Dún Laoghaire

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Irish Dún Laoghaire (literally “fort of Laoghaire”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dún Laoghaire

  1. A town and port in County Dublin, Ireland.
    Synonyms: Dunleary, Kingstown (historical)
    • 1955 June, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 394:
      The next morning we caught the boat train to Dun Laoghaire [sic], and we were soon on our way across the Irish Sea.

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠeːɾʲə/
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠiːɾʲə/

Proper noun

Dún Laoghaire m (genitive Dún Laoghaire)

  1. Dún Laoghaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of Dún Laoghaire
radical lenition eclipsis
Dún Laoghaire Dhún Laoghaire nDún Laoghaire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “Dún Laoghaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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