THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
ST. PATRICK'S PROPHECY. Dublin, which has In hand a very ambitious scheme for the extension ot the city boundaries, had an origin in a very remote period. There was a fishing village on the site long before the Christian era, when it ws« called ‘The Hill of the Hazel Wood.” Its modern name was acquired by degrees. First it'was Bally Ath Cliath, the Town of tho Ford of Hurdles : then it became Bally Ath Claith Duhh Linne. The Town of the Ford of Hurdles on the Black River, and so Dub-
lin. According to tradition, St. Patrick foretold great things for it. “That small village shall hereafter be an eminent city; it shall increase In eminence and dignity, until at length it shall he lifted up into the throne ot the kingdom.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 10
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136THE CITY OF DUBLIN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 10
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