Editing County Dublin (section)

==Etymology==
{{See also|Etymological list of counties of Ireland}}
[[File:Vikings 841 at Dublin.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Viking fleet [[Early Scandinavian Dublin|landing at Dublin]], 841]]
County Dublin is named after the city of Dublin, which is an [[anglicisation]] of its [[Old Norse]] name {{lang|non|Dyflin}}. The city was founded in the 9th century AD by [[Viking]] settlers who established the [[Kingdom of Dublin]]. The Viking settlement was preceded by a Christian ecclesiastical site known as {{lang|sga|Duiblinn}}, from which {{lang|non|italic=unset|Dyflin}} took its name. {{lang|sga|italic=unset|Duiblinn}} derives from the [[Middle Irish]] word {{lang|mga|Du(i)blind}} (literally "Blackpool"),<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/1375542/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=logainm.ie |language=en}}</ref> from {{lang|mga|dub}} {{IPA|mga|d̪ˠuβˠ|}} "black, dark" and {{lang|mga|lind}} {{IPA|mga|l̠ʲin̠ʲ(dʲ)|}} "pool", referring to a dark tidal pool. This tidal pool was located where the [[River Poddle]] entered the [[River Liffey|Liffey]], to the rear of [[Dublin Castle]].

The [[hinterland]] of Dublin in the Norse period was named {{Langx|non|Dyflinnar skíði|lit=Dublinshire}}.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Church |first=Peter J. |date=2021 |title=Why Are There Very Few Scandinavian Place-names in Ireland? |url=https://www.ssns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/02_Church_2021_Vol_52_pp_22_37.pdf |journal=[[Scottish Society for Northern Studies|Northern Studies]] |volume=52 |pages=22–37}}</ref>{{Rp|page=24}}

In addition to {{lang|non|italic=unset|Dyflin}}, a Gaelic settlement known as {{lang|ga|italic=unset|Áth Cliath}} ('ford of hurdles')<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and the City|last=Tambling|first=Jeremy|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2017|isbn=978-1137549105|page=98}}</ref> was located further up the Liffey, near present-day [[Father Mathew Bridge]]. {{lang|ga|Baile Átha Cliath}} means 'town of the hurdled ford', with {{lang|ga|Áth Cliath}} referring to a [[Ford (crossing)|fording point]] along the river. As with {{lang|non|italic=unset|Duiblinn}}, an early Christian monastery was also located at {{lang|sga|italic=unset|Áth Cliath}}, on the site that is currently occupied by the [[Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church]].

Dublin was the first county in Ireland to be shired after the [[Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland|Norman Conquest]] in the late 12th century. The Normans captured the Kingdom of Dublin from its [[Norse-Gael]] rulers and the name was used as the basis for the county's official [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] (and later [[English language|English]]) name. However, in Modern Irish the region was named after the [[Gaels|Gaelic]] settlement of {{lang|ga|italic=unset|Baile Átha Cliath}} or simply {{lang|ga|italic=unset|Áth Cliath}}. As a result, Dublin is one of four counties in Ireland with a different name origin for both Irish and English – the others being [[County Wexford|Wexford]], [[County Waterford|Waterford]], and [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]], whose English names are also derived from Old Norse.