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  • The viceregal cavalcade passed, greeted by obsequious policemen, out of Parkgate. —

    Ulysses 2003

  • Parkgate, [4] but no hurt; the horse understanding falls very well, and lying quietly till I get up.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • On the lonely road which leads from the Parkgate to Chapelizod he slackened his pace.

    Dubliners 2003

  • Parkgate: 1530 sites are planned and by the end of March this year about 70 houses will be completed.

    A SHORT RESPONSE TO MTSHALI'S SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE PROVINCE BY DUMISANI MAKHAYE 2003

  • In the early part of the eighteenth century Parkgate was a rival of Holyhead as a station for the Dublin packets, which started, on the Irish side, from off

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • As he did not wish their last interview to be troubled by the influence of their ruined confessional they meet in a little cakeshop near the Parkgate.

    Dubliners 2003

  • Parkgate: 1530 sites are planned and by the end of March this year about 70 houses will be completed.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Parkgate, it will be recalled, was a notorious "nest of seamen."

    The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

  • No householder would admit the gangsmen beneath his roof; and when at length they succeeded in gaining a foothold within the city, all who were liable to the press immediately deserted it -- "as they do every town where there is a gang" -- and went "to reside at Parkgate."

    The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

  • Parkgate in this way became a resort of sea-faring men without parallel in the kingdom -- a "nest" whose hornet bands were long, and with good reason, notorious for their ferocity and aggressiveness.

    The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

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