Identifier: industriesofdubl00lond (find matches)
Title: The Industries of Dublin. Historical, statistical, biographical. An account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Industries
Publisher: London : S. Blackett
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in Boyd, R.N., of H.>rS. Ajax, 38 DUBLIN. who lost his life in attempting to rescue sailors from a wreckon the 9th of February, 1861. The trains start every half-hour daily, stopping at intermediate stations ; through trainsstart at a quarter before every hour; and the City of DublinSteam Packet Companys mail-boats make trips twice dailybetween Kingstown and Holyhead. As long ago as the fourteenth centurj- DALKEV was famous as a port, and noted for the safe anchorage itafforded shipping. Down to the end of last century it was the daily routine of existence to be anything but lethargic orhumdrum. The country around abounds in scenery of themost charming description, and features of antiquarian interestexist on every side, the ruined fortifications and Dalkey Island,with its old church, Druidic altar, and Martello tower, beingparticularly noteworthy. Though a distance of about twelve miles separates it fromthe metropolis, tht BRAY, Irish Brighton, is generally regarded as a suburb of
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CUSTOM HOUSE. much more important than Kingstown; but since that time theprogress of the latter has been of such a nature as to com-pletely eclipse its former successful rival. During ihe sixteenthand seventeenth < cnturies most of the imports and exports ofDublin were received and despatched by way ot Dalkey, themerchants of the capital thus avoiding the risks of sendingtheir goods by ihc Liffey, whose navigation in those days wasattended with considerable danger. The town is largelyfrequented by tourists, and is, indeed, one of the brightestand most attractive watering-))laces on the east coast. Thepopulation now numbers about 3,500, and there is an amountof briskness and animation about the business operations ofthe town which render it somewhat like Kingstown, and cause Dublin. This delightful watering-place has, within the last twenty years, become a town of considerable imjiortance, and has a population of close on 7,000. Tlie name is derived from the word Bri, signifying a h

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