Public transportation: DART, Luas. (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Filming location for:
· 1979 movie, "The First Great Train Robbery"
· 1995 movie, "Braveheart"
· 1999 movie, "Angela's Ashes"
· 2002 movie, "Bloody Sunday"
· 2004 movie, "King Arthur"

Numerous sites throughout the city boast of their links to the works of James Joyce. A plaque on Mullinger House Inn states: "Home of all characters and elements in James Joyce's novel Finnegan's Wake."

Setting for Liam O'Flaherty's "The Insurrection,'' "The Informer," "The Assassin," and " The Puritan."

Well-known residents have included:
· George Bernard Shaw, writer
· Bob Geldof, rock musician
· Gabriel Byrne, actor
· James Joyce, writer
· Jonathan Swift, writer
· Brendan Behan, playwright
· Seamus Heaney, poet
· Samuel Beckett, writer

Local bands (past and present) have included U2

Annual events include:
· Bloomsday - 16 June 2007
· St. Patrick's Festival - 15-19 March 2007
Dates often change. Check Dublin web sites and events links in the sections below.