A Quick History Of Dublin

The earliest recorded reference of settlement in the area which we now call Dublin was by Greek cartographer Ptolemy in AD140. Later the Normans annexed the town in the 9th century but the famous Irish King of Cashel Brian Boru retook it in 999.

From the 14th to 16th century the area surrounding Dublin known as the Pale was controlled by the English Crown. When Oliver Cromwell launched a massacre on Drogheda in 1649, Dublin finally became the dominant trading city in Ireland.

The General Post Office which still stands today was of course also the scene of one of the definitive battles of the successful Irish Revolution against English rule in 1916.