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VIEWS FROM A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
#29 - DUBLIN, IRELAND
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1891
Lithographer: Joseph P. Knapp
  
Illustrations: Colleen; Dublin from Phoenix Park; Custom House; Laborer;
An Irish Jaunting Car
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| DUBLIN, IRELAND. |
| This Capital and
metropolis of Ireland is on the
shore of Dublin Bay, and divided
by the River Liffey into two
equal parts. The scenery in its
immediate vicinity is remarkably
fine. From Carlisle Bridge--a
fine structure--a good view is
had of Sackville street with its
rows of handsome buildings, the
Nelson Monument, and the Rotunda,
and on the other side the view
extends up Westmoreland and
D'Olier streets, in the latter
standing the Bank of Ireland and
Trinity College. Up the river on
the right are the Four Courts, in
which the Courts of Justice are
held, and in the distance, the
Wellington Obelisk in Phoenix
Park, while down the river are
the Custom House and shipping. |
| The
principal edifice of the Trinity
College buildings is of Portland
stone, and the façade, 300 feet
in length. The library contains
300,000 volumes. Swift,
Goldsmith, Burke, O'Connell, and
Moore were students of Trinity. |
| The
Christ Church, sometimes called
the Church of the Holy Trinity,
is the oldest of the Cathedral
Churches of Dublin, portions of
it dating from the twelfth
century. The liturgy in the
English language was first read
in Ireland in this church. St.
Patrick's Cathedral is the finest
of the Dublin churches. It is the
burial place of Dean Swift. Not
far from this Cathedral is the
street in which Thomas Moore was
born. The lower portion was a
grocery store kept by the poet's
father. Moore held the locality
in affectionate remembrance
always afterward, instead of
disdaining the humble scene of
his early literary efforts. The
shop still remains a grocery and
the little drawing room remains
above it where the poet wrote his
songs. |
| Phoenix
Park contains 1,750 acres, 1,300
of which are open to the public.
Not far from the entrance is the
Wellington Testimonial, erected
in 1817 by the citizens of
Dublin. It is a quadrangular
obelisk of granite, 205 feet
high. It cost twenty thousand
pounds. |
| Population 1881, 249,602. |
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