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DALKEY
, a small See also:port and watering-See also:place of Co
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See also:Dublin, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division; 9 M
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S.E. of Dublin by the Dublin & South-Eastern railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1), 3398
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It is pleasantly situated on and about See also:Sorrento Point, the See also:southern See also:horn of Dublin See also:Bay
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Dalkey See also:Island, lying off the See also:town, has an See also:ancient ruined See also:chapel, of the See also:history of which nothing is certainly known, and a disused See also:battery, which protected the See also:harbour, a landing-place of some former importance
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A See also:castle in the town, of the 15th See also:century, is restored to use as offices for the urban district See also:council
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There are also ruins of an old See also: |
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