1. County DublinBy Hannah Lyons

2. Facts about Dublin Dublin is located on the East Coast of Ireland. It is Irelands capital city, it has over 1.5 million residents. Dublin was originally called 'Dubh Linn' meaning 'Black Pool'. The pool to which the name referred is the oldest known natural treacle lake in Northern Europe. It currently forms the centrepiece of the penguin enclosure in Dublin Zoo. Dubliners drink a total of 9800 pints an hour between the hours of 5.30pm on a Friday and 3.00am the following Monday. None of the so-called Dublin Mountains are high enough to meet the criteria required to claim mountain status. The Sugarloaf is the tallest 'Dublin Mountain' yet measures only 423.3 meters above sea level. 3. OConnell Street O Connell Street is Dublin's main traffic artery and also the widest urban street in Europe. Dublin's O'Connell Bridge covers the River Liffey and is reckoned to be the only bridge in the European continent that has the same width as its length. This present concrete structure was built in 1863, replacing a wooden bridge built in 1801. Before this O'Connells Bridge was a rope structure that could only carry one person and a donkey at a time. 4. St. Patricks Day Parade St.Patricks Day is celebrated worldwide on the 17th of March each year. Last year the pyramid's of Giza, the Sydney opera house and the Eiffel Tower were turned green to celebrate. It s a festival that was once celebrated in Ireland alone. Where better to celebrate this event than Dublin, where the one day event has now turned into a long weekend festival. For the sheer atmosphere alone, its worth a visit. 5. Dublin Zoo DublinZooisoneofEurope'soldest. ItislocatedinthePhoenixParkintheheartofDublincity. Hereyoucandiscoveramazinganimalstoincludingtigers,hippos, bats,raremonkeys,gorillas,chimpanzees,redpandasand reptilestonamebutafew! Ithasagreatreputationforbreedinglionsincaptivity. ThefamiliarlionwhoroarsatthestartofeveryMGMmoviewas borninDublinZooon20thMarch1927 6. Trinity College TrinityCollege,theancientDublinuniversity,wasset upattherequestofQueenElizabethI. IthashadsomememorablegraduatesincludingOscar Wilde,JonathanSwiftand,surprisingly,BramStoker, creatorofDracula. Itisalsohometothemasterpiece,theBookofKells. ThisisasacredmanuscriptcreatedbyCelticMonksfeaturingtheFourGospelsof theNewTestamentanddecoratedwithstunningartwork(createdabout800 AD.) ThemanuscripttakesitsnamefromtheAbbeyofKellsthatwasitshomefor centuries. Today,itisonpermanentdisplayattheTrinityCollegeLibrary,Dublin. 7. Phoenix Park Dublin is home to the largest park in Europe, the Phoenix Park. It is the second largest in the world to Central Park in New York. It is the home of ras an Uachtarin, the residence of the President of Ireland and Dublin Zoo. The park also holds ornamental lakes and children's playground, picnic area, bedding schemes and several stream tributaries of the River Liffey. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the seventeenth century has been home to a herd of wild Fallow deer. 8. Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDTyam_Ijc