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The Following information is taken from a "Thorough Guide To Ireland, Part 1", published in 1898.
DUBLIN - RAILWAY STATIONS
| Amiens Street | For Drogheda, Belfast & Londonderry (Gt.Northern Railway) | |
| Broadstone | For Sligo, Westport, Galway (Connemara)etc, (Midland & Gt.Western Railways) | |
| Kingsbridge | For Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Killarney etc. (Gt.Southern & Western Railways) | |
| Harcourt Street | For Bray, Wicklow etc. (Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railways) | |
| Tara Street | Local Service between Amiens St., & Bray | |
| North Wall | At Steamer Quay, connecting with Amiens St., Broadstone & Kingsbridge. |
DUBLIN - HOTELS
| Shelbourne | St. Stephen's Green.
First Class (bed & att. from 4s 6d. Table D'hote, 5s). | |
| Gresham | 21 Upper Sackville Street.
First Class (bed & att. from 4s. Table D'hote, 4s 6d). | |
| Hotel Metropole | Lower Sackville Street.
First Class - a New House (in 1898) | |
| North Western | North Wall Station
Belonged to Railway Co., Small First Class House(bed & att. 4s. Breakfast: 2s 6d) | |
| Grosvenor | Opposite Westland Row Station
Bed & att. 3s 6d. Breakfast: 2s 6d | |
| Verdon | Talbot St., (near Amiens St., Station) | |
| Morrison's Family Hotel | 1 Dawson St., (H.Q.,)
(South of the Liffey River - Good & Quietly Situated) | |
| Maple's | 25-28 Kildare St.,
(South of the Liffey River - Good & Quietly Situated) | |
| Power's Royal Hotel | 48 Dawson St.,
(South of the Liffey River - Good & Quietly Situated) | |
| Wicklow Hotel | 6-8 Wicklow St., (H.Q.,)
(South of the Liffey River - Good & Quietly Situated) | |
| St. Stephen's Park | 102-3 St. Stephen's Green
(South of the Liffey River - A Temperence Hotel. Good, quietly situated) | |
| Nassau | 12 Nassau St.,
(South of the Liffey River - A Temperence Hotel. Good, quietly situated) | |
| Central | South Great George St.,
(South of the Liffey River - A Busy Commercial House) | |
| Jury's | 7 College Green
(South of the Liffey River - A Busy Commercial House) | |
| Dublin Coffee House | 6 Townsend St.,
(South of the Liffey River - Coffee House with bedrooms) | |
| Hamman | 11-13 Upper Sackville St.,
(North of the Liffey River) | |
| Imperial (Nationalist House) | Lower Sackville St.,
(North of the Liffey River) | |
| Angel | Inn's Quay
(North of the Liffey River) | |
| Edinburgh Temperence | 56 Upper Sackville St.,
(North of the Liffey River) |
DUBLIN - RESTAURANTS
| Hotel Metropole | See above | |
| Mitchell's | 10 Grafton St.,
First class Restaurant, luncheons etc., only. | |
| Bodega | Commercial Buildings, Dame St.,
Popular Restaurant | |
| Franklin's | 11 Grafton St., | |
| Hyne's | 55 Dame St., | |
| Burlington | 27 St. Andrew Street., | |
| Herron's | 32 Westmoreland St., | |
| Sackville Cafe | 7 Lower Sackville St., | |
| Thompson's | 29 Westmoreland St., |
DUBLIN - MISCELLANEA
| Baths | (Corporation), Tara Street., | |
| Theatres | Gaiety:S.King St.,
Queen's: Great Brunswick St., Leinster Hall (Concerts): Corner of Poolbeg St. & Hawkins Quay | |
| Post Office | Centre of Sackville St., West Side. | |
| Tel. Office | Always Open | |
| Population (1891) | 278,896 |
DUBLIN - TOUR
| Dublin is at once the Capital and the most interesting city of Ireland. It is situated on the River
Liffey, which bisects it from West to East, into nearly equal parts, and including its docks may be said to be
on the Dublin Bay, though the Sea is 1 1/2 - 2 miles distant from the Centre of the City.
