Dublin 2, the Glossary

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1. 74 relations: An Post, Aungier Street, Baggot Street, Bank of Ireland, Camden Street, Dublin, Central Plaza (Dublin), Charles II of England, Clare Street, Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Connolly station, Dame Street, Dáil Éireann, Dáil constituencies, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Dublin (European Parliament constituency), Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency), Dublin Castle, Dublin City Council, Dublin Docklands, Dublin Historical Record, Dublin Pearse railway station, Easter Rising, Euronext Dublin, European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland, Fishamble Street, Fownes Street, Francis Johnston (architect), General Post Office, Dublin, Georges Quay, Government Buildings, Grafton Street, Ground rent, Harcourt Street, High Street, Dublin, Holyhead, Irish Academic Press, Leeson Street, Leinster, Leinster House, List of Dublin postal districts, List of Eircode routing areas in Ireland, List of postal codes, List of sovereign states, Local government in the Republic of Ireland, Mail boat, Mail coach, Mansion House, Dublin, Merrion Square, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, ... Expand index (24 more) »

2. Places in Dublin (city)
3. Postal districts of Dublin

An Post

An Post (literally 'The Post') is the state-owned provider of postal services in Ireland.

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Aungier Street

Aungier Street is a street on the south side of Dublin, Ireland.

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Baggot Street

Baggot Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland.

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Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland Group plc (Banc na hÉireann) is a commercial bank operation in Ireland and one of the traditional Big Four Irish banks.

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Camden Street, Dublin

Camden Street (Sráid Camden) is a street in Dublin 2.

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Central Plaza (Dublin)

Central Plaza, also known as the Central Bank of Ireland Building for its former tenant, is an office building on Dame Street in Temple Bar, Dublin.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Clare Street, Dublin

Clare Street is a street in central Dublin, Ireland.

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College Green, Dublin

College Green is a three-sided plaza in the centre of Dublin, Ireland.

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Connolly station

Connolly station (Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is one of the busiest railway stations in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network.

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Dame Street

Dame Street is a large thoroughfare in Dublin, Ireland.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.

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Dáil constituencies

There are 39 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, that elect 160 TDs (members of parliament), to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, Ireland's parliament, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV), to a maximum term of five years.

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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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Dublin (European Parliament constituency)

Dublin is a European Parliament constituency in Ireland.

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Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Bay South is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election.

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Dublin Castle

Dublin Castle (Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction.

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Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the local authority of the city of Dublin in Ireland.

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Dublin Docklands

Dublin Docklands (Ceantar Dugaí Átha Cliath) is an area of the city of Dublin, Ireland, on both sides of the River Liffey, roughly from Talbot Memorial Bridge eastwards to the 3Arena. Dublin 2 and Dublin Docklands are places in Dublin (city).

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Dublin Historical Record

The Dublin Historical Record is a history journal established in 1938 and published biannually by the Old Dublin Society.

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Dublin Pearse railway station

Pearse railway station (Stáisiún na bPiarsach) or Dublin Pearse is a railway station on Westland Row on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland.

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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.

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Euronext Dublin

Euronext Dublin (formerly The Irish Stock Exchange, ISE; Stocmhalartán na hÉireann) is Ireland's main stock exchange, and has been in existence since 1793.

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European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

Ireland has 14 seats in the European Parliament.

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Fishamble Street

Fishamble Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland within the old city walls.

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Fownes Street

Fownes Street is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland that runs from Wellington Quay in the north to Dame Street in the south.

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Francis Johnston (architect)

Francis Johnston (1760 – 14 March 1829) was an Anglo/Irish architect, best known for building the General Post Office (GPO) on O'Connell Street, Dublin.

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General Post Office, Dublin

The General Post Office (GPO; Ard-Oifig an Phoist) is the former headquarters of — the Irish Post Office.

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Georges Quay

George's Quay is a street and quay in Dublin on the southern bank of the River Liffey.

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Government Buildings

Government Buildings (Tithe an Rialtais) is a large Edwardian building enclosing a quadrangle on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland, in which several key offices of the Government of Ireland are located.

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Grafton Street

Grafton Street is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre — the other being Henry Street.

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Ground rent

As a legal term, ground rent specifically refers to regular payments made by a holder of a leasehold property to the freeholder or a superior leaseholder, as required under a lease.

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Harcourt Street

Harcourt Street (Irish: Sráid Fhearchair) is a street located in Dublin City, Ireland.

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High Street, Dublin

High Street is a street in the medieval area of Dublin, Ireland.

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Holyhead

Holyhead (Caergybi, "Cybi's fort") is the largest town and a community in the county of Isle of Anglesey, Wales, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census.

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Irish Academic Press

Irish Academic Press is an independent Irish publishing house that was established in 1974, with a focus on Irish history, politics, literature and the arts.

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Leeson Street

Leeson Street is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.

