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Dublin

[ duhb-lin ]

noun

  1. Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath [blah , klee, -, uh]. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea.
  2. a county in E Republic of Ireland. 356 sq. mi. (922 sq. km). : Dublin.
  3. a city in central Georgia.


Dublin

/ ˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. the capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay : under English rule from 1171 until 1922; commercial and cultural centre; contains one of the world's largest breweries and exports whiskey, stout, and agricultural produce. Pop: 1 004 614 (2002) Gaelic nameBaile Átha Cliath
  2. a county in E Republic of Ireland, in Leinster on the Irish Sea: mountainous in the south but low-lying in the north and centre. County seat: Dublin. Pop: 1 122 821 (2002). Area: 922 sq km (356 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dublin

  1. Capital and major port of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in the country; located on the Irish Sea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean .
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Notes

As the intellectual and cultural center of Ireland, Dublin was a stronghold of Irish nationalism , the birthplace of renewed interest in the Irish language and Irish literature, and home to writers such as James Joyce , Jonathan Swift , and William Butler Yeats .
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Since then, the meeting has alternated between London and Dublin.

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Earlier on Tuesday, activists also gained access to Irish public broadcaster RTÉ's reception in Dublin to stage a protest.

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After signing a book of condolences in Dublin, President Higgins said that, on behalf of the people of Ireland, he thanked Pope Francis for his work and his example on "embracing the most important issues".

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Darbon also reaffirmed the R&A's desire to take the Open outside the United Kingdom for the first time, to Portmarnock in Dublin.

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Born in 1947 in Dublin, Farrell attended the University of Salamanca in Spain and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, according to the Vatican.

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