Killarney
Americannoun
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a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
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Lakes of, three lakes in SW Ireland.
noun
Example Sentences
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The tour took the young couple to such places as Mallorca, Spain; Cannes, France; and Killarney, Ireland.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Buckley, from Killarney, County Kerry, but now living in Norfolk, told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs acting was "essential" to her, as she credited it with helping her mental health.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Buckley began confronting her fears in her hometown of Killarney as “this feral Irish child” with so much “raw emotion” that she was sometimes afraid of it.
From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023
In 2016, P-22 became the prime suspect in the death of a 14-year-old koala named Killarney, whose mutilated body was found about 400 yards away from her enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2022
Killarney in a fine autumn becomes not only entrancing, but overpowering in its loveliness.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.
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