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  • Paul: I am from a coastal town called Balbriggan which is located in the Dublin region. darkstar: Why did you choose Vancouver of all places to relocate?

    Metal Underground .com 2009

  • Ye see, "says he, shaking his pawky old head," the day ye find a priest sittin 'in the court at Trinity is a day ye'll be able to skate over Dublin Bay from Bray to Balbriggan - an' as for seein 'St Stephen's Green from the court, well, I doubt if even ould Faylen could see that far from heaven, where he's been this five-and-thirty years, God rest his soul.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • The most popular lunchtime entree is the Balbriggan salmon, shown here.

    Jersey Gastropub 2010

  • His nether extremities were encased in high Balbriggan buskins dyed in lichen purple, the feet being shod with brogues of salted cowhide laced with the windpipe of the same beast.

    Ulysses 2003

  • The tour bus had reached the Balbriggan around ten-thirty that morning.

    Jackson's Woman Lind, Judi 1999

  • Vera's research had brought her to the Balbriggan where Verity had disappeared decades ago; would Vera also meet her destiny in this abandoned mine?

    Jackson's Woman Lind, Judi 1999

  • She had expected to feel a stirring, some kinship with the past but. but the Balbriggan only evoked a sense of melancholy.

    Jackson's Woman Lind, Judi 1999

  • When the posse finally tracked her down after Verity's stepfather's body was discovered, they found the Balbriggan deserted.

    Jackson's Woman Lind, Judi 1999

  • Ye see, "says he, shaking his pawky old head," the day ye find a priest sittin 'in the court at Trinity is a day ye'll be able to skate over Dublin Bay from Bray to Balbriggan - an' as for seein 'St Stephen's Green from the court, well, I doubt if even ould Faylen could see that far from heaven, where he's been this five-and-thirty years, God rest his soul.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • Ye see, "says he, shaking his pawky old head," the day ye find a priest sittin 'in the court at Trinity is a day ye'll be able to skate over Dublin Bay from Bray to Balbriggan - an' as for seein 'St Stephen's Green from the court, well, I doubt if even ould Faylen could see that far from heaven, where he's been this five-and-thirty years, God rest his soul.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

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