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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 276 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DINGLE , a seaport and See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

KERRY

Kerry, See also:

Ireland, in the See also:

west See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division, the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

TRALEE

Tralee and Dingle railway. Pop. (1901) 1786. This may be considered the most See also:

WESTERLY

westerly town in the See also:

UNITED

United See also:

KINGDOM

Kingdom unless Knightstown at See also:

Valencia See also:

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

Island be excepted; it lies on the See also:

south See also:

side of the northernmost of the See also:

GREAT

great promontories which protrude into the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic on the south-western See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Ireland, on the See also:

FINE

fine natural 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 of Dingle See also:

BAY

Bay, in a See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild hilly See also:

DISTRICT

district abundant in See also:

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of antiquity. The town, which is the centre of a considerable fishing See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, especially in See also:

MACKEREL

mackerel, was in the 16th See also:

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

century of no little importance as a seaport; it had also a noted manufacture of See also:

LINEN

linen. It was incorporated by See also:

Queen See also:

Elizabeth, and returned two members to the Irish See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament until the See also:

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