These roads, impressive even by later Roman standards, converged at present-day Dublin, at a place called the Ath Cliath or the Ford of Hurdles, a shallow crossing point on the River Liffey.

The ford was located where today's Father Mathew Bridge (Church Street) crosses the river. A settlement of sorts grew up at this crossing and was active when the Vikings arrived in 841AD. Another small settlement, a Christian monastic community, thrived just south of present-day Dublin Castle at a place called Dubh Linn (i.e. the Black Pool which was a lake formed by the widening of the River Poddle before it joined the River Liffey).

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