Editing Dublin (section)

===Early modern===
[[File:Henrietta Street, Dublin D1.jpg|thumb|[[Henrietta Street, Dublin|Henrietta Street]], developed in the 1720s, is the earliest [[Georgian Dublin|Georgian street]] in Dublin.]]
As the city continued to prosper during the 18th century, [[Georgian Dublin]] became, for a short period, the second-largest city of the [[British Empire]] and the fifth largest city in Europe, with the population exceeding 130,000. While some medieval streets and layouts (including the areas around [[Temple Bar, Dublin|Temple Bar]], Aungier Street, Capel Street and Thomas Street) were less affected by the wave of Georgian reconstruction, much of Dublin's architecture and layout dates from this period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dublin's Buildings |website=Dublin Civic Trust |url=http://www.dublincivictrust.ie/dublins-buildings |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229213823/http://www.dublincivictrust.ie/dublins-buildings |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/dublin-renaissance | publisher = The Architectural Review | website = architectural-review.com | title = Dublin Renaissance | date = 1993 | quote = [while] the impossibly bureaucratic sounding Wide Streets Commissioners [..] cut broad, ersatz boulevard swathes through the dense urban grain to create Parliament Street, Dame Street and Westmoreland Street [..] The minor streets of Temple Bar, originally little more than mean alleyways, have evolved over time | access-date = 29 December 2021 | archive-date = 29 December 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211229223345/https://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/dublin-renaissance | url-status = live }}</ref>{{sfn|Maxwell|1997|p=220}}

Dublin grew even more dramatically during the 18th century, with the construction of many new districts and buildings, such as [[Merrion Square]], [[Irish Houses of Parliament|Parliament House]] and the [[City Hall, Dublin|Royal Exchange]]. The [[Wide Streets Commission]] was established in 1757 at the request of [[Dublin Corporation]] to govern architectural standards on the layout of streets, bridges and buildings.{{sfn|Maxwell|1997|p=58-59}} In 1759, the [[Guinness brewery]] was founded, and would eventually grow to become the largest brewery in the world and the largest employer in Dublin.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=b-tFDwAAQBAJ&q=guinness+%22largest+employer%22&pg=PT12 | publisher = Collins Press | title = Stones of Dublin | author = Lisa Marie Griffith | date = 2014 | quote = ''[Guinness] was Dublin's largest brewery in 1810, Ireland's largest in 1833, and the largest in the world by 1914. Guinness was also the city's largest employer'' | isbn = 9781848898721 | access-date = 10 November 2020 | archive-date = 26 September 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230926092901/https://books.google.com/books?id=b-tFDwAAQBAJ&q=guinness+%22largest+employer%22&pg=PT12 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/business/st-james-s-gate-a-brief-history-1.1308346 | newspaper = [[The Irish Times]] | title = St James's Gate: a brief history | date = 16 April 2004 | access-date = 17 June 2018 | quote = ''[in] 1886 Guinness [was] officially the biggest brewery in the world with an annual production of 1.2&nbsp;million barrels. [And, by] 1906 the workforce exceeds 3,200; some 10,000 are directly dependent on the brewery for their livelihood – one in thirty of Dublin's population'' | archive-date = 7 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002606/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/st-james-s-gate-a-brief-history-1.1308346%20 | url-status = live }}</ref> During the 1700s, linen was not subject to the same trade restrictions with England as wool, and became the most important Irish export. Over 1.5 million yards of linen was exported from Ireland in 1710, rising to almost 19 million yards by 1779.{{sfn|Maxwell|1997|p=256}}