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2 Names?

Why does Dublin have two Irish names? Dublin and Baile Átha Cliath? Just interested. VenomousConcept (talk) 15:34, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

It's the city name in both Irish and English. Mo ainm~Talk 15:40, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Venomous, Dublin is an anglosized version of an old name Dubh Linn, this name comes from a settlement on the Liffey where it previously met a then larger river Poodle. This would have probably been a more common name for English traders to recognise and probably stuck better that the name in Irish of the actual area, or larger community. Other places in Ireland have roots in different languages like norse that where anlgocized instead of the Irish name (Waterford being one example), these names where probably better known or easier to pronounce for an English speaker. Murry1975 (talk) 16:36, 10 May 2012 (UTc

NEW COMMENT. I have answered this confusing business in detail at the top of this page.Wiki first says the English called it Dublin then in the next sentence says Dublin was founded as a settlement by the Vikings (hundreds of years before the French Norman invasion of 1179) So the question is --what did the Vikings call it and the answer is that the Vikings named it Dublin .What happened was probably the Vikings went to this place and said what is this place called and were told it was called--The crossing over the river--(in Irish of course) The Vikings then said what is that dark lake called and were told --Its called the Black Pool-- (Dub-lin in Irish of course) The Vikings then said good .We like that name. Our new settlement will be called Dublin. The fact is that wherever the Viking settlers went they named the place as they liked ,using either Irish language names or their own Viking (Norse) names. When the French Norman invaders arrived in 1179 nearly all the places in Ireland had already been named and Ireland became a French speaking nation for nearly two hundred years only changing to English when the English did in about 1350 (I am ignoring the true English names introduced by the largely Scots plantation settlers from 1600)

The above comment from Murray shows how difficult it is for the Irish to accept the facts about Ireland. He mentions the English or Anglicization several times when the ruling language was either Viking Norse or Norman French until about 1350! The wretched English had nothing to do with it! Irelands first colonial rulers were the Vikings who gave the country its names,Irelands second colonial rulers were the French Normans who ruled the French speaking nation until they became assimilated and started speaking English like their French brothers in England in about 1350

It is amazing the igorance or distortion there is in the early history of the British isles. History books --including Wiki, have articles about the early English kings ,the Edwards ,Richards,Henrys etc some of whom are buried in Westminster Abbey . These are all referred to as English Kings etc. It is never mentioned that most were born in France or educated in France ,never spoke a word of English and were totally in manners style and culture Frenchmen in every way! Incidentally the great heroes of the Scots were all French speaking Normans --Robert De Brucage and William Wallace.Whatever attempts are made ,through marriage etc or place of birth etc they were Frenchmen through and through and not remotely English--yet you wouldnt know that from films or even Wiki!

VERY PECULIAR!VERY IRISH! Looking up the origins of the name Dublin I found the most confusing or rather naughty piece of deception over the name Wiki says Dublin (from the Irish words for Black Pool) is the name used by the English (those damned English!) ..for Dublin whose REAL IRISH name is something so difficult I cant pronounce it but which means crossing place over the river But in your next sentence you say -Dublin was founded as a settlement by the VIKINGS! SO WHAT DID THE VIKINGS CALL THE PLACE THEY FOUNDED? The answer surely is that THEY named it Dublin just as they named nearly every place they travelled to in Ireland, Why cant you say this? Why bring in the English who had nothing to do with it? And since ,following the French Norman invasion of Ireland in 1179 ,Ireland became for three hundred years a French speaking nation(like England), I dont see that England or English had any part in naming the places of Ireland at all (except obviously in the places named by the Scottish settlers in the plantations etc from 1600 . The fact is that the Irish do not like to accept that their first colonial masters the Vikings named most of Irelands towns and that their second colonial masters were the French(who were also masters of conquered England) and the English/ British had nothing to do with it. Please correct remove or explain this confusing/deceptive business of what the English called it and simply explain that Dublin was named Dublin by the Vikings and was called Dublin for hundreds of years before the French Norman invasion.Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.113.13 (talk) 11:55, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

