History of Dublin the Catholic majority of Ireland's population. In Dublin however the Protestant Ascendancy was thriving, and the city expanded rapidly from the 17th century onward. By 1700, the population had surpassed 60,000, making it the second largest city, after London, in the British Empire. Under the Restoration, Ormonde, the then Lord Deputy of Ireland made the first step toward modernising Dublin by ordering that the houses along the river Liffey had to face the river and have high quality frontages. This was in contrast to the earlier period, when Dublin faced away from the river, often using it as a rubbish
Dundrum, Dublin Dundrum, Dublin Dundrum (, "the ridge fort"), originally a town in its own right, is a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16. Dundrum is home to one of the largest shopping complexes in Ireland. One of the earliest mentions of the area concerns the location of the original St. Nahi's Church in the 8th century on which site today's 18th-century church currently stands. The ancient name for Dundrum is "Taney" which derives from "Tigh Naithi" meaning the house or place of Nath Í. Recent archeological