The origins of the Irish capital can be traced back over 2,000 years. In the year 140 AD. C., a Roman cartographer noted the settlement of Eblana on the present site of Ireland’s largest city. Nothing more is known about the age and fate of this settlement. The true founders of Dublin are the Vikings, who founded a town called “Dubh Linn” (“Dark Swamp”) here around the year 841. The site was constantly disputed between the Irish and Vikings and was temporarily in Irish hands several times. The defeated Easter Rising of 1916, which made the embattled Dublin Post Office a national icon, heralded the end of British rule over (southern) Ireland. Dublin’s history as the capital of the Free State (Republic of Ireland since 1949) began with the hoisting of the Irish tricolor over Leinster House. In the decades that followed, Dublin grew from a somewhat provincial city on the edge of Europe to a modern boomtown, which has benefited in particular from Ireland’s accession to the EC (1973) and now has around half a million inhabitants.
The Merrion, located in the heart of Dublin city centre, is the capital's most luxurious five-star hotel and a proud member of the World's Leading Hotels. The hotel, with its 142 rooms and suites, is both friendly and elegant. Comprised of four Georg
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