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===Dublin Zoo===
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[[Dublin Zoo]] is one of Dublin's main attractions. It houses more than 700 animals and tropical birds from around the world. The [[Zoological Society of Ireland]] was established in 1830<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dublinzoo.ie/inside.asp?pageId=2&sectionId=2&level=1 |title=About the Zoo – Zoo History |publisher=[[Dublin Zoo]] |access-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421234740/http://www.dublinzoo.ie/inside.asp?pageId=2&sectionId=2&level=1 |archive-date=21 April 2009 }}</ref> "to form a collection of animals along the lines of London Zoo". It opened to the public on 1 September 1831 - making it the third oldest zoo in the world - with animals from the [[Zoological Society of London|London Society]]. Within a year the zoo housed 123 species.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kilfeather |first=Siobhán Marie |title=Dublin: a cultural history |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005 |pages=115–116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QWZRVAPa6sC&pg=PA115 |isbn=0-19-518201-4 |access-date=20 December 2015 |archive-date=28 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428104751/https://books.google.com/books?id=8QWZRVAPa6sC&pg=PA115 |url-status=live }}</ref>