Dublin

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a city of Georgia, the It is on the county-seat of Laurens co. Macon, Dublin and Savannah, the Central of Georgia, and the Wrightsville and Tennille railroads, and on the Oconee There are cotton and oil mills, river. fertilizer works, and manufactures of hardwood products, cigars, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,795; (1920) 7,707. DUBLIN (Irish Dubh-linn, black pool), the capital of Ireland; on the river Liffey, where it disembogues into Dublin Bay. Much of the city is built on land reclaimed from the sea, and the ground is generally flat, with a very few undulations, scarcely deserving the name of hill. The river, running from E. to W., divides the city into two almost equal portions. The aristocratic parts are the S. E. and N. E., containing many beautiful squares, with splendid streets and terraces. The center and the N. W. quarter are the great emporiums of trade and the residence of the middle classes, many of whom, however, have their private houses in the suburbs. The S. W. division, part of which is called the "Liberties," was once the seat of the silk trade. The streets in this quarter are narrow, r, while in the fash- , crooked, and irregular ionable quarter they possess a totally The city is suropposite character. rounded by a "Circular Road," of nearly 9 miles in length, forming a favorite drive and promenade. Dublin was the center of the fighting during the Irish rebellion on Easter Monday, 1916, when the postoffice and other public buildings as well as many business houses were wrecked. Pop. (1919) 399,000.