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Dubliners

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[duhb-luh-nerz] / ˈdʌb lə nərz /

noun

  1. a collection of short stories (1914) by James Joyce.


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The Dubliners popularized the tune 20 years later, but after the Pogues cut the song, “Dirty Old Town” forever became associated with the band.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

If Dubliners can appreciate something this exquisite all year long, why on earth would you wait for St. Patrick's Day to do the same?

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

Mr White said he was known to Dubliners as a politician and for his role in the prosecution of contemporary and writer Oscar Wilde.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2022

"To invite Dubliners to come and see a portrait of him… it feels like an important thing to be doing," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2022

As to Glendalough, it is so much a holiday place for the Dubliners that it is no wonder everything portable has disappeared.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

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