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Dubliners

American  
[duhb-luh-nerz] / ˈdʌb lə nərz /

noun

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


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There are Gaelic songs on the list too, including a tune by the Dubliners, none of which feels out of place or ruins the flow.

From Salon May 2, 2025

The 80-year-old spent much of the 1960s and '70s attending dances and playing in the venue, a stage that was also shared by the Dubliners, Christy Moore and Tom Jones.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2024

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

"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

The people were respectable, quiet, good-humoured, as are Unionist crowds in general, though it was plain that the Dubliners are more demonstrative than the Belfast men.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

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