Dún Laoghaire on Dublin's Riviera Ireland (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown - Dun Laoire)

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000CC" VLINK="#0000CC" ALINK="#0000CC"> <font size="-2" face="verdana,tahoma"><a href="wap/index.html">WAP</a></font><br> <font size="1" color="#ffffff">Dun Laoghaire is a large town and seaport nestling at the foothills of the Dublin Mountains in Ireland. Come and visit our town to see what we have to offer. Dun Laoghaire is a perfect place to begin any tour of Ireland.</font> <font size="1" color="#ffffff">It was once called Kingstown and before that the English called it Dunleary. Some people spell it without a space between the two words, Dunlaoghaire, but we all know the way to spell it is Dun Laoghaire. Come in and have a look around.</font>  <table width="100%" bgcolor="#FFCC00"><tr><td align="right" valign="top"><font face="tahoma,arial" size="+1"><b> DUN LAOGHAIRE FOR VISITORS </font></td></tr></table> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=85% ALIGN=CENTER> <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP> <A HREF="dir/dlba.html"> <IMG SRC="im/button/dlba2.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="(Site Sponsor) Dún Laoghaire Business Association"> </TD><TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP> <A HREF="emergency_numbers.html"> <IMG SRC="im/button/999.gif" ALT="Emergency Services Section" BORDER=0> </TD><TD ALIGN=center VALIGN=TOP><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="TAHOMA"><b> <form name="form"> DUN LAOGHAIRE DIRECT WEB<br> <select name="site" size=1 onChange="javascript:formHandler()" class="inputform"> <OPTION VALUE="local.html">=== WEB LINKS ===</option> <OPTION VALUE="car_rental.html">Dun Laoghaire Car Hire</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/dlba.html">Business Association</option> <OPTION VALUE="sos/main.html">Save Our Seafront</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/dltfc/main.html">Dun Laoghaire Town FC</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/coco.html">County Council</option> <OPTION VALUE="http://www.dlrtourism.com">County Tourism Co</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/riviera.html">Dublin's Riviera Tourism</option> <OPTION VALUE="http://www.dlrchamber.ie">Chamber of Commerce</option> <OPTION VALUE="http://www.dlharbour.ie/">The Harbour Company</option> <OPTION VALUE="genealogy/main.html">Genealogical Society</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/dlca.html">Community Association</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/history.html">Borough Historical Society</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/tidytowns.html">Tidy Towns Association</option> <OPTION VALUE="dir/hhdl.html">Holyhead-Dunlaogaire Link</option> </select></form></b></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>  <TABLE WIDTH=85% CELLPADDING=5 border=0 align=center> <TR><TD bgcolor="#DDFFE0" valign=center><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="ARIAL"> <p align=justify>Welcome to the Dún Laoghaire Homepage. Dún Laoghaire is a town on the coast about 7 miles (11km) south of Dublin. Together with the splendid harbour and surrounding rolling hills, Dún Laoghaire is the ideal place to begin or end your journey through Ireland. It was once called Kingstown and before that the English called it Dunleary. Some people spell it without a space between the two words, Dunlaoghaire or even Dun Laoire, but we all know the way to spell it is Dun Laoghaire. Come in and have a look around. </TD><TD valign=center align=middle valign=center><a href="#Site Guide"> <IMG SRC="im/eplhousehp.jpg" ALT="The East Pier Lighthouse" border=0></a> </TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH=85% CELLPADDING=5 border=0 align=center> <TR><TD align=middle valign=center> <IMG SRC="im/oldbike.gif" ALT="Ye Olde Harbour"> </TD><TD valign=center><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="ARIAL"><p align=justify> With a very successful Dún Laoghaire 1500th, Monkstown's 1200th and the opening of Dalkey's fine Heritage Centre marking 1998, the coastal strip must have an effective body to promote its Towns, Villages and district as a single "resort area". Rising to this challenge, the business and voluntary sectors have come together to establish a new company "Dublin's Riviera" to oversee the various events and festivals throughout the year. This new venture will ensure that the area from Booterstown Marsh to the estuary of the Shangannagh River will take its rightful place as "Dublin's Riviera" attracting business and visitors to the towns of Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock and Dalkey and to our magnificent Harbour, coastline, parks and marine facilities. </TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH=85% CELLPADDING=5 border=0 align=center> <TR><TD bgcolor="#DDFFE0"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="ARIAL"><p align=justify> <IMG SRC="im/cannonhp.jpg" ALT="The Harbour Cannon" align=right> Dún Laoghaire gets it's name from the Irish Translation, Fort (Dún) of Laoghaire. King Laoghaire was the ancient High King of Ireland before the Vikings arrived. When the English came they renamed the town Dunlary (Dunleary) to suit the English tongue. In 1821 it was renamed Kingstown by King George IV of England to honour his visit to the town that year. It remained Kingstown through Victorian times until in 1921, one year before independence, the town council voted to change the name back to the ancient Irish name Dún Laoghaire. The person most responsible for this was the Irish Martyr Patrick Moran who was commemorated with the naming of Moran Park.</B></FONT> </TD></TR> </TABLE>  <p align=center><IMG SRC="/im/seasons/default.jpg" WIDTH="460" HEIGHT="68" ALT="Welcome To Your Site" BORDER="0"> <p align=center><a href="cgi-bin/links/count.cgi?www.dun-laoghaire.com/car_rental.html"><img src="im/adverts/county460.gif" border=0></a> <p align=center><script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></p> <p align=center><iframe src="http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?t=dunlaoonlin-21&o=2&p=13&l=st1&mode=books&search=Dun%20Laoghaire&fc1=&lt1=&lc1=&bg1=&f=ifr" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="468" height="60" border="0" frameborder="0" style="border:none;" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p align=center><A HREF="http://www.dun-laoghaire.com/cgi-bin/links/count.cgi?www.dylanbradshaw.com/index.html" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://www.dylanbradshaw.com/im/sitebanner.gif" ALT="Dylan Bradshaw Dublin" BORDER=0></A></p> <HR WIDTH=500> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=8 align=center><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#009900" FACE="ARIAL"> <A HREF="weather.html"><IMG SRC="im/button/weather.gif" ALT="Local Weather for the Dublin Area" BORDER=0></A><BR> Local Weather<br>for the Dublin Area </B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#009900" FACE="ARIAL"> <A HREF="wavelink/wavelink.html"><IMG SRC="im/button/wavelink2.gif" ALT="Wave Link Discount Card" BORDER=0></A><BR> Wave Link<br>Discount Card<br>GET YOURS NOW </B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#009900" FACE="ARIAL"> <A HREF="walks.html"><IMG SRC="im/button/hiker.gif" ALT="Click Here to Start" BORDER=0></A><BR> Looking for somewhere<br>to take a stroll </B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#009900" FACE="ARIAL"> <A HREF="genealogy/main.html"><IMG SRC="im/button/genealogy.jpg" ALT="Trace your roots!" 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Come and visit our town to see what we have to offer. Dun Laoghaire is a perfect place to begin any tour of Ireland. It was once called Kingstown and before that the English called it Dunleary. Some people spell it without a space between the two words, Dunlaoghaire. But we all know the way to spell it is Dun Laoghaire. We now offer Car Hire as one of our services, follow the Rental Car Links throught the site</font> </body>