The Story of Dublin by D.A. Chart

Nassau and Kildare Streets, Museum, Gallery and Merrion Square

SECTION XI Nassau Street, Kildare Street, The Museum, National Gallery, and Merrion Square

Liberties and Coombe

SECTION XII The Liberties - South Great George's, Aungier, Kevin Streets and the Coombe

Christ Church Cathedral

PART II The City SECTION I Christ Church Cathedral

Grafton, Dawson Streets, Stephen's Green

SECTION X Grafton Street, Dawson Street, and Stephen's Green

O'Connell Bridge to Kingsbridge

SECTION XIII The Southern Quays - O' Connell Bridge to Kingsbridge

O'Connell Bridge to Parkgate Street

SECTION XIV The Northern Quays - O' Connell Bridge to Parkgate Street

Phoenix Park – A Walk Through its Landmarks and Scenery

SECTION XVII The Phoenix Park Very few cities can boast of a pleasure-ground so extensive and so little spoilt by artificiality as the Phoenix Park. It is a…

O'Connell Bridge to Ringsend and Sandymount

SECTION XVI The Port of Dublin - O'Connell Bridge to Ringsend and Sandymount

Cabra, Drumcondra, Glasnevin, North Strand.

SECTION XVIII The Northern Suburbs - Cabra, Drumcondra, Glasnevin, North Strand

Sackville, Henry, Marlborough, Dominick and Henrietta Streets.

SECTION XV The North City - Sackville, Henry, Marlborough, Dominick and Henrietta Streets

The Castle

SECTION II The Castle "A palace and a prison on each hand." - Byron.

Clontarf, North Bull, Sutton, Howth.

SECTION XX The North Shore of the Bay - Clontarf, The North Bull, Sutton, Howth

Kilmainham, Clondalkin, Rathmines and Rathfarnham

SECTION XIX The Southern Suburbs - Kilmainham, Clondalkin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham, Ranelagh and Donnybrook.

Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Killiney.

SECTION XXI The South Shore of the Bay - Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Killiney

The Old Parliament House

SECTION IV The Old Parliament House Here, where old Freedom once was wont to wait

Trinity College

SECTION III Trinity College ". . . Provost and Fellows of Trinity

College Green, Dame Street

SECTION VII College Green and Dame Street As centuries go by, place names that were once highly descriptive lose their appropriateness. So it is with College…

St. Patrick's Cathedral

SECTION V S. Patrick’s Cathedral "An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which, as they cannot be…

City Hall to Christ Church Place

SECTION VIII From the City Hall to Christ Church Place

Royal Hospital

SECTION VI The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,

Chart List

The Story of Dublin By D. A. Chart, M.A. Illustrated by Henry J. Howard. (J. M. Dent & Co., London. 1907).

Christ Church to Kilmainham

\ SECTION IX Christ Church Place to Kilmainham At its western end, Christ Church Place contracts suddenly into a narrow and crowded thoroughfare, the ancient…

Viking Dublin 150-1169AD.

CHAPTER I The Viking Stronghold 150-1169 AD. "Thirty men they each commanded,

Protestant Ascendancy. 1702-1760.

CHAPTER X Protestant Ascendancy and Commercial Restriction

Volunteers, United Irishmen. 1760-1803

CHAPTER XI The Volunteers and the United Irishmen 1760-1803

Progress and Conciliation. 1803-1906

CHAPTER XII Gradual Progress and Conciliation 1803-1906

Coming of the Norman. 1169-76.

CHAPTER II The Coming of the Normans 1169-1176 "For why? because the good old rule

Dublin 1176-1316.

CHAPTER III From Strongbow's Death to the Scottish Invasion

War of the Roses. 1399-1485

CHAPTER V The Wars of the Roses 1399-1485 "Bella, horrida bella." - Virgil.

Fall of the Geraldines. 1485-1558

CHAPTER VI The Fall of the Geraldines 1485-1558 "Ye Geraldines! ye Gerald ines! how royally ye reigned

English Decline. 1318-1399.

CHAPTER IV The Decline of English Power 1318-1399 "Perchance it is the chastisement of God, whereby these lands are suffered to struggle continually one with…

Last Struggles of the Clans. 1558-1603.

CHAPTER VII The Last Struggle of the Irish Clans 1558-1603

Royalist, Roundhead and Catholic. 1603-1660

CHAPTER VIII A Triangular Duel - Royalist, Roundhead and Catholic - 1603-1660

Preface: The Story of Dublin

The seat of this citie is of all sides pleasant, comfortable and wholesome. If you would traverse hills, they are not far off. If champaign ground, it lieth…

Williamite and Jacobite. 1660-1702

CHAPTER IX Williamite and Jacobite 1660-1702 "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."…