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The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga (Dublin: Foundation)
AuthorEdward Rutherfurd
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Dublin Saga
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherSeal Books,
Doubleday Canada
Publication date
2004
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages800 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBNISBN 978-0385502863 (first edition, hardback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Followed byThe Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga 

The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga (also known outside North America as Dublin: Foundation or simply Dublin) is a novel by Edward Rutherfurd first published in 2004 by Seal Books and Doubleday Canada. It is a work of historical fiction and centers around a number of families and their descendants in and around the area of Ireland that is now Dublin. It begins in A.D. 430 with the love affair of a prince (Conall) and the daughter of an Irish chief (Dierdre) from the area of Dubh Linn (later to be called Dublin). It concludes in A.D. 1533, with the disappearance of the Staff of Saint Patrick. Historical characters include Saint Patrick, Brian Boru, Strongbow, among others.

Chapters

Prologue - Emerald Sun

Dubh Linn (A.D. 430)

Tara (A.D. 430)

Patrick (A.D. 450)

Vikings (A.D. 981)

Brian Boru (A.D. 999)

Strongbow (A.D. 1167)

Oakley (A.D. 1370)

The Pale (A.D. 1487)

Silken Thomas (A.D. 1533)