ISL: The history of Dublin Part 1. (SUBTITLED)

This is the first instalment in a series about the history of Dublin, Ireland.

How did the city get to be called Dublin?

There are two names, in Irish and in English.
In Irish, it is called Báile Athá Cliath. (The town of the Ford of the Hurdles)
In English it is called Dublin.

About 1200 years ago, around 800 AD, there were several settlements around the River Liffey.
One such settlement was called Dubh Linn, but in these days it was called Linn Dubh.
Linn = Pool
Dubh = Black.

So Dublin could be translated as Blackpool!

The part of Dublin where the original settlement of Dubh Linn was is now around Dublin Castle and ChristChurch, from the River Liffey upwards.

What about the Gaelic name? Athá Cliath? It was originally a different settlement. It could be translated as the Ford of The Hurdles. It is located near where Heuston Station is. At that time there was no bridge, apart from a ford. The River Liffey was impassable at times, but the Irish who lived there constructed a ford made of wood and stones, that was passable at low tide. Hence the name, The Ford of the Hurdles.

Over the years, the two separate settlements (Dubhlinn and Athá Cliath) merged and became the modern city known as Dublin.

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[johnnyjtuber]

 Love you for saying this!

[earmichelle]

thats interesting.

[mythyka]

you can put subtitles on using Windows Movie Maker- quite easy actually! Great clip, more ISL pls :D