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County Dublin

County Dublin is a historic county surrounding city in the Republic of Ireland, with a population of 1.5 million in 2022. It was abolished as an administrative or political unit in 1994, with its territory allocated to four new entities.
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is the capital city of Ireland. Its vibrancy, nightlife and tourist attractions are world renowned and it's the most popular entry point for international visitors to Ireland.

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is an international airport serving , . It is operated by DAA. The airport is located in Collinstown, 7 km north of Dublin, and 3 km south of the town of .

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is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here.

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is a town 12 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 41,000. It's historically in County Dublin, which in 1994 was divided, with becoming the county town of Fingal. is within the town limits and much of is industrial or commuterland for the city, but with an ancient castle and Round Tower.

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is a small seaside town historically in County Dublin, 14 km northeast of city centre. It's on a "tombola" peninsula - once an island, it became connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus, which is now the residential area of Sutton.

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is a seaside town 18 km northeast of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 18,608. Historically it's part of County Dublin, which was divided so nowadays is governed by County Fingal.

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is a seaside town at the north end of County Dublin, 32 km north of city centre. It was a small fishing village until 1780 then grew rapidly as a textile town, processing cotton and linen.

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is a coastal suburban town near . The Bellfield campus of University College Dublin, a major research university, is about 2 km west of . The area is home to marsh, a bird sanctuary.

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is a picturesque seaside village in the suburbs of Dublin. It has a Norman castle, several scenic walks, and the island just offshore was a pilgrimage site and slave market.

County Dublin

Latitude of center
53.44° or 53° 26′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
-6.25° or 6° 15′ west
Population
1,270,000
Wiki­data ID
Q173500
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“County Dublin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دبلن”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه دبلن”
  • Armenian: “Դուբլին”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Dublín”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Dublín”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dublin qraflığı”
  • Balinese: “County Dublin”
  • Basque: “Dublin konderria”
  • Basque: “Dublingo konderri”
  • Basque: “Dublingo konderria”
  • Belarusian: “графства Дублін”
  • Breton: “kontelezh Dulenn”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Dulenn”
  • Bulgarian: “Дъблин”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Dublín”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Dublín”
  • Chinese: “Dublin Kūn”
  • Chinese: “西南地区”
  • Chinese: “西南地區”
  • Chinese: “都柏林地区”
  • Chinese: “都柏林地區”
  • Chinese: “都柏林郡”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Dublin vilâyeti”
  • Czech: “Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Czech: “County Dublin”
  • Czech: “Dublin”
  • Czech: “Hrabství Dublin”
  • Danish: “County Dublin”
  • Dutch: “County Dublin”
  • Esperanto: “Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Esperanto: “County Dublin”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando de Dublino”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando Dublino”
  • Esperanto: “Réigiúin Átha Cliath”
  • Estonian: “Dublini krahvkond”
  • Estonian: “Dublini regioon”
  • Extremaduran: “Condalgu de Dublín”
  • Finnish: “County Dublin”
  • Finnish: “Dublinin kreivikunta”
  • French: “comté de Dublin”
  • French: “Comté de Dublin”
  • French: “Dublin”
  • Galician: “Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Galician: “Condado de Dublín”
  • Georgian: “დუბლინის საგრაფო”
  • German: “County Dublin”
  • German: “Region Dublin”
  • Greek: “Δουβλίνο”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Δουβλίνου”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דבלין”
  • Icelandic: “County Dublin”
  • Icelandic: “Dyflinarsýsla”
  • Icelandic: “Dyflinnarsýsla”
  • Indonesian: “County Dublin”
  • Irish: “Co. Átha Cliath”
  • Irish: “Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Irish: “Contae Átha Cliath”
  • Irish: “Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Italian: “contea di Dublino”
  • Italian: “Contea di Dublino”
  • Japanese: “ダブリン県”
  • Kazakh: “Дублин (графтық)”
  • Kazakh: “Дублин”
  • Korean: “더블린주”
  • Kurdish: “County Dublin”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Dublinensis”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Eblanensis”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Eblaniensis”
  • Latvian: “Dublinas grāfiste”
  • Lithuanian: “Dublino grafystė”
  • Macedonian: “Даблин”
  • Manx: “Ard Ghivlyn”
  • Manx: “Coontae Aah Cleeah”
  • Manx: “Coontae Ghivlyn”
  • Manx: “Coontae Valley Aah Cleeah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dublin Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “County Dublin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “County Dublin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “County of Dublin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dublin County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dublin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Dublin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dublin Region”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dublinregionen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Réigiúin Átha Cliath”
  • Norwegian: “Dublin”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Difelin-scir”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Difelinscīr”
  • Ossetian: “Дублин”
  • Ossetian: “Дублины графад”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دوبلین”
  • Polish: “Dublin”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de dublim”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Dublin”
  • Quechua: “Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dublin”
  • Romanian: “Judeţul Dublin”
  • Romanian: “Județul Dublin”
  • Russian: “Дублин (графство)”
  • Russian: “Дублин (традиционное графство)”
  • Russian: “Дублин”
  • Scots: “Coontie Dublin”
  • Scots: “Coonty Dublin”
  • Scots: “Dublin coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Átha Cliath”
  • Serbian: “Dablin”
  • Serbian: “Даблин”
  • Slovak: “Dublin”
  • Slovenian: “County Dublin”
  • Slovenian: “Dublin”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Dublin”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Dublín”
  • Spanish: “County Dublin”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Dublin”
  • Swedish: “County Dublin”
  • Swedish: “Dublin”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Dublin”
  • Tajik: “Велояти Дублин”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Дублин”
  • Turkish: “Baile Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Co Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Co Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Co Dublin”
  • Turkish: “Co. Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Co. Dublin”
  • Turkish: “Contae Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath”
  • Turkish: “Dublin Co.”
  • Turkish: “Dublin County”
  • Turkish: “Dublin ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Dublin ili”
  • Turkish: “Dublin Kontluğu”
  • Turkish: “IE-D”
  • Ukrainian: “графство Дублін”
  • Ukrainian: “Дублін (графство)”
  • Ukrainian: “Дублін”
  • Urdu: “کاؤنٹی ڈبلن”
  • Vietnamese: “Dublin”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Dublin”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Dulyn”

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