The year-long celebrations were officially launched by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Alderman Carmencita Hederman.
The citizens of Dublin felt the benefit of the city s birthday with special half fares on board the DART. Even the Mayor took advantage of the cheap fares travelling by DART and got to take control of the train for a section of the journey.
At the top of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay, amateur radio enthusiasts worked through the night to promote Dublin s birthday worldwide - a fitting location on Dublin s former Viking site.
For Ernie Berkenheier, the job of these radio enthusiasts is to communicate the news of Dublin s birthday throughout the world using the special callsign IE1 Oscar Oscar Oscar. The group hopes to make contact with at least twenty other towns called Dublin across the globe.