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Guide to Living in Ireland
The idea for this lens started with a guest spot, blogging on a friend's website. I soon realised that my chosen topic (Area Guide to the Counties of Ireland) was too vast for a guest spot and if I wanted to put all my information in one place and maybe expand on some of my favourite topics, I would need to find a new home for my work. That is why I chose squidoo, with its popular community platform for letting people share their interests, while automatically contributing to charity.
Each lens will be devoted to one county, starting with Dublin and will include local amenities, colleges and transport. While this lens will be helpful to people already living in Ireland it maybe more useful to people thinking of relocating to Ireland.
Dublin is the Capital of Ireland, with a population of about 1.2 million. The English name for the city is derived from the Irish name Dubh Linn, meaning "Black Pool". Dublin is situated near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the liffey which divides the city into the "Northside" and "Southside". Dublin is one of the literary capitals of the world and was designated UNESCO City of Literature in 2010. It's the Birthplace of James Joyce and Nobel Prize for Literature winners William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett,
Dublin has many attractions including castles, cathedrals, art galleries museums, Trinity College and of course the famous Guinness factory which brews Ireland's most famous alcoholic drink. On the north side of the Liffey, there is O'Connell Street, Henry Street and Talbot Street which is where you will find some of the best places to shop in Dublin. On the Southside you will find St. Stephen's Green, Grafton Street, Trinity College, Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Temple Bar is an area just south of the river Liffey, a popular tourist attraction where you will find fine restaurants, cafes, pubs, shops,[url=http://www.sport.fr/business/louisvuitton.html]louis vuitton pas cher[/url], galleries and other types of cultural amenities.
This year, the Temple Bar Cultural Trust announced the launch of the Dublin Culture Trail, whereby visitors to Dublin City can unearth some of Dublin's hidden cultural gems by using a free interactive, webbased and iphone application virtual trail and mapping device. The trail introduces the user to the people and artists behind the venues, and reveals interesting facts and nuggets of information about their venue, tempting the user to visit. The stunning highdefinition videos were created by BAFTA winning cameraman Mark McAuley
The Trail features 16 of Ireland's leading cultural venues all located in the heart of Dublin city and within short walking distance from each other. The venues range from Dublin City Hall, Trinity College Dublin and Christ Church Cathedral, Project Arts Centre and Temple Bar Gallery Studios in Temple Bar, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin City Gallery and Hugh Lane. It also features three outdoor markets (Food, Books and Design) and 4 outdoor spaces located in Temple
Is one of Ireland's top attractions. This historical building is central to Dublin's and Ireland's heritage, blending our industrial tradition with a contemporary edge.
The story is told over seven floors. Telling the story of Guinness from its origins at St James Gate to its growth as a global brand. If you join a tour of the brewery, you get to see the 9000 year lease that Arthur Guinness signed on the brewery and you then get to see how the famous stout is brewed. Of course you can sample the goods and even learn how to pull the perfect pint.
Dublin city has numerous shopping districts, including Grafton Street, Henry Street, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Jervis Shopping Centre, and the Ilac Shopping Centre. Luxury shops on Grafton Street include Boodles, Brown Thomas and its sister shop BT2. Brown Thomas also houses several boutiques such as Herms, Tiffany's, Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Dublin is also the location of large department stores, such as Clerys on O'Connell Street, and Arnotts on Henry Street.
The city retains a thriving market culture, despite it's new shopping developments. Moore Street, remain one of the city's oldest trading districts. There has also been a significant growth in local farmers' markets and other markets. In 2007, Dublin Food Coop relocated to a larger warehouse in The Liberties area, where it is home to many market and community events like the vintage fair on the first Sunday of the month
Suburban Dublin has several modern retail centres, including Dundrum Town Centre, Blanchardstown Centre, The Square in Tallaght, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in Clondalkin, Omni Shopping Centre, in Santry, Nutgrove Shopping Centre in Rathfarnham, and Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords.
There are three universities and many thirdlevel institutes in Dublin. Trinity College (established in 1592) is situated in the city centre on College Green and has approximately 15,000 students. The College is committed to excellence in both research and teaching, to the enhancement of the learning experience of each of its students and to an inclusive College community with equality of access for all.
TCD is recognised internationally as Ireland's premier university and is ranked in 52nd position in the top 100 world universities and 14th position in the top 200 European universities by the QS World University Rankings 2010. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2010 TCD is ranked 76th in the top 200 world universities and 15th in the top European universities.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD) is one of Europe's leading researchintensive universities where undergraduate education, postgraduate masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic continuum of activity. The university was established in 1854 by John Henry Newman.
UCD is Ireland's largest university with almost 25,000 students. It actively promotes university life as a journey of academic and personal discovery through its highly innovative and flexible UCD Horizons undergraduate curriculum. UCD has almost 7,000 postgraduate students, representing approximately 28% of the UCD student population, and almost 2,000 PhD students. Almost 50% of UCD undergraduates progress to postgraduate studies.
Dublin City Centre has an excellent network of public transport. Dublin Bus provides over 1200 buses serving over 200 routes in Dublin city. The DART travels to coastal areas in the greater Dublin area, on the north as far as Malahide and to the south as far as Greystones in Wicklow. The DART stops in the city centre stations of Pearse, Connelly and Tara Street. The Luas line has two lines the red and the green line. The red line serves west Dublin to Tallaght while the green line links southern Dublin as far as Sandyford to the city centre.
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