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Historic Maps Maps of Ireland - 1837 (Lewis) Dublin City County Dublin Ireland Taylor & Skinners Maps - 1777 Taylor & Skinners Index & Subscribers Railways in Ireland 1904 Philips Atlas Grafton St. Map & Details 1848

Directories Wilsons 1804 Directory - Indexed Telephone Subscribers 1900-1901 Ecclesiastical Directory 1848 Dublin Street Indexes Watsons Almanack 1783 Catholic Parishes & Directory 1848 Co. Dublin Towns 1848 Grafton St. Map & Details 1848 Pettigrew & Oulton 1834 &1840 Co. Wicklow Extracts 1788 Dublin Streets & Parishes 1830 Medical Practitioners of Ireland 1863 Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) 1913

R.C. & CofI Parishes RC Parish <> Townland Db Catholic Directory 1848 R.C. Church & Parish Search Towns to R.C. Parish Search CofI Parish DB & Mapping RC Parish Browse & Search CofI Parish Browse & Search

Townlands & Places Registration District Map Browse Townland Database Primary Irish Land Divisions Other Land Divisions Placename Search Towns in Ireland - 1871 Soundex search for towns List of Registration Districts Registration Districts by County

Other Details Introduction to Irish Records Guide to Irish Records Certs and Ordering Dublin 1916 - Before & After the Rising Directory Database Annals of Dublin Surname Distribution (New) Surname Distribution (old version) Surname Soundex Search Top 100 Surnames Coastguard Stations R.I.C. & D.M.P. Stations Historic Photographers Surname Interests & Connections Citizen Army - 1916 Dublin City 1916 Damage Photo Album Perpetual Calendar Age Calendar Links Database Article List (Wordpress)

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2-Apr-1871		Census of the Population of Dublin taken. Number of Inhabitants within the Municipal Borough, 115,618 males and 130,708 females; total, 246,326, inhabiting 23,896 houses.
31-Jul-1871		The Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, the Princess Louise, and the Marquess of Louise, pay a visit to Dublin.
1-Aug-1871		Annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland opened in Dublin by the Prince of Wales.
4-Aug-1871		Grand review in the Phoenix Park in presence of the Princes.
6-Aug-1871		Riot in the Phoenix Park, in suppressing an attempted political meeting.
7-Aug-1871		Departure of the Princes from Kingstown.
25-Oct-1871		Trial of Robert Kelly commenced at the Commission Court for the murder of Head-Constable Talbot, which ended in a verdict of acquittal after an eleven days' trial. Kelly detained, and subsequently tried and convicted for attempting to shoot two policemen.
27-Nov-1871		The Gaiety Theatre, erected on a suitable site in South King-street and Grafton-street, by the proprietors, Messrs. M. and J. Gunn, was opened. The house, which is exceedingly handsome and commodious, was built by the Messrs. Meade, from designs supplied by Mr. Phipps, F.O.S., London. It is modelled on the pattern of the London Gaiety Theatre, and consists of pit, balcony, private boxes, upper circle, and gallery, and is capable of accommodating 2,000 spectators comfortably. The opening performance was given by the St. James's Comedy Company, and the piece selected, Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer."
1-Feb-1872		Street Tramways opened in Dublin from Nelson's Pillar to Rathmines and Terenure; also, on 3rd June, to and from Kingsbridge and the Dublin Exhibition, and on 1st October, to and from Sandymount.
1-Jun-1872		The Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries, and Manufactures, was opened this day, under the auspices of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. This Exhibition was originated by Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, bart., and his brother, Edward Cecil Guinness, esq., and contained a Manufacturers' Department Loan Museum, and National Portrait Gallery. The Exhibition was open 154 days and 58 evenings, and the entire number of admissions was 420,000, making an average of 2,700 each day. The Exhibition was formally closed on the 30th November, in presence of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.

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