Talk:Dublin Castle

2003 posts
Should a note be added about the explosion in 1892? According to an article in The Strand Magazine currently doing the rounds on Distributed Proofreaders it was the second criminal use of dynamite to cause a death:
 * "On the Christmas Eve of 1892, an infernal machine exploded outside the Detective Office in Exchange Court, Dublin Castle, when a detective officer was killed"

The article has a picture of the scene, which I could upload. -- Jim Regan 18:12 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Oh yeah, do. It would be an excellent addition. FearÉIREANN 18:56 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Here it is:



Should I resize it, remove the comment? -- Jim Regan 22:16 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Resize it certainly but no, I'd leave the comment. It gives it a content and a historic 'feel'. great work getting the picture. FearÉIREANN 23:42 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I've got a load more; I've got a picture of the gun Pat O'Donnell shot James Carey with, but there's no article about it, and since all those folk songs were news to me, I don't think I'm the person to write it (the chorus of "The Fields of Athenry" is the extent of my knowledge of Irish folk music, and I only learned that in college :) -- Jim Regan 21:49, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Smaller image


This better? -- Jim Regan 22:05, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Interesting pic; that whole area of buildings on the left has been long demolished; for a while it was a public garden, now some kind of square has been planned there. The building at the end of the court still exists.

Older origins
I am wondering if a piece at the start of the article should mention the more ancient origins of the location of dublin castle.

The Dubh Linn gardens are at the site of the Dubh Linn settlement which predates the viking invasion of teh country and gives the city it's name. And the Vikings also built a fortress on the same site. During excavations of the medieval dublin castle, remains of a viking fortress were uncovered.
 * Agreed. The article only gives a brief disscussion of Dubh Linn and only one mention of the Vikings (in relation to Powder Tower on Viking defences within the castle). While the article does mention that the city (Dublin) and subsequently the castle does get its name from the actual (Dubh Linn) pool, it claims the castle was by the pool and not on it. Recent excavations found evidence the castle was built on the pool (rather than by) and that parts of the pool were located under the present site of the coach house and castle gardens. one of the Castle Gardens in Dublin castle is The Dubhlinn Garden which is where it is deemed to be the location of the original dubh linn or ‘black pool’. Further, it was also discovered that that this area was part of a significant port for the vikings and they had set up a trading base in this area, as discussed here, and here, and here. The original comment above was made by User:212.2.180.236 on 23:20, 26 December 2006 and i would imagine that this should have been acted on by now, since there is plenty of evidence to support this.79.155.41.48 (talk) 11:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

State Apartments
I have added a new paragraph with basic information about each of the principal rooms of the State Apartments. There is little of an architectural focus in the article thus far, and could do with further embellishment in this respect given the Castle's importance and contribution to Irish architecture.

The article is also a bit incoherent in terms of layout and could do with a clean-up, if anyone wants to take on the challenge! -- GrahamH 02:39, 22 Jul 2007 (UTC)