Editing Dublin (section)

===Middle Ages===
In 841, the [[Vikings]] established a fortified base in Dublin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roesdahl |first1=Else |title=The Vikings |date=2016 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-141-98476-6 |page=234 |edition=Third}}</ref> The town grew into a substantial commercial center under [[Olaf Guthfrithson]] in the mid-to-late 10th century<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winroth |first=Anders |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E26YDwAAQBAJ |title=The Age of the Vikings |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-691-16929-3 |pages=54 |language=en |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926092900/https://books.google.com/books?id=E26YDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> and, despite a number of attacks by the native Irish, it remained largely under Viking control until the [[Norman invasion of Ireland]] was launched from Wales in 1169.<ref name="Davies">{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Norman |url=https://archive.org/details/isleshistory0000davi/page/1222/mode/2up |title=The Isles: a history |publisher=Macmillan |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-333-76370-4 |location=London |page=1222 |author-link=Norman Davies |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-11/dublin-city-parks-strategy-2019-2022-part-1.pdf | publisher = Dublin City Council | work = Dublin City Parks Strategy 2019–2022 | title = Viking and Norman Dublin | accessdate = 12 May 2022 | archive-date = 27 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220627194343/https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-11/dublin-city-parks-strategy-2019-2022-part-1.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> The [[hinterland]] of Dublin in the Norse period was named in {{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}} It was upon the death of [[Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn]] in early 1166 that [[Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair]], [[King of Connacht]], proceeded to Dublin and was inaugurated ''King of Ireland'' without opposition.

According to some historians, part of the city's early economic growth is attributed to a trade in slaves.<ref name="dickson10">{{Cite book|title= Dublin The Making of a Capital City|last=Dickson|first=David|publisher=Profile Books Ltd.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-674-74444-8|page=10}}</ref> [[Slavery in Ireland]] and Dublin reached its pinnacle in the 9th and 10th centuries.<ref>{{Cite journal|title= The Slave Trade of Dublin, Ninth To Twelfth Centuries|last=Holm|first=Poul|journal=[[Peritia]]|publisher=Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland|year=1989|pages=x}}</ref> Prisoners from slave raids and kidnappings, which captured men, women and children, brought revenue to the Gaelic Irish Sea raiders, as well as to the Vikings who had initiated the practice.<ref>{{Cite journal|title= The Slave Trade of Dublin, Ninth To Twelfth Centuries|last=Holm|first=Poul|journal=[[Peritia]]|publisher=Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland|year=1989|page=335|quote = the very idea of the taking of prisoners of war spread to the Irish [from the Vikings] in the tenth century}}</ref> The victims came from [[Wales]], England, Normandy and beyond.<ref name="dickson10"/>

The King of Leinster, [[Diarmait Mac Murchada]], after his exile by Ruaidhrí, enlisted the help of [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Strongbow]], the Earl of Pembroke, to conquer Dublin. Following Mac Murchada's death, Strongbow declared himself King of Leinster after gaining control of the city. In response to Strongbow's successful invasion, [[Henry II of England]] affirmed his ultimate sovereignty by mounting a larger invasion in 1171 and pronounced himself [[Lord of Ireland]].<ref name="Dublin.info">{{cite web|url=http://www.dublin.info/history|title=A Brief History of Dublin, Ireland|publisher=Dublin.info|access-date=19 August 2011|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002945/http://www.dublin.info/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Around this time, the ''county of the City of Dublin'' was established along with certain liberties adjacent to the city proper. This continued down to 1840 when the [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of Dublin City was separated from the [[Dublin (barony)|barony of Dublin]]. Since 2001, both baronies have been redesignated as the ''City of Dublin''.

[[File:The Dubhlinn Gardens Dublin Castle 01.JPG|thumb|[[Dublin Castle]], with its 13th-century tower, was the fortified seat of [[British rule in Ireland]] until 1922.]]
[[Dublin Castle]], which became the centre of Anglo-Norman power in Ireland, was founded in 1204 as a major defensive work on the orders of King [[John of England]].<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Fitzhenry, Meiler}}</ref> Following the appointment of the first [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]] in 1229, the city expanded and had a population of 8,000 by the end of the 13th century. Dublin prospered as a trade centre, despite an attempt by King [[Robert the Bruce]] of Scotland to capture the city in 1317.<ref name="Dublin.info"/> It remained a relatively small walled medieval town during the 14th century and was under constant threat from the surrounding native clans. In 1348, the [[Black Death]], a lethal plague which had ravaged Europe, took hold in Dublin and killed thousands over the following decade.<ref>"''[https://books.google.com/books?id=R688at3KskQC&pg=PA49 The Story of Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801034214/https://books.google.com/books?id=R688at3KskQC&pg=PA49 |date=1 August 2020 }}''". Brian Igoe (2009). p.49.</ref><ref>"''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yw3HmjRvVQMC&pg=PA58 Black Death] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730033404/https://books.google.com/books?id=yw3HmjRvVQMC&pg=PA58 |date=30 July 2020 }}''". Joseph Patrick Byrne (2004). p.58. {{ISBN|0-313-32492-1}}</ref>

[[File:Dublin in 1610 - reprint of 1896.jpg|thumb|Dubline, 1610; a contemporary map by John Speed (1896 reprint)]]
Dublin was the heart of the area known as [[the Pale]], a narrow strip of English settlement along the eastern coast, under the control of the [[English Crown]]. The [[Tudor conquest of Ireland]] in the 16th century spelt a new era for Dublin, with the city enjoying a renewed prominence as the centre of administrative rule in Ireland where English control and settlement had become much more extensive. Determined to make Dublin a Protestant city, Queen [[Elizabeth I]] established [[Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College]] in 1592 as a solely Protestant university and ordered that the Catholic [[St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St. Patrick's]] and [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin|Christ Church]] cathedrals be converted to the Protestant church. The earliest map of the city of Dublin is [[John Speed's Map of Dublin (1610)]].{{sfn|Maxwell|1997|p=56-57}}

The city had a population of 21,000 in 1640 before a plague from 1649 to 1651 wiped out almost half of the inhabitants. However, the city prospered again soon after as a result of the wool and linen trade with England and reached a population of over 50,000 in 1700.<ref>"''[https://books.google.com/books?id=gI8MYY6ASdcC&pg=PA34 Dublin: a cultural history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801035433/https://books.google.com/books?id=gI8MYY6ASdcC&pg=PA34 |date=1 August 2020 }}''". Siobhán Marie Kilfeather (2005). [[Oxford University Press US]]. pp. 34–35. {{ISBN|0-19-518201-4}}</ref> By 1698 the manufacture of wool employed 12,000 people.{{sfn|Maxwell|1997|p=252}}