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Dublin: Kildare Town
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Dublin, first called Monadnock No. 3, was one of the townships laid out by the Masonian Proprietors as part of an elaborate 18th century real estate speculation. The Town dates its founding to 1752, when William Thornton built and occupied a cabin just this side of the Peterborough line, on the edge of what is now the McDowell reservoir. Thornton... left after a year or two, and the first permanent settlers, all descendants of Ulster Protestants, arrived some time after 1760.
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[G]ranted in 1749 as Monadnock, and incorporated in 1771 as Dublin. The town was originally settled as North Monadnock, or Number 3, one of a group of eight towns in the region settled by Scots colonists. The name was taken from Dublin, Ireland. Dublin is home to Yankee Publishing, Inc., publishers of Yankee Magazine, The Travel Guide to New England, and the Old Farmer's Almanac.
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The Town was chartered in 1771 under the name of Dublin, but there is no record of why that name was chosen. There is speculation that one of the first settlers, Richard Strongman, was a native of Dublin, Ireland, but nobody knows for sure.
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The Curragh racecourse is in County Kildare, south west of Dublin, about 50 