Irishtown () is an inner suburb of

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. It is situated on the

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, between

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to the north and

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to the south, and is to the east of the

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History

Irishtown grew outside of Dublin, about 2 km east of the medieval city walls (see also

). Dublin was originally a Viking city and after 1171, when an

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army seized it, Dublin became the centre of English rule in Ireland. The native

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were therefore viewed as an alien force in the city, and suspicion of them was deepened by continual raids on Dublin and its environs by the O'Byrne and O'Toole clans from the nearby

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. By the 15th century, Gaelic migration to the city had made the English authorities fearful that English language and culture would become a minority there. As a result, the Irish inhabitants of Dublin were expelled from the city proper in about 1454, in line with the Statutes of Kilkenny. The Irish population were only allowed to trade inside the city limits by daylight. At the end of the day's trading, they would leave and set up camp in what was to become known as "the Irishtown". In 1794

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, judge of the Court of Exchequer, who was facing charges of corruption, drowned himself in the river at Irishtown. At the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century, Irishtown was the location of the

Waxies' Dargle "The Waxies' Dargle" is a traditional Irish folk song about two Dublin "aul' wans" (older ladies/mothers) discussing how to find money to go on an excursion. It is named after an annual outing to Ringsend, near Dublin city, by Dublin cobblers (wa ...

, an annual outing by Dublin cobblers ("waxies"), which a well-known folk song recalls. Irishtown formed part of the

Pembroke Township Pembroke Township was an area adjoining the city of Dublin, Ireland, formed for local government purposes by private Act of Parliament in 1863. The township took its name from the fact that most of the area was part of the estate of the Earl o ...

created in 1863. Pembroke was redesignated an

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in 1899, before being abolished and brought into the jurisdiction of the city in 1930. Irishtown, Ringsend & Sandymount

Irishtown Nature Park

Irishtown Nature Park is a small park with a walkway which offers several kilometres of walking trails along the Poolbeg Peninsula.

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History

Irishtown Nature Park

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