See above for a quick explaination. Murry1975 (talk) 12:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Some people believe it might even have been called Eblana by the Vikings. Either way, the word "Dublin" is an *Anglicisation* of the name. --HighKing (talk) 22:30, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

It is amusing to note that, had the transliteration gone a little differently, the capital of Ireland would have been Blackpool. 5.68.246.146 (talk) 19:53, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Diflin, the Vikings called it. I think the English are off the hook here :) (Is there an emoticon for a Viking helmet or similar stereotype I could use, seeing it's a talk page?) Nelson50T 23:28, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Timeline of Dublin

What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 11:19, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Nickname

What is the story with the 'nickname' I've never heard of Dublin being referred to as "The fair city", I've done a search through the LexisNexis and every reference to "The Fair City" that doesn't refer to Perth in Scotland (which is actually called that) is a reference to Fair City the soap opera. Connees (talk) 13:42, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm a Dubliner and am not sure that I have heard this nickname. I would bet the phrase comes from the first line of Molly Malone, a song synonymous with Dublin. "In Dublin's fair city...". Deacon Baxter (talk) 14:52, 24 May 2016

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Population

Does it not a bit misleading to present the Greater Dublin Area population, considering it covers such a large rural area an area twice the size of Greater London. The Urban Area is the true representation of Dublin's population. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.70.199 (talk) 13:02, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

@81.136.70.199: - I've moved your question down to the bottom of this talk page - Wikipedia talk pages grow from the bottom, and having your question at the top would mean it would likely be overlooked -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 13:17, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
The infobox at the right has figures for city, urban, and metropolitan Dublin. That seems pretty comprehensive to me. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 13:20, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
If you're asking specifically about the introductory paragraphs (the text before the table of contents), remember that the intro has to perform the impossible task of summarising an article of tens of thousands of words down to a few paragraphs. Inevitably that means it has to simplify everything very aggressively - the point of the introduction is mostly to give the reader basic context and to ensure they've found the article they're looking for (and not e.g. Dublin, Alabama). Nuanced, and often rather arbitrary issues like how big a city is have to be dealt with in the article itself - we've no choice but to assume that the reader will read the whole article (or at least the signposted sections about the things they're interested in, like demographics) - the intro can't be just a Campbell's Condensed Soup version of the whole article. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 13:28, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

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Translation error in photo caption

In the photo caption for Father Mathew Bridge the words 'Baile Átha Cliath' are mistakenly translated as 'Ford of the Hurdles', whereas in fact they mean 'Town/City of the Ford of the Hurdles'. Only the words 'Áth Cliath' (without the second 'a' - 'Átha' is the genitive case) could mean 'Ford of (the) Hurdles'. A further inconsistency is that 'Áth Cliath' is translated in the main text as 'Ford of Hurdles', without 'the' - which makes more sense, as the definite article is missing in Irish.213.127.210.95 (talk) 14:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Higher Education

How come the order is TCD, DIT, DCU, RCSI and then just a little bit about UCD included in the paragraph about the NUI and Maynooth? Surely the order should be TCD, UCD (which is the second oldest university in Dublin and the largest university in the country in terms of the number of students and size of the campus!) DCU, DIT, and then other higher level institutes? Also, why is that horrible picture of DIT included? I have noticed how, for a long time, someone has been editing this section to place DIT above other bodies like UCD and DCU. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:513F:F000:7489:3F1C:D279:92E5 (talk) 20:44, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Environment: Air Pollution Control

Over the last 25 years, Dublin, Ireland has taken a stand against air-pollution within the country. The city has implemented legislation that banned coal sales in Dublin. Air-pollution and specifically black smoke concentrations in the city have been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory deaths in city residents. With that said, since the ban on coal the non-trauma death rates, respiratory death rates and cardiovascular death rates have all declined substantially. Non-trauma death rates decreased by 5.7%, respiratory death rates decreased by 15.5% and cardiovascular deaths decreased by 10.3%.

