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ally as well during the earlier times, when the working class occupied the Northside while
the Southside was populated by the middle to upper-middle class strata of society. Over the
years, this social division disappeared and has become indistinguishable.
Bask in Dublin's rich culture and tradition in a city that has a long-standing passion for
creativity. This is showcased through their arts, music and undoubtedly, through their close
affinity to prose and poetry. Remarkable writers were all born and raised in Dublin, includ-
ing James Joyce, an Irish novelist and poet who is considered one of the most influential
writers in the modernist avant-garde era of the early 20th century; Oscar Wilde, a writer
and poet who became one of London's most popular playwrights and Bram Stoker, the
famous author of the Gothic novel, Dracula. There's countless renowned Dublin writers,
composers, novelists, dramatists, actors and actresses as well as musicians spanning cen-
turies of sharing their talents and crafts with the world. The world-famous band U2 also
hailed from Dublin.
Mapping out a trip to explore Dublin can be far from the usual. Unlike other European cit-
ies, this is one place where you cannot travel along the “dotted lines”, encouraging you to
go beyond the norm. Dublin offers a thousand and one discoveries with a complete mixture
of the old and the new. Its a place where traces of diverse cultures can be found all over the
city, deeply ingrained within the inner recesses of its edifices and alleys.
