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The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland (ACSI) was founded in 1894, instigated by Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo, with the aim of encouraging and sponsoring the development of artistic industries in Ireland. It held its first exhibition in 1895, opening on 7 November in the Royal University Buildings, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin.
In Ireland, traditional Halloween customs include; Guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door requesting food or coins – which became practice by the late 19th century, [39] [40] turnips hollowed-out and carved with faces to make lanterns, [39] holding parties where games such as apple bobbing are played. [41]
Dublin [A] is the capital city of Ireland. [11] [12] On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range.
At the moment there is only one Light rail system in the country, the Luas in Dublin. This system opened in 2004 and due to the number of people availing of it (27.5million in 2010), it was stated as being "Dublin's best public transport success story" by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar in 2011. [13]
The Artane and Beaumont Family Recreation Centre is a community centre at the junction of Skelly's Lane, and Kilmore Road, it is used for a variety of social activities, music societies, childcare, afterschool homework club as well as sporting activities such as Basketball, Volleyball and Badminton. Rockfield Park is a park located in Beaumont.
The Dublin Irish Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held in Dublin, Ohio. It takes place during the first weekend of August, attracting over 100,000 visitors to eight entertainment stages on 29 acres (120,000 m 2 ) in and beyond Coffman Park. [ 1 ]
Christ Church Cathedral (exterior) Siege of Dublin, 1535. The Earl of Kildare's attempt to seize control of Ireland reignited English interest in the island. After the Anglo-Normans taking of Dublin in 1171, many of the city's Norse inhabitants left the old city, which was on the south side of the river Liffey and built their own settlement on the north side, known as Ostmantown or "Oxmantown".
In 2015, Dublin Zoo was the third most popular visitor attraction in Ireland with 1,105,005 visitors. [22] The year 2015 also saw the death of the well-known and loved silverback western lowland gorilla Harry. During his life at Dublin Zoo, Harry produced many offspring; thus contributing greatly to the conservation of his species.