As a developed, first world country, Ireland has a “Green” responsibility when it comes to environmental protection and sustainability. A country with substantial urban wealth has its own share of environmental problems. The Green Agenda for sustainability focuses on a country’s consumption. Dublin’s ban on black smoke concentrations has placed a country-wide and potentially global focus on the ecosystem. By banning black smoke and reducing particular air pollution and black coal consumption, the city of Dublin has taken a stride toward improving environmental health as well as the individual health of its citizens. The reduced death rates in Dublin, Ireland are a positive result from improved environmental conditions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktrotte2 (talk • contribs) 07:16, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

"Pollution" and "quarters"

The following discussion is closed and will soon be archived.

As per February 2017, these two sections seem (to me at least) to be incongruously "dropped in" to the body content.

  • The former ("air pollution") section used an inappropriate editorial tone ("with that said" "Ireland has a responsibility" "the city of Dublin has taken a stride toward improving environmental health as well as the individual health of its citizens" etc) which seemed to mirror the source. Probably verbatim. While this is partially addressed, the subsection still has seeming WP:REFSPAM overtones.
  • The latter ("quarters") section, as per the tag that someone added in early 2016, seemed to suffer from an editorial tone perhaps more suited to the source promo website than to this project ("Dublin is divided into quarters" "hub of design, creativity and innovation" "heart of Dublin's social and cultural life" "Global giants"). I've tried to at least partially address, but some WP:PROMO tone remains.

Unless there are any other thoughts on how to address, I will see what can be salvaged from both sections, and merge whatever can be cited and saved into "geography" subsections. Guliolopez (talk) 03:23, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done - I didn't hear any other inputs on this, so have gone ahead and addressed.[1][2] Closing thread. Guliolopez (talk) 15:09, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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Lead (readded redundancy, markup issues, spelling issues, etc)

Hi. In a series of edits today, some new text was added to the lead. This text has several issues:

  1. Much of it is redundant. Duplicating existing text. Specifically, the notes on the Vikings, the Kingdom of Dublin and that "Dublin became Ireland’s principal city following the Norman Invasion" is repeated twice in two immediately successive sentences. I am unclear on what value this duplication is adding.
  2. Much of it contains syntax errors. There is, for example, an un-closed "<nowiki>" tag, and at least one instance of un-closed italic markup.
  3. Much of it contains grammatical and factual errors. For example, the word "Liffey" is misspelled, as is the word "archaeological", and the attempt to explain the Irish derivation of "Lunn Dubh" is misleading at best.

I would attempt to address these issues. But, when I did, the misspellings/syntax errors/etc were readded. Hence, to avoid warring, I'd be interested to understand whether (for example) this alternative spelling for Liffey is intended. And, if so, why that would be the case. Or, for example, what the purpose of the complex markup is - so we can figure out how to address that. Or what value the adding editor sees in the duplicated text.

Thoughts are welcome. Otherwise I will attempt to fix these various issues. Again. Guliolopez (talk) 02:26, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

