Dalkey
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Dalkey Deilginis |
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| 53 ° 17 ′ N , 6 ° 6 ′ W | ||||
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| Province: | Leinster | |||
| County: | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | |||
| Residents: | 8405 (2006) | |||
Dalkey ( Irish Deilginis ; German "Thorny Island" ) is a town in County Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown on the east coast of Ireland , southeast of Dublin . Until the administrative reorganization of the counties in the Republic of Ireland on January 1, 1994, Dalkey belonged to County Dublin ; in the 2006 census , 8405 inhabitants were determined.
Location and surroundings
Dalkey takes its name from the upstream, now uninhabited Dalkey Island , approx. 16 km south of Dublin and 3 km south of the port of Dún Laoghaire . There are several small harbors in or near Dalkey; the largest of these is the Bulloch Harbor fishing port near Dalkey. There is also a seal sanctuary there . Coliemore Harbor in Dalkey is much smaller, but used to be the main port for Dublin. Today the harbors mainly rent boats to tourists for fishing and for visiting Dalkey Island (with a Martello tower ), which is less than 300 m offshore .
Known residents
Dalkey was the birthplace of several well-known artists in the 20th century. In 1904, James Joyce was a teacher at the Clifton School in Dalkey; the then headmaster Francis Irwin was a model for the character of Mr. Deasy in Ulysses .
Today, many celebrities such as Chris de Burgh , Bono , The Edge , Enya , Van Morrison or Neil Jordan live in Dalkey or have acquired property here, which led to the metaphor of Dalkey as Dublin's Beverly Hills .
Flann O'Brien's 1964 novel From Dalkey's Archives is set in Dalkey.
sons and daughters of the town
- Maeve Binchy (1940–2012), writer and columnist
- Sinéad Cusack (born 1948), actress
- Margaret Hassan (1945–2004), Head of CARE International in Iraq
- Hugh Leonard (1926–2009), playwright and journalist
- Barry McCrea (* 1974), literary scholar and writer (grew up here)
gallery
Castle Street
Archbold's Castle
Bulloch Harbor
View of Dalkey Island
