A kingdom by this name gathered its assembly at the Thingmote - it was invaded in 902 and not reestablished until 917 when Niall Glundub was defeated by the new king Sihtric Caech.  
A kingdom by this name gathered its assembly at the Thingmote - it was invaded in 902 and not reestablished until 917 when Niall Glundub was defeated by the new king Sihtric Caech.  The city of this name was home to the Wide Streets Commission during its Georgian zenith in the 18th century. Michael Jones repelled the Marquis of Ormond's siege of this city by winning the Battle of Rathmines.  The kingdom by this name was rivaled by neighboring kings of Meath, especially Maelsechlainn II, who defeated this kingdom at the Battle of Tara in 980. This Norse kingdom declined after defeat at the Battle of Clontarf by Brian Boru, the King of Munster.  This city later declined when the Ascendancy largely withdrew from it, after it was deprived of its national capital status in the 1801 Act of Union. Also the site of the Phoenix Park Murders in 1882, FTP, name this capital city of Ireland.
A kingdom by this name gathered its assembly at the Thingmote - it was invaded in 902 and not reestablished until 917 when Niall Glundub was defeated by the new king Sihtric Caech.  
Dublin [or Baile Ãtha Cliath or Duibhlinn or Ãth Cliath]