(comment moved from user talk to keep discussion in situ)
Hello. Thank you for pointing out the errors.
The only point I wanted to make was Dublin was the epicentre for seven centuries of English power.
The second edit included Dublin's economic growth and importance in the international slave trade market in the 10th and 11th centuries. User:Vincedumond
Hi Vincedumond. Thanks for your note. In relation to the:
  • errors - I have fixed a number of them. Including the MOS and spelling concerns
  • quote - I have fixed this. To match the source (you added "Dublin" in a way that meant the quote didn't match the source text). And to clarify that Dublin wasn't the "epiccentre of English power [full stop]". As this would presumably have been London. And presumably hence "epiccentre of English power [in Ireland] is intended. Even with this clarifications however, I still have concerns. Not least as, typically, MOS:LEAD would suggest that the lead should summarise the body with appropriate weight. A quote from a single source, not used in the body, which requires heavy editing for it to make sense in context, would typically not be a great fit with this guideline.
  • slavery - I also have concerns with the text added here. Per the inline tags. Firstly, the first sentence is near exact copy/paste from the source. Which is problematic under WP:CLOP. Secondly, both sentences lack context (how did the slave trade lead to "ascendancy"? what prisoners of what wars? etc). Raising concerns relative to WP:PCR. And thirdly, we seem to have selectively quoted from Dickson. For example, we have not reflected the unknowns and uncertainties which Dickson himself notes. Where he states that "the scale of the traffic is unknown", that the facts surrounding any "slaves traded through Dublin is quite obscure", and uses qualifiers in his text ("perhaps", "suggested", "presumably"), we do not reflect these uncertainties. We make an absolute statement - and then we just stop talking. Frankly, it just seems very non-specific, and seems to beg more questions for the reader than it provides answers. Personally I would recommend doing more research (perhaps into the texts which Dickson himself relies upon), and covering it in the History of Dublin article, before reflecting a more considered summary here.
Thoughts from yourself? Or, indeed, any others? Guliolopez (talk) 10:18, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi.
I'm very grateful for your thoughtful and clearly analysed discussion of my contribution. I too believe more research is needed to make the points of my contribution relevant with substantial support.
  • errors - Thank you.
  • quote - I missed the quotation marks and will fix that.
  • slavery - I agree that the general ambiguity of Dickson's slavery information needs substantial documentation or the ambiguity needs to be included. I will continue to research and substantiate this information
  • establishment - I object to the implications of the original article that Dublin was first settled by Vikings when all my research supports Dublin's Gaelic establishment two centuries prior. Perhaps that fact can be clearly stated.
User:Vincedumond

Hi. Thanks for your response

  • errors - You are very welcome
  • slavery - Thanks for the improvements. I have made some further tweaks. And removed the "clarify" and "vague" tags.
  • establishment - While "object" seems an odd choice of word, I don't disagree with the intent. There is a tendency in some texts to ignore the pre-existence of people and settlements in these places. As if it was completely greenfield when the Vikings arrived. Which is why I had changed "established by the Vikings" to "expanded by the Vikings" previously.
  • quote in lead - I am still somewhat uncomfortable with this. I think we can/should find a way of making the same point. Without relying on an awkward verbatim quote. It just looks odd to have a quote in the lead. Especially for something so innocuous. If the spirit of this intent is not already covered by the statement that Dublin became "the second largest city in the British Empire", then perhaps a short note in that sentence would suffice.

Cheers. (PS. You might want to look at how you are adding signatures to talk pages. Typically we would use "~~~~" to sign messages.) Guliolopez (talk) 17:17, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Vincedumond. Some quick updates:
  • quote in lead - In this edit, despite my previous notes about the need to reflect quotes accurately and with respect to the quote formatting guidelines, you changed the quote. So it no longer match the source. Coupled with my other concerns above, this has prompted me to remove the quote. (In short, if the quote cannot be reflected accurately/appropriately, then it should not be used. And, even then, if a quote in the lead isn't used/reflected in the body, then that wouldn't typically align with WP:LEAD anyway.)
  • slavery - I have read the full text of the Holm paper. I have amended the text (which seemed to suggest that the Irish practice influenced/preceded the Viking practice, rather than the other way around) to reflect what I read in the source. I do not see (on the page you indicated) anything about selling offspring/kids. Where did you read that in the work?
Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 14:49, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Infobox - Metropolitan area - Population

In the infobox there is a population field titled "Metro". Which links to the Metropolitan area article. A reader might reasonably assume that a population figure (listed across from that label) covers the population of the "Metropolitan area" of Dublin.

However, if we take the definition provided in the "Metropolitan area" article, we might expect that this means the population of the "densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, [which share] industry, infrastructure, and housing" or which includes "satellite cities, towns and intervening rural areas [tied] by commuting patterns".

While the "densely populated urban core" is, of course, the city proper (and its 1.1m inhabitants). And the "less-populated surrounding territories" (sharing industry, infrastructure and housing) is, quite reasonably, applicable to the statutory/NUTSIII area of the Dublin Region (and the further 250,000 people who live there), the "commuting patterns" part seems to have been overstretched.

