Dalkey

Dalkey 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include James Joyce Tower and Museum and Dalkey.

Museum
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The is a in , , where James Joyce spent six nights in 1904. The opening scenes of his 1922 novel Ulysses take place here, and the tower is a place of pilgrimage for Joyce enthusiasts, especially on Bloomsday.

Railway station
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railway station is a railway station that serves in , .

Railway station
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railway station serves in , Ireland. It is beside 'The Metals', a walking and cycling route that runs from to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dún Laoghaire and Sallynoggin.

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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.

Suburb
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is an area of in , in , . The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.

Suburb
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is an outer residential suburb of , . It is in the south of , in the council area. The suburb is 14 km south-east of Dublin city centre, and is south-west of , north-east of , east of and north of .

Dalkey

Latitude
53.2783° or 53° 16′ 42″ north
Longitude
-6.1074° or 6° 6′ 27″ west
Population
6,620
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE DAL
Open location code
9C5M7VHV+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52257039
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2964892
Wiki­data ID
Q659895
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Dalkey” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Dalkey”
  • Bulgarian: “Далкей”
  • Catalan: “Dalkey”
  • Cebuano: “Dalkey”
  • Chinese: “达尔基”
  • Chinese: “達爾基”
  • Danish: “Dalkey”
  • Dutch: “Dalkey”
  • Estonian: “Dalkey”
  • Finnish: “Dalkey”
  • French: “Dalkey”
  • Galician: “Dalkey”
  • German: “Dalkey”
  • Hebrew: “דלקי”
  • Irish: “Deilginis”
  • Italian: “Dalkey”
  • Japanese: “ダルキー”
  • Japanese: “ドーキー”
  • Persian: “دالکی”
  • Polish: “Dalkey”
  • Russian: “Долки”
  • Scots: “Dalkey”
  • Spanish: “Dalkey”
  • Swedish: “Dalkey”
  • Ukrainian: “Долкі”
  • Urdu: “ڈالکی”
  • Welsh: “Dalkey”

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