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200:Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway
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1164:Defunct town tramway systems by city
1114:Public transport operators in Dublin
470:Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
18:Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
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145:"South Dublin County-Templeogue"
490:Lucan and Leixlip Steam Tramway
205:Loco No. 10 at Templeogue, 1929
1174:1886 establishments in Ireland
485:Dublin and Lucan Steam Tramway
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99:Great Southern Railways
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40:from 1888 until 1932.
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256:International airport
1169:Irish gauge railways
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128:Notes and references
58:Irish standard gauge
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84:World War I
77:Poulaphouca
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38:Co. Wicklow
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1159:Templeogue
1148:Categories
563:Dublin Bus
500:Heavy rail
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330:(proposed)
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115:The morgue
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508:InterCity
428:MetroLink
181:26 August
1097:Agencies
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518:Commuter
399:Transdev
395:Red Line
175:Archived
155:4 August
103:Tallaght
50:Terenure
26:Terenure
24:between
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171:"Gauge"
120:Sources
44:History
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30:Dublin
1072:Ports
1038:Water
988:Other
70:trams
22:trams
1024:list
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370:Rail
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