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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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Leinster House

Leinster House (Teach Laighean) is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland.

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List of Dublin postal districts

Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as An Post, to sort mail in Dublin. Dublin 2 and List of Dublin postal districts are postal districts of Dublin.

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List of Eircode routing areas in Ireland

The list of Eircode routing key areas in Ireland is a tabulation of the routing key areas used by An Post and other mail delivery services for the purposes of directing mail within Ireland.

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List of postal codes

This list shows an overview of postal code notation schemes for all countries that have postal or ZIP Code systems.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Local government in the Republic of Ireland

The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils.

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Mail boat

Mail boats or postal boats are a boat or ship used for the delivery of mail, and sometimes transportation of goods, people and vehicles, in communities where bodies of water commonly separate settlements, towns or cities, often where bridges are not available.

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Mail coach

A mail coach is a stagecoach that is used to deliver mail.

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Mansion House, Dublin

The Mansion House (Teach an Ard-Mhéara) is a house on Dawson Street, Dublin, which has been the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1715, and was also the meeting place of the Dáil Éireann from 1919 until 1922.

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Merrion Square

Merrion Square is a Georgian garden square on the southside of Dublin city centre.

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Minister for Posts and Telegraphs

The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Aire Poist agus Telegrafa) was the holder of a position in the Government of Ireland (and, earlier, in the Executive Council of the Irish Free State).

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.

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Molesworth Street, Dublin

Molesworth Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland named after Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth and links the more notable Dawson Street with Kildare Street and lies just over 200 m to the north of St. Stephens Green in Dublin's central business district.

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Mount Street Lower

Mount Street Lower is a street in Dublin, Ireland laid out during the 1780s.

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O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street is a street in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, running north from the River Liffey.

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Office of Public Works

The Office of Public Works (OPW) (Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí.) (legally the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) is a major Irish Government agency, which manages most of the Irish State's property portfolio, including hundreds of owned and rented Government offices and police properties, oversees National Monuments and directly manages some heritage properties, and is the lead State engineering agency, with a special focus on flood risk management.

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Oireachtas

The Oireachtas, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland.

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Old Dublin Society

The Old Dublin Society (Cumann Seandacht Átha Cliath) was founded in 1934.

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Parliament House, Dublin

Parliament House (Tithe na Parlaiminte) in Dublin, Ireland, was home to the Parliament of Ireland, and since 1803 has housed the Bank of Ireland.

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Pearse Street

Pearse Street is a major street in Dublin.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland

A postal address in Ireland is a place of delivery defined by Irish Standard (IS) EN 14142-1:2011 ("Postal services. Address databases") and serviced by the universal service provider, italic.

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Provinces of Ireland

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

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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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River Liffey

The River Liffey (Irish: An Life, historically An Ruirthe(a)ch) is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay.

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Royal Society of British Artists

The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.

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Sheriff Street

Sheriff Street is a street in the north inner city of Dublin, Ireland, lying between East Wall and North Wall and often considered to be part of the North Wall area.

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South William Street, Dublin

William Street South, commonly known as South William Street, (Irish: Plás Mhic Liam Theas) is a street located on Dublin's Southside.

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Southside, Dublin

The Southside (Taobh Ó Dheas) is the part of Dublin city that lies south of the River Liffey.

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St Andrew's Street, Dublin

St Andrew's Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland.

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St Stephen's Green

St Stephen's Green is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland.

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Temple Bar, Dublin

Temple Bar (Barra an Teampaill) is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. Dublin 2 and Temple Bar, Dublin are places in Dublin (city).

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.

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Westmoreland Street

Westmoreland Street is a street on the Southside of Dublin.

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Wicklow

Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin, meaning 'church of the toothless one'; Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland.

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See also

Places in Dublin (city)

• Arbour Hill
• Clonskeagh
• Deanery of St Patrick
• Dolphin's Barn
• Dublin (barony)
• Dublin 1
• Dublin 2
• Dublin 4
• Dublin Docklands
• Dublin Landings
• East Point Business Park
• George's Dock, Dublin
• Grand Canal Dock
• Italian Quarter, Dublin
• Liberty of Thomas Court and Donore
• Linenhall, Dublin
• List of gates of Dublin
• Manor of Glasnevin
• Manor of Kilmainham
• Manor of St. Sepulchre
• Pimlico, Dublin
• Poolbeg
• Rialto, Dublin
• Sandymount Strand
• Shandon, Dublin
• Silicon Docks
• South Lotts
• Spencer Dock
• Streets and squares in Dublin
• Temple Bar, Dublin
• The Back of the Pipes, Dublin
• The Digital Hub
• Treasury Building (Dublin)

Postal districts of Dublin

• Dublin 1
• Dublin 15
• Dublin 2
• Dublin 4
• Dublin 8
• List of Dublin postal districts

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_2

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