I struggle, for example, with the suggestion that, the 1000 people who live in Carnew, County Wicklow share any "industry, infrastructure and housing" or "commuting patterns" with the Dublin metro area. Which is the implication if we add the population of the Greater Dublin Area (an area which, unlike the Dublin Region, has no statutory definition) to the "Metro" field.

In any event, while I can see a case (given that the definition of "Metropolitan area" provides for the inclusion of broader satellite/commuter towns) to include parts of Meath, Kildare and North Wicklow, unless we can "breakdown" the GDA into metro and non-metro areas, I would suggest finding another label for it. One that accounts for large parts of Wicklow are demonstrably not in the commuter belt.

Thoughts? Guliolopez (talk) 00:50, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

OK. Per this edit/edit summ, I have added back-in the 1.9m number. But under a title of "hinterland"/"hinterland area". Which is the label used in the 2003 Regional Planning Guidelines for those parts of the Greater Dublin Area that were beyond the "metropolitan area". I think this is a reasonable compromise (in that it relies upon a non-OR definition, a non-OR boundary, and allows us to include the broader GDA numbers - without describing places like Shillelagh and Drumconrath as "metropolitan".) Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 01:37, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Republic of Ireland vs Ireland

In the lead it says Dublin is the capital and the largest city in Ireland. Dublin is not the capital of Ireland as the official name of the state is the Republic of Ireland and Ireland is the name of the island. Other examples such as Skopje in Macedonia says its the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Should this be changed? TMN81 (talk) 17:48, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

The official name of the state is Ireland. Rua (mew) 18:22, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Per the Constitution of Ireland, the official name of the country is Ireland, or Éire in Irish. The phrase Republic of Ireland is the state's description, but not the name of the country. See here. st170e 19:17, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Sorry i made a mistake, but if its the name the state uses and can be confused with Northern Ireland,would it make sense to use it???
The article is called Ireland, so clearly there is not enough confusion to warrant a different article title. Why would there be any in a link, then? Rua (mew) 20:52, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

I suggest both TMN81 and Rua read WP:IMOS which explains the issue. The link will direct to Republic of Ireland when we are on about the state. What that link is piped with depends on context and if the island is being discussed as well. Mabuska (talk) 21:33, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

I understand the guidelines and see their point, but the issue may confuse some readers and with these rule shouldnt it be Dublin is the largest city on the island of Ireland.
The statement in the article refers to Dublin as the biggest city in the state of Ireland not the island, which is why when you click the link it takes you to the Republic of Ireland article. Mabuska (talk) 10:09, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
FWITW the current lede is fine by me. If we should have more clarity, what about something like Dublin is the largest city in state of Ireland and also on the island? linking appropriately. It leaves no confusion and is entirely accurate. ww2censor (talk) 10:56, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
As above, and per the recent explanatory edit summ, the current intro text is fine and in keeping with the related guideline. Specifically, it aligns with WP:IRE-IRL (in that, unless Northern Ireland is being discussed of linked in the same context, then "Ireland" (with a piped link if deemed appropriate) is the term expected by the guideline). Guliolopez (talk) 18:08, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

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IPA Pronunciation of "Dublin"

Hi everyone, I was just wondering whether the local pronunciations for "Dublin" could be included within the lead (similar to the different IPAs in the Glasgow article) or some part of this article (e.g. Etymology) because from what I've heard most of the locals in Dublin do not pronounce Dublin with the ʌ vowel in the "Dub" bit as the current IPA in the lead seems to imply and instead pronounce it more like /ˈdʊblɪn/ (North/local) or /ˈdɔːblɛn/ (south) - don't know if the second one is correct but its similar to what I've heard a few locals in the south of Dublin pronounce it. I thought of adding this myself but I'm no expert on the matter as I'm from England myself and I can't seem to find much sources for the local pronunciations but I still feel the local pronunciations should be included as its slightly misleading to say Dublin is exclusively pronounced as /ˈdʌblɪn/. I'd be grateful if anyone can please answer this query as I'd like to know whether the current IPA is fine or the local pronunciations could also be added, many thanks. Broman178 (talk) 11:54, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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Edit Climate Chart

