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Dalkey Island (Oileán Dheilginse) is an island for which the nearby village of Dalkey is named (Oileán Dheilginse meaning "thorn island", with ey the Old Norse (Viking) version of "island").[1]

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  1. 35 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Annals of the Four Masters, Beacon, Begnet, Bullaun, Bullock Harbour, Cairn, Counties of Ireland, County Dublin, Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Early Christianity, Holy well, Irish Sea, Iron Age, Leinster, Mackerel, Martello tower, Mesolithic, Napoleonic Wars, National Museum of Ireland, Neolithic, Pollachius virens, Pollock, Promontory fort, Provinces of Ireland, Rabbit, Republic of Ireland, Roseate tern, Samuel Lewis (publisher), Stone Age, Vikings, Wrasse, 4th millennium BC.

  2. Islands of County Dublin
  3. Towers in the Republic of Ireland

Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history.

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Beacon

A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.

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Begnet

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Bullaun

A bullaun (bullán; from a word cognate with "bowl" and French bol) is the term used for the depression in a stone which is often water filled.

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Bullock Harbour

Bullock Harbour or Bulloch Harbour (Cuan Bhlóic) is a small working harbour located near the heritage town of Dalkey on the southeast coast of Dublin Bay in Ireland.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.

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County Dublin

County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin.

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Dalkey

Dalkey is seaside resort in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland.

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Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Early Christianity

Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

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Holy well

A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Leinster

Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.

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Mackerel

Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae.

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Martello tower

Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards.

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Mesolithic

The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Pollachius virens

Pollachius virens is a species of marine fish in the genus Pollachius.

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Pollock

Pollock or pollack (pronounced) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius.

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A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus using the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.

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Provinces of Ireland

There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Roseate tern

The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a species of tern in the family Laridae.

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Samuel Lewis (publisher)

Samuel Lewis (c. 1782 – 1865) was the editor and publisher of topographical dictionaries and maps of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Wrasse

The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored.

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4th millennium BC

The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC.

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See also

Islands of County Dublin

Towers in the Republic of Ireland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalkey_Island