Home of Guinness beer (since 1759, they have a 9,000 year lease on the building, which started in 1757; the biggest Guinness factory is actually in Lagos, Nigeria!) and Jameson Whiskey “Dublin” comes from Duvh/dove [black] and Linn [pool], which reflected the inland harbor at the time, which was full of eels, so it looked black. It was eventually anglicized to Dublin. The city is 12 square miles, and is split in half by the River Liffey, around which it grew. Dublin is home of the largest Viking settlement outside of Scandinavia (outside of Denmark, primarily). They would get to Dublin Bay by making their way up the River Liffey….