To the south of Lambay lies a smaller island known as Ireland's Eye - the result of a mistranslation of the island's Irish name by invading Vikings. Bull Island is a man-made island lying roughly parallel to the shoreline which began to form following the construction of the Bull Wall in 1825.
The last boundary change of a barony in Dublin was in 1842, when the barony of Balrothery was divided into Balrothery East and Balrothery West.
Records from the 1891 census show that the county was 21.4 percent Protestant towards the end of the 19th century.
The county's population first surpassed 1 million in 1981, and is projected to reach between 1.5 million and 1.7 million by 2031. Dublin is Ireland's most populous county, a position it has held since the 1901 Census, when it overtook County Cork.
By the 1911 census this had gradually declined to around 20% due to poor economic conditions, as Dublin Protestants moved to industrial Belfast.
In 1981, North Bull Island (Oileán an Tairbh Thuaidh) was designated as a UNESCO biosphere. ==Demographics== ===Population=== As of the 2016 Census, the population of Dublin was 1,345,402, a 5.7% increase since the 2011 Census.
The county's population first surpassed 1 million in 1981, and is projected to reach between 1.5 million and 1.7 million by 2031. Dublin is Ireland's most populous county, a position it has held since the 1901 Census, when it overtook County Cork.
Dublin was the county worst-affected by Hurricane Charley in 1986.
This resulted in the economy of the county expanding by almost 100% between the early 1990s and 2007.
The area formerly known as "County Dublin" is now defined in legislation solely as the "Dublin Region" under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, and this is the terminology officially used by the four Dublin administrative councils in press releases concerning the former county area.
These are Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council and Fingal County Council. Prior to the enactment of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, the county was a unified whole even though it was administered by two local authorities – Dublin County Council and Dublin Corporation.
The area formerly known as "County Dublin" is now defined in legislation solely as the "Dublin Region" under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, and this is the terminology officially used by the four Dublin administrative councils in press releases concerning the former county area.
Prior to 1994 it was also an administrative county covering the whole county outside of Dublin City Council.
In 1994, as part of a reorganisation of local government within Dublin the boundaries of Dublin City were redrawn, Dublin County Council was abolished and three new administrative county councils were established: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. While it is no longer used as an administrative division for local government, it retains a strong identity in popular culture.
Each local authority is responsible for certain local services such as sanitation, planning and development, libraries, the collection of motor taxation, local roads and social housing. Dublin County Council (which did not include the county borough of Dublin) was abolished in 1994 and the area divided among the administrative counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin each with its county seat.
Just 188 Poles had applied for Irish work permits in 1999.
Prior to the 2000s, the UK was historically the largest single source of non-nationals living in Dublin.
Since the enactment of the Local Government Act 2001 in particular, the geographic area of the county has been divided between three entities at the level of "county" and a further entity at the level of "city".
Their official status is illustrated by Placenames Orders made since 2003, where official Irish names of baronies are listed under "Administrative units".
The regional capital is Dublin City which is also the national capital. The latest Ordnance Survey Ireland "Discovery Series" (Third Edition 2005) 1:50,000 map of the Dublin Region, Sheet 50, shows the boundaries of the city and three surrounding counties of the region.
The two reservoirs at Bohernabreena in the Dublin Mountains were upgraded in 2006 after a study into the impact of Hurricane Charley concluded that a slightly larger storm would have caused the reservoir dams to burst, which would have resulted in catastrophic damage and significant loss of life. ===Offshore Islands=== In contrast with the Atlantic Coast, the east coast of Ireland has relatively few islands.
By 2006 this number had grown to 93,787.
Despite being an EU member since 2007, Ireland had restrictions on the number of Romanians who could emigrate to the country until 2012.
This resulted in the economy of the county expanding by almost 100% between the early 1990s and 2007.
After the 2008 Irish economic downturn, as many as 3,000 Poles left Ireland each month.
In 1981, North Bull Island (Oileán an Tairbh Thuaidh) was designated as a UNESCO biosphere. ==Demographics== ===Population=== As of the 2016 Census, the population of Dublin was 1,345,402, a 5.7% increase since the 2011 Census.
People born in other Irish counties living within Dublin account for roughly 12.4% of the population. Between 2011 and 2016, international migration produced a net increase of 25,261 people.
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of UK-born residents living in Dublin declined by 1.8 percent. There is a large difference between the number of people living in Dublin who were born in the UK (55,391) and those who stated that they were UK citizens in the 2016 census (19,196).
The five year period from 2011 to 2016 saw a 67.7 percent increase in the number of Romanians living in Dublin, who are now the county's third largest foreign national group.
The number of Brazilians living in Dublin increased by 48.5 percent between 2011 and 2016, primarily driven by Ireland's participation in the Brazilian government's Ciência sem Fronteiras programme, which sees thousands of Brazilian students come to study in Ireland each year, many of whom remain in the country afterwards.
