Dublin

A map showing the location of Dublin. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

Dublin was the capital and largest city of Ireland. It was located in the province of Leinster (AUDIO: The Book of Kells ^[+]Loading...["The Book of Kells (audio story)"]) on the east coast of the country. (TV: The Lie of the Land ^[+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"])

History

Early history

In 989, the Viking Sitric Silkbeard became King of Dublin. Following the first Leinster Revolt in 1000, however, his position was undermined by the political machinations of the Irish-born King Brian Boru of Munster. In 1014, the Battle of Clontarf was fought in Clontarf, Dublin. (AUDIO: The Book of Kells ^[+]Loading...["The Book of Kells (audio story)"])

In 1769, the future Duke of Wellington was born in Dublin to an influential, if hard-up, aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. His name was Wesley – the Honourable Arthur Wesley, to be precise. Later the family name reverted to its original form, Wellesley. (PROSE: World Game ^[+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])

On 18 December 1953, the Sky Gypsy, piloted by Diane Holmes and carrying the passengers Emma-Louise Cowell and John Ellis, departed Cardiff for Dublin but never arrived. It flew into the Rift, reappearing more than 50 years later. (TV: Out of Time ^[+]Loading...["Out of Time (TV story)"])

On 16 November 1996, the famous girl group the Blood Honeys "spontaneously" came together in their first performance at the Tripod nightclub on Harcourt Street. Nineteen-year-old Donna Noble, in the city for a hen night, was unsuccessful at persuading her friends to go to Tripod as the club had been holding a pop music night, thus missing the event.

When Donna began travelling with the Tenth Doctor, she asked him to take her to Tripod so she could see the performance, whereupon they discovered that the Blood Honeys had fallen under the influence of three exiled psirens who hoped to use the band to conquer the Earth. The Doctor and Donna were able to halt the plot and set the Blood Honeys' career back on track, and also take the psirens home. (PROSE: Wannabes ^[+]Loading...["Wannabes (novel)"])

21st century

In 2010, Jo Jones and her grandson Santiago Jones heard of the Eleventh Doctor's death and wanted to go to his funeral. They used a cargo plane to get across the Atlantic to Dublin. From there they took a ferry to Wales. (PROSE: Death of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Death of the Doctor (novelisation)"])

In 2011, Night Dragon Haulage regularly shipped goods to Dublin. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)"])

Although only partially written, "lin" was one of the many locations that could be seen on the map that Nardole showed Bill. (TV: The Lie of the Land ^[+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"])

In 2045, the We Create Futures convention was held in the city. Inventor Adeyemi Lawal attended the conference, to showcase her latest creation, a machine that could create tangible projections of people's memories. (PROSE: Inflicting Christmas ^[+]Loading...["Inflicting Christmas (short story)"])