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Dun Laoghaire
[ duhn lair-uh ]
noun
- a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
Dún Laoghaire
/ duːn ˈlɪərɪ /
noun
- a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002) Former namesuntil 1821Dunleary1821–1921Kingstown
Example Sentences
I’d been chatting to people from all over the world for the best part of six months and then Peter says, “Let’s meet for coffee in Harry’s Bar in Dún Laoghaire.”
They said: "On a clear spring evening in 1975, in a pub in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Garry became the founding member of what turned out to be a great rock 'n' roll band, driven largely by that sound of his - a storm of massive considered noise that punched out from his overtaxed amplifiers and which animated not just the rest of the group but audiences he played to around the world."
Maybe because of the Protestant influence Dún Laoghaire, a by and large wealthy area, was always the most liberal part of the Republic.
The Irish port of Dún Laoghaire is full of reminders of its British past.
But I can take several paces through a virtual seaside flat in Dublin's Dún Laoghaire, while based in our south London home.
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