Dublin's Indian community grew by 15.1 percent from 2011-2016, and Indians are now the fourth largest migrant group in the county.
Despite being an EU member since 2007, Ireland had restrictions on the number of Romanians who could emigrate to the country until 2012.
County Dublin was one of the first parts of Ireland to be shired by John, King of England following the Norman invasion of Ireland. According to the 2016 census, the total population of County Dublin was 1,345,402, approximately 27% of the Republic of Ireland's population.
In 1981, North Bull Island (Oileán an Tairbh Thuaidh) was designated as a UNESCO biosphere. ==Demographics== ===Population=== As of the 2016 Census, the population of Dublin was 1,345,402, a 5.7% increase since the 2011 Census.
As of 2016, Dublin has over twice the population of Antrim and two and a half times the population of Cork.
As of 2016, approximately 25.8% (305,996) of Dubliners were living outside of County Dublin.
People born in other Irish counties living within Dublin account for roughly 12.4% of the population. Between 2011 and 2016, international migration produced a net increase of 25,261 people.
Dublin has the highest proportion of international residents of any county in Ireland, with around 21% of the county's population being born outside of the Republic of Ireland. As of the 2016 Census, 6.8 percent of the county's population was reported as younger than 5 years old, 25.2 percent were between 5 and 25, 55.8 percent were between 25 and 65, and 12.2 percent of the population was older than 65.
In 2016, Fingal had the highest percentage of non-nationals in Dublin (23.2 percent), and South Dublin had the lowest (17.5 percent).
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of UK-born residents living in Dublin declined by 1.8 percent. There is a large difference between the number of people living in Dublin who were born in the UK (55,391) and those who stated that they were UK citizens in the 2016 census (19,196).
Despite this, Poles still account for roughly one quarter of Dublin's EU foreign residents, and are the largest non-national group in the county, as well as the second largest foreign-born group. As of 2016, the fastest growing major immigrant group in Dublin was Romanians.
The five year period from 2011 to 2016 saw a 67.7 percent increase in the number of Romanians living in Dublin, who are now the county's third largest foreign national group.
The number of Brazilians living in Dublin increased by 48.5 percent between 2011 and 2016, primarily driven by Ireland's participation in the Brazilian government's Ciência sem Fronteiras programme, which sees thousands of Brazilian students come to study in Ireland each year, many of whom remain in the country afterwards.
In August 2020, the first dedicated Hindu temple in Ireland was built in Walkinstown. ===Ethnicity=== According to the Central Statistics Office, in 2016 the population of County Dublin self-identified as: 87.6% White (75.5% White Irish, 11.7% Other White Background, 0.5% Irish Traveler) 3.8% Asian 2.3% Mixed background 2.2% Black 4.1% Not Stated By ethnicity, in 2016 the population was 87.6% white.
Conversely, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in the south of the county has one of Ireland's lowest percentages of black residents, with only 0.67% of the population identifying as black in 2016.
Additionally, 42.8% of Ireland's multiracial population lives within County Dublin. ===Religion=== The largest religious denomination by both number of adherents and as a percentage of Dublin's population in 2016 was the Roman Catholic Church, with 68.9 percent.
According to the 2016 census, Dublin city is the least religious local authority in Ireland, with 18.1 percent of the population declaring themselves non-religious, followed closely by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and Galway city (17.1 percent).
After Islam, the largest non-Christian religions in 2016 were Hinduism (0.62 percent), Buddhism (0.32 percent) and Judaism (0.11 percent).
As of 2016, there were 554,554 people living within Dublin city centre.
It encompasses 317.5 square kilometres and contains approximately 87% of County Dublin's population (1,173,179 people) as of the 2016 census. ====Dublin Metropolitan Area==== As the city proper does not extend beyond Dublin Airport, the towns of "North County Dublin" such as Swords, Lusk, Rush and Malahide are not considered part of the city, and are recorded by the CSO as separate settlements.
Dublin is the most urbanised county in Ireland, with 97.75% of its residents residing in urban areas as of 2016.
The population was evenly split between females (50.14 percent) and males (49.86 percent). In 2019, there were 17,682 births within the county, and the average age of a first time mother was 31. ===Migration=== Just over one fifth (20.8 percent) of County Dublin's population was born outside of the Republic of Ireland.
The government allocated IR£6,449,000 (equivalent to US$20.5 million in 2020) to repair the damage wrought by Charley.
In August 2020, the first dedicated Hindu temple in Ireland was built in Walkinstown. ===Ethnicity=== According to the Central Statistics Office, in 2016 the population of County Dublin self-identified as: 87.6% White (75.5% White Irish, 11.7% Other White Background, 0.5% Irish Traveler) 3.8% Asian 2.3% Mixed background 2.2% Black 4.1% Not Stated By ethnicity, in 2016 the population was 87.6% white.
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