hmines, Monkstown, Clontarf, Dalkey and Killiney, with
the neighbourhood of Kingstown and Pembroke, are the most favoured
residential districts. Howth, Malahide and Sutton to the north, and Bray
to the south, are favoured seaside watering-places outside the radius of
actual suburbs.

_Communications._--The direct route to Dublin from London and other
parts of England is by the Holyhead route, controlled by the London &
North Western railway with steamers to the port of Dublin itself, while
the company also works in conjunction with the mail steamers of the City
of Dublin Steam Packet Company to the outlying port of Kingstown, 7 m.
S.E. Passenger steamers, however, also serve Liverpool, Heysham,
Bristol, the south coast ports of England and London; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, and other ports of Great Britain. The railways leaving Dublin
are the following: the Great Northern, with its terminus in Amiens
Street, with suburban lines, and a main line running north to Drogheda,
Dundalk and Belfast, with ramifications through the northern countries;
the Great Southern & Western (Kingsbridge terminus) to Kilkenny, Athlone
and Cork; the Midland Great Western (Broadstone terminus), to Cavan,
Sligo and Galway; the Dublin & South-Eastern (Harcourt Street and
Westland Row for Kingstown); and there is the North Wall station of the
London & North-Western, with the line known as the North Wall extension,
connecting with the other main lines. The internal communications of the
city are excellent, electric tramways traversing the principal streets,
and connecting all the principal suburbs.

_Trade._--Dublin was for long stigmatized as lacking, for so large a
city, in the proper signs of commercial enterprise. A certain spirit of
foolish pride was said to exist which sought to disown trade; and the
tendency to be poor and genteel in the civil service, at the bar, in the
constabulary, in the army, in professional life, rather than prosperous
in business, was one of the most unfortunate and strongly marked
characteristics of Dublin society. This was attributable to the
lingering yet potent influence of an unhappy past was held by some;
while others attributed the weakness to the viceregal office and the
effects of a sham court. About the time of the Revolution, the woollen
trade flourished in Dublin, and the produce attained great celebrity.
The cheapness of labour attracted capitalists, who started extensive
factories in that quarter of the to