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Dublin Castle is the seat of British rule in Ireland. Located in central Dublin, the castle contains the offices and residences of various Irish government officials. As the chief superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, James Dunne has living quarters in Dublin Castle, so Willie and his sisters grow up there.
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Dublin Castle Term Timeline in A Long Long Way
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Chapter 1
...years later, Willie’s family moves from their house in Dalkey into their new quarters in Dublin Castle . Now 16 years old, Willie misses his mother and cries in bed thinking of...
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Chapter 6
Willie knocks on the door to his family’s quarters in Dublin Castle . Maud answers the door, but at first she doesn’t recognize Willie. Then she excitedly...
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Chapter 19
Willie returns home. Outside his family’s quarters in Dublin Castle , Dolly is playing with dolls that Willie suddenly remembers from his own childhood. Dolly...
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...so he never had to hear Willie’s “villainy.” Maud weeps, and Willie walks out of Dublin Castle into the dark.
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