Dublin
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Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea.
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a county in E Republic of Ireland. 356 sq. mi. (922 sq. km). Dublin.
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a city in central Georgia.
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Gaelic name: Baile Átha Cliath. 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)
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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)
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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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Within weeks, versions of “Singular Revelations” circulated throughout the country’s newspapers, appearing in Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and North Carolina, then crossing the Atlantic to Dublin and London.
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The research was led by University College Dublin in partnership with Queen's University Belfast and international collaborators.
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Wales' next Six Nations match is in Dublin against Ireland a week on Friday.
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Katie Taylor has confirmed she will bring the curtain down on her decorated career after a farewell fight in Dublin this summer.
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Now his story is the focus of a new film which will premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on Tuesday.
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