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Kingstown
Kingstown, the new name given in 1821, in commemoration of the visit of George IV, to Dunleary, south of Dublin, from which the king embarked to return to England. In 1922 it was renamed Dún Laoghaire. In the 18th century a minor harbour village, Dunleary/Kingstown grew very rapidly from the 1820s to the 1870s, by which point it had a population of some 18,000; the smaller and shorter‐lived autonomous townships of Blackrock and Dalkey were immediately contiguous.
The town's rise rested on a number of factors— the construction of the huge artificial harbour for the mail and packet services to Holyhead in the 1820s; its fashionable status as location for upperclass yacht racing; and its attractions as a salubrious maritime retreat from an often sickly city. The most important factor was, however, the building of a rail link from the city in 1834 and the entrepreneurial skills of the railway company concerned; not by coincidence did Kingstown become an independent township in the same year. Underpinning all of this was a history of competent management of the estate on which most of the town lay, jointly owned by the Longford and de Vesci families. Local government remained in the hands of Protestant businessmen and property developers, unionist in their politics, until 1914 when Nationalist Party supporters won control of the town. The 20th‐century town retained its independence until local government reform in 1993, by which time it had become an indistinguishable part of the south‐east wing of the Dublin conurbation. David Dickson |
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"Kingstown." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kingstown." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Kingstown.html "Kingstown." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Kingstown.html |
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Kingstown
Kingstown town (1989 est. pop. 19,300), capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. The chief port of St. Vincent, Kingstown is an export center for the island's agricultural industry as well as a port of entry for tourists. |
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"Kingstown." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kingstown." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KingstwWI.html "Kingstown." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KingstwWI.html |
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Kingstown
Kingstown, St Vincent/West Indies St Vincent was ceded to Great Britain in 1763 during the reign of King George III† and the name merely signifies its allegiance to the British crown.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kingstown." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kingstown." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kingstown.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kingstown." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kingstown.html |
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Kingstown
Kingstown Capital and chief port of St Vincent and the Grenadines, on the sw coast. Exports: cotton, sugar cane, molasses, cacao, fruit. Pop. (2002 est.) 17,400.
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"Kingstown." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kingstown." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Kingstown.html "Kingstown." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Kingstown.html |
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Kingstown
Kingstown borough, Republic of Ireland: see Dún Laoghaire . |
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"Kingstown." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kingstown." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-KingstwIre.html "Kingstown." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-KingstwIre.html |
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Kingstown
Kingstown •brown, Browne, clown, crown, down, downtown, drown, frown, gown, low-down, noun, renown, run-down, town, upside-down, uptown
•crackdown • clampdown • Ashdown
•markdown • letdown • meltdown
•breakdown, shakedown, takedown
•kick-down • thistledown • sit-down
•climbdown • countdown
•Southdown
•godown, hoedown, showdown, slowdown
•put-down • touchdown • tumbledown
•comedown
•rundown, sundown
•shutdown • eiderdown • nightgown
•pronoun • Jamestown • Freetown
•midtown • Bridgetown • Kingstown
•shanty town • Georgetown • Motown
•hometown • toytown • Newtown
•Charlottetown • Chinatown
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"Kingstown." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kingstown." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Kingstown.html "Kingstown." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Kingstown.html |
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