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Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population.

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Watch: Thousands gather for St Patrick's Day parade From Dublin to Chicago, St Patrick's Day celebrated around the globe with music, dance and parades Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:01Published 6 days ago

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