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Dublin can claim to be one of the most beautifully situated of the world's capitals, located in the wide plain overlooked by the legendary Wicklow Mountains and facing a broad sweeping bay that leads into the Irish Sea. The city has a population of 1.2 million people which is about 25% of the total population of Ireland. Dublin is the centre of government, commerce and industry and it is also the seaport at the mouth of the River Liffey.

The original small settlement was named Ath Cliath, which means a "ford of hurdles" or the "Hurdle ford" and was located near the mouth of the River Poddle on piles of stones. At the point where the Poddle met the Liffey a black pool (or "dubh-linn") emerged. It was with the coming of the Vikings in 841 that Dublin had a start as a town. Dublin is a city for walkers, talkers and a city where the people are as worth watching as the
architecture itself.