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Brewer's: Kingstown
(Ireland), formerly called Dunleary. The name was changed in 1821 out of compliment to George IV., who visited Ireland that year, and left Dunleary harbour for his return home on September 5th.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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