The Shortest History of Dublin

A compelling account of Ireland’s capital city from medieval settlement to global travel destination, the defining moments of monumental politics, and The Fair City’s legacy of rich literary tradition

A city steeped in its own past, long a breeding ground for history’s greatest writers and poets, Dublin has never been a place easily reduced to a single story. First developed as a Viking settlement, Dublin became the difficult second city of the British Empire—a colonial capital that served e...