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DALKEY , a small See also:

PORT

port and watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Co. See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

south See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division; 9 M. S.E. of Dublin by the Dublin & South-Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (19o1), 3398. It is pleasantly situated on and about See also:

SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

Sorrento Point, the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

horn of Dublin See also:

BAY

Bay. Dalkey See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, lying off the See also:

TOWN

town, has an See also:

ancient ruined See also:

CHAPEL

chapel, of the See also:

HISTORY

history of which nothing is certainly known, and a disused See also:

BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery, which protected the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, a landing-place of some former importance. A See also:

castle in the town, of the 15th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, is restored to use as offices for the urban district See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council. There are also ruins of an old See also:

church, the See also:

DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication of which, like the island chapel, is ascribed to one St Begnet, perhaps a diminutive See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Bega, but the identity is not clear. Until the See also:

close of the 18th century Dalkey was notorious for the See also:

BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque See also:

election of a " See also:

king," a See also:

MOCK

mock ceremony which became invested with a certain See also:

POLITICAL

political importance.

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