Summary

In this chapter, we have explored the significance of major urban settlements in the making of the Irish landscape. We have seen how major urban centres, including Galway, Dublin, Waterford, Cork, and Belfast, have developed in strategic locations of trade, often connected with major waterways. In particular, this chapter has honed in on the city of Dublin; we learned about how Dublin emerged as a centre in relation to trade and politics. We have also been introduced to the many changing populations of the city of Dublin, across a thousand-year period. Today, Dublin is an amalgamation of the ongoing political, cultural, social and economic changes that continue to shape the urban structure and settlement of its residents. Just as city walls once defined Dublin, we see today how urban sprawl and the housing crisis call into question how the city of Dublin can be defined as it expands outward. Likewise, we have seen how populations can change over time: from Irish residents of the 17th century moving into Irishtown (present-day Docklands) to the introduction of gentrified populations in the Docklands redevelopment scheme, we see a city whose demographic shifts are far from static.

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