Dublin is located on the east coast of Ireland, Dublin's latitude and longitude is 53 ∘N and 6 ∘W and Dublin is the capital city of Ireland. .
Climate Region:.
Dublin is in a temperate maritime climate, which can be modified by North Atlantic Current and conditions can be quite humid at times. Dublin has cold winters with temperatures ranging from 4-8 ∘C, major snowfalls are rare but they occasionally get dustings. Summers are mild, with temperatures ranging from 15-20 ∘C. In the summer months there are about 18 hours of day light and only gets completely dark after 11o'clock at night. In an average year Dublin receives about 150 rainy days, with an average rainfall of 840mm per year. .
The climate is quite a comfortable to live with and doesn't have that much effect over the city, Dublin doesn't have to deal with many weather occurring disasters as some other cities around the world have to. .
Population: .
There are 1,058,264 (1996) people living in Dublin, this also includes Dublin County, of this number 549,298 are female and 508,966 are male. .
Landforms:.
The River Liffey divides Dublin; other rivers in the area are the Poddle, Dodder and Tolka. Greater Dublin sprawls around the arc of Dublin Bay. To the north, the city is bounded by the hills at Howth and to the south by the Dalkey headland. The city covers an area of 44.4sq miles. .
I think the River Liffey would have influenced settlement, also the bay, they both provided good access and easy ports. .
Natural Resources:.
The natural resources in and around the area would also have influenced settlement because they would have needed a port or harbor where they could safely place the resources in ships to be transported to other areas of the world. Natural resources that are found in and around the area are zinc, lead, natural gas, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat and sliver, the availability of these resources would have enticed settlers as well.
On our study tour this spring, we were in Dublin. ... Below I will tell about Dublin's history and the most historic ground in Dublin, the location of Dublin Castle. ... Dublin Castle lies in the very heart of Dublin. ... In 1348 a far more deadly enemy stroke Dublin. ... And so began a new era of the Dublin Castle. ...
In Dubliners by James Joyce, the author examines the lives of various people across the seemingly dark and emotionally oppressive city of Dublin, Ireland. ... The city of Dublin in each story is seen as a sort of oppressive element to the characters lives, therefore casting a dark and gloomy tone on each of the stories except for perhaps, The Dead which portrays a Dublin home as not prosperous, but comfortable nonetheless, but a few people create uneasiness in the main character's life and stability. In An Encounter, however, a priest in a Dublin school is horrified when a boy is found ...
(Shot at dawn on may 3rd in Kilmainham Jail Dublin.) Ÿ Plunket, Daly, O'Hannrahan, and William Pearse were shot in Dublin on the 4th of May 1916. Ÿ MacBride was shot in Dublin on the 5th of May 1916. Ÿ Colbert, Ceannt, Mallin and Heuston were shot in Dublin on the 8th of May 1916. ... Ÿ Connolly was killed strapped to a chair, and MacDermott was killed in Dublin on the 12th of May 1916. ...
Characterization of araby The theme of Araby is confusion on the boys part because he doesn't know what he wants. The boy is young and naive. The appearance in the story is portrayed as dark and gloomy and is set in Dublin around the 1900's. The boys interest are mainly in mangans sister w...
"I don't want to go to some dance, do you?" my best friend asked as we sat in our hotel room in Dublin, Ireland. We were in Dublin with the school's marching band. We had marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade that morning, and that evening there was a dance for all the participating bands. I ...
Viking Dublin: Trial Pieces Literature Notes~ Verse 1 Stanza One~ Mentions bone-piece jewellery common in Viking Dublin- Used for variety of functions such as hairpin, clothes pin etc. ... Magic element of "conjure" has sense of amazement about what one small piece of bone can teach about life in Viking Dublin "Like a child's tongue"- Similie// Suggests a sense of learning as a child does with their tongue (what is nice, what burns etc) Path of discovery "Following the toils" following the troubles, could be seen as troubles of discovering, or troubles of the Vikings reflected in ...
The narrator feels a sense of imprisonment, which leads to trying to escape Dublin and chase a dream that is unrealistic to obtain by talking to a girl that he admires. ... The narrator gains courage in making his escape from the dull life his has in Dublin by not only observing what is going on around him, but actually making changes and living his life the way he wants too. ... As the two gentlemen and the girl have their conversation, which is them flirting; he realizes that life in Dublin is just ordinary and that the Mangan girl probably has no romantic interest in him. ...
It also focuses on the paradox between fantasy and reality The boy in the story lived in a Dublin and dreams of starting a relationship with his friend, Magan, sister. ... The alluring aspects of the fair were being replaced by the dullness of everyday Dublin life. ...
James Joyce reveals culture in every one of his works, all of them coming from idea's he got from Dublin. The Dead reveals this in that the setting is in Dublin. The story gives many hints if Irish cultures, with locations of places in Dublin being a main part. ...
