Dublin is the centre of government, commerce and industry and it is also to seaport at the moment of the River Liffey. It was with the coming of the Vikings in 841 that Dublin had start as a town. Dublin is a city for walkers, talkers and a city where the people are as worth watching as the architecture. Moore Street is a thriving street market off Henry Street. The street traders today, as then, are renowned for the food humour, loud voices and sharp whited banter.
Music is never too far away in Dublin.
The streets are full of talented buskers and Grafton Street on a Saturday afternoon is virtually impassable for the crowds surrounding the young musicians. One of the most attractive features of Dublin nightlife is the music and singing pubs. Visitors will find that Dublin is a place of great cultural and historical interest. As the birthplace of Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and many other renowned writers, Dublin often featured in their books. However no city has been more criticised by her writers.