Dun Laoghaire (IE)

Kingstown 1872

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The town was built up alongside a small existing settlement following 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dublin.

It was known as Dunleary until it was renamed Kingstown in honour of King George IV's 1821 visit, and in 1920 was given its present name of Dún Laoghaire, the original Irish form from which "Dunleary" was anglicised.

Over time, the town became a residential location, a seaside resort, the terminus of Ireland's first railway and the administrative centre of the former borough of Dún Laoghaire, and from 1994, of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

The coastal suburb of Dún Laoghaire is popular for strolls on the East Pier, and locally caught fish and chips.

The National Maritime Museum of Ireland has nautical art and artefacts inside a 19th-century sailors’ church, while the harbour is a busy hub for fishing, water sports and cruises.

Nearby Sandycove is home to the James Joyce Tower and Museum, as well as the sheltered beach and bathing spot at Forty Foot.

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Dun Laoghaire (IE) Ireland 1922 -

1960 Feb 22nd. Cover. Dún Laoghaire to Bad Ems, Germany

GB Era Kingstown -1922

1872 Kingstown P.O. cancellation.

Kingstown M.O.O. Money Order Office cancel of 1872.

1905 Kingstown Postcard to Walton-on-Thames.