Dublin, the capital of Ireland, at the mouth of the Liffey, which divides it in two, and is crossed by 12 bridges; the principal and finest street is Sackville Street, which is about 700 yards long and 40 wide; it has a famous university and two cathedrals, besides a castle, the residence of the Lord-Lieutenant; and a park, the Phoenix, one of the finest in Europe; manufactures porter, whisky, and poplin.
Population (circa 1900) given as 360,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Du Bellay * Dubois, Guillaume