Dublin-born

From Ireland's capital

Dublin-born describes someone born in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland.

The compound appears in biographical contexts: Dublin-born author James Joyce, the Dublin-born musician.

Like other place-born compounds, it typically precedes the noun it modifies.

literary

Joyce

Irish personal name

  • WildeAnglo-Irish family name
  • ShawBritish-origin family name
  • YeatsIrish Nobel poet

Beckett · Stoker · author · writer · playwright · poet · novelist · literary · Nobel · modernist

identity

Irish

Of the Emerald Isle

heritage · origin · homeland · roots · citizenship · nationality · lineage · ancestry · background · descent

geographic

Liffey

Dublin's principal river

working-class · middle-class · parish · neighborhood · urban · capital · coastal

musical

U2

Dublin stadium band

songwriter · band · performer · rockstar · vocalist · artist · busker · trad · folk · punk

celebrity

actor

One who portrays characters

notable · distinguished · acclaimed · prominent · celebrated · star · icon · personality · entertainer · comedian

Opposites
geographic origin within ireland

Dublin-bornprovincial

Regional or narrow-minded

farm-raised · small-town · non-metropolitan

irish vs. foreign birth

Dublin-bornforeign-born

Native to elsewhere

immigrant · continental · outsider

Family

born, borne, Dublin, Dubliners

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