Dublin,
located at the mouth of the River Liffey near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast.
Capital of Ireland
Originally founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's primary city following the Norman invasion.
Today, it is ranked 10th (up from 13th in 2008) in the Global Financial Centres Index and has one of the fastest growing populations of
any European capital city.
Dublin is a historical and contemporary cultural centre for the island of Ireland as well as a modern centre of education, the arts, administrative function, economy and industry.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin)
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