Dublin City Walls, 1610
The walls of Dublin City are outlined in red in the image above. The castle walls are outlined in blue. In medieval times, you could walk from one side of Dublin City to the other in less than ten minutes. The city was a busy place with many trades and crafts people living within the walls. They enjoyed relative security, although there was always the danger of attack form the native Irish people who lived beyond the city's walls. This image is taken from John Speed's map of Dublin which was createdin 1610.
Dublin City Walls, 1610
Dublin City Walls, 1610
The walls of Dublin City are outlined in red in the image above. The castle walls are outlined in blue. In medieval times, you could walk from one side of Dublin City to the other in less than ten minutes. The city was a busy place with many trades and crafts people living within the walls. They enjoyed relative security, although there was always the danger of attack form the native Irish people who lived beyond the city's walls. This image is taken from John Speed's map of Dublin which was createdin 1610.
Click on the map to see where Dublin's city walls lay. The map also shows where Dublin Castle lay inside the walls.
Can you see the Poddle?
Old City Wall
A drawing of part of the old city wall of Dublin.
Old City Wall
Old City Wall
A drawing of part of the old city wall of Dublin.
Dublin has grown in the past 800 years and the walls which contained the city once upon a time have long since been torn down. However, here and there, portions of the wall can still be seen.
Life in Dublin in the Late Middle Ages
ICON: Norman Castle
The arrival of the Normans in Ireland corresponds with the beginning of the late Middle Ages in Irish history.
Click on the castle to learn more about everyday life in Dublin in the late Middle Ages.
Click on the castle to learn more about everyday life in Dublin in the late Middle Ages.