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Dun Laoghaire

American  
[duhn lair-uh] / dʌn ˈlɛər ə /
Or Dunleary

noun

  1. a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.


Dún Laoghaire British  
/ duːn ˈlɪərɪ /

noun

  1. Former names: Dunleary.   Kingstown.  a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)

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Two years earlier, a fancy dress ball near Dun Laoghaire in Ireland, a guest called Mr Deane arrived dressed as Father Christmas and soon contrived to catch fire.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2014

JD Wetherspoon said that Heineken had refused to supply its lager - Ireland's biggest-selling draught beer - and Murphy's stout to Wetherspoon's second pub in Ireland, which is due to open in Dun Laoghaire.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2014

In Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County in southeastern Dublin, each home’s “black bin” for garbage headed to the landfill is weighed at pickup to calculate quarterly charges.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2012

On a freezing cold day in her turquoise-painted house on a hill snaking up out of Dun Laoghaire, she's as funny and warm in person as in her books.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012

I stood onboard a ferry in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2012