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In 1640 [[John Atherton]] was executed for sodomy in St Stephen's Green. | |||
[[Oscar Wilde]] was born in 1854 at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College). | [[Oscar Wilde]] was born in 1854 at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College). | ||
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Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital of Ireland. As such it was part of the United Kingdom until 1922. For a time in the 18th century it was the second largest city in the British Empire.
In general this article will only deal with matters up to 1922.
LGBT history
In 1640 John Atherton was executed for sodomy in St Stephen's Green.
Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College).
There was a Dublin CHE group in the 1970s.
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