The view, on approaching from the Channel is very charming, and Dublin may well be proud of its sea-skirted southern suburbs extending as far as Bray, but its actual site, once in great part a marsh, is almost dead flat. Its interest from the general tourist is confined to its chief thoroughfares, the principal buildings in them, and the associations of various kinds connected with its history. In commercial importance, and even in population, it has lately been overtaken by Belfast, to which City, however, it is superior in the metropolitan character of its institutions and its public buildings. A splendid sample of the latter is the new Museum and National Library in Kildare Street. The chief points to be noted about Dublin are that the Liffey cuts the City in half from W.to E. and that the arterial thoroughfare, consisting of Sackville St., O'Connell Bridge, Westmoreland St., Grafton St., the West Side of Stephen's Green and Harcourt St., crosses the river from N.to S. From Trinity College Gateway, College Green and Dame St., lead due West to Dublin Castle, itself about a furling E. of Christchurch Cathedral, which in its turn is less than 1/2 mile due N. of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The way to the Fourt Courts and Custom House are obvious from O'Connell Bridge, and Phoenix Park will be reached by continuing past the former of these along the N.side of the Liffey. O'Connell Bridge (known as Carlisle Bridge up to 1880, when, after rebuilding, its name was changed). It is 51 yards wide. At the North end of the Bridge is the O'Connell Monument, and beyond that streches Sackville St, to the Nelson Pillar and the G.P.O., Down-stream the G.N.R. bridge has, since 1880, spoilt the view of the Custom House with its graceful dome. This railway bridge connects Amiens St., with Westland Row. At the South end of O'Connell Bridge is the Statue of William Smith O'Brien, the leader of the Young Ireland Party. He died in 1864 and is buried at Rathronan. Proceeding along Westmoreland St., (with the East front of the Bank of Ireland on the right) at its South end, at the Junction of College St., the Statue of Thomas Moore (1779-1852) the author of "Irish Melodies". Then on the left, facing College Green, is Trinity College (Dublin University) a dignified elevation, 300 feet long, in the Corinthian style. |
Items of Interest in 1898
| Trinity College | University of Dublin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Parliament House | became Bank of Ireland c.1880's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen's Green | the largest of the Dublin Squares, some 33 acres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Gallery | opened - 1864. Entrance free on: Mon,Tues,Wed & Sats, 12-6 or dusk. Thurs & Fri 10am-4pm cost 6d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Science & Art Museum | Kildare Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Library | open 10am-10pm weekdays, on "respectable introduction" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Natural History Museum
| Royal Irish Academy | free on weekdays, 10am-4pm, and sometimes in the evenings. Contained an unrivalled
| collection of Irish antiquities. Dublin Castle | Was the Official residence of the Lord Lieutenant.
| Christchurch Cathedral | On Castle Street.
| St.Patrick's Cathedral |
Guinness' Brewery | At W.end of Thomas St., Order required from Gateway Office.
| Royal Hospital | of Kilmainham, about 3/4 mile W.of Guinness' Brewery. Founded in 1174
| for Knights Templars, but present buildings (in 1898) erected in reign of Charles II. Sackville Street | Said to be the finest Street in Dublin in 1898, and of unusual width.
| Rotunda | At far end of Rutland Square, a famous found room 80ft in diameter. | St. Patrick's Cathedral
| Custom House | reached by Eden Quay, from the South End of Sackville St., was one
| of the finest buildings in the City in 1898, erected 1781-91 at a cost of £400,000. Four Courts | A Stately edifice built at the close of the 18th Century at a
| cost of £200,000. Phoenix Park | formed part of the estates of Kilmainham Priory, which passed to the Crown. It contained the
| Zoological Gardens. Glasnevin Cemetery | Opened in 1832.
| Royal Botanic Gardens | (free weekdays 10am-6pm or dusk)
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