Hi to everyone! I'd like to edit the climate chart, adding the average relative humidity at 9:00 UTC, taken from the following link https://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/1981-2010/dublin.html

I don't know how to do it. I think it's very important, because we do not yet find the average 24-hour humidity.--186.59.244.44 (talk) 04:26, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect Map

The map on the page places the City of Dublin on a border between Laois and Kildare, which is incorrect. I'm not quite sure how to go about fixing it, but could someone more knowledgeable have a go? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:BB6:64D4:3A58:44B:7F49:C66F:B8F9 (talk) 23:41, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

What map? Guliolopez (talk) 00:41, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
The one in the infobox. Fob.schools (talk) 08:19, 24 August 2020 (UTC)y
I think maybe that someone has messed with the map of Ireland replacing it with a map of Laois/Offaly as it's the same on the first other Irish town article I looked at - Carlow.Fob.schools (talk) 08:22, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Yup. Someone - Jacobfrid - seems to have replaced the Ireland map with this one. Im not very familiar with images, but i cant seem to restore any previous versions from the history. Is that an admin job? Fob.schools (talk) 08:29, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry folks! I've reverted it to a previous version. Cropping tool by default uses the same file name as the original, so I accidentally saved over it. --Jacobfrid (talk) 08:36, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Short sentence on Hiberno-Norse to Anglo-Norman control in lead

The current and stable version (12 May 2022) of the lead refers to the change of control of Dublin (from Hiberno-Norse to Anglo-Norman influence) after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland (including Strongbow's seizure of Dublin in 1170). To support this text, the lead (and the body) refers to Dickson (2014) Dublin: The Making of a Capital City. Who summarises this period in his preface.

Of the 11th and early 12th centuries, Dickson writes (of Hiberno-Norse Dublin) that:

"despite its wealth and ecclesiastical profile, Dublin remained a subordinate power [..] under Norse sub-kings [..] in the wider contests for Irish high-kingship, mainly [..to..] the chief dynasties of Leinster and Munster"

Of the late 12th century onwards, Dickson writes (of Anglo-Norman Dublin) that:

"the physical impact of the decision to make 'the king's city of Dublin' capital of the Norman lordship of Ireland was evident quite quickly. The walls were immediately strengthened [..and..] Military threats to the town lessened in the early Norman era [..And by late-13th C we can..] speak of Dublin as a city, for by the later thirteenth century its population nearly trebeled its pre-1170 [Norman capture] peak."

Despite the fact that this source (and many others covering this period of the history of Dublin and Ireland and supporting this article) refer to the term "Norman", an editor seems determined to excise the term "Norman" from the lead of this article.[3][4]. (And, indeed, from other articles [5][6][7][8][9][10].) While I have attempted to engage the editor on their talk page, as this is (now) a discussion about article content, the available references, and how those references are reflected in the content, the I felt it best to open a thread here.

In short, it is my position that the majority of sources (including the sources which support this article and its lead) refer to the expansion of Dublin (to a city and the principal city) as happening after the Norman invasion (and Norse decline) in Ireland. And hence that, I believe, is a perfectly reasonable thing for the article to say. As it currently does.

I'd welcome other thoughts. If other editors feel that using the term "Norman" is somehow not representative of the sources (or for some reason confusing as the editor seems to believe), then I'm happy to help with compromise wording. But, right now, I think the text of the lead is an accurate reflection of the sources, of common terminology, and of the established facts. Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 20:14, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

If you don't like those sources, I have others! I'll happily chip in for a bottle of Champagne, too. Current version, mentioning the Norman invasion, is, of course, fine. BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 20:23, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Climate

Minor point, the recent 33.1C record high for Dublin was at the Phoenix Park station, not Dublin Airport. Does the table need to be re-titled?Sarah777 (talk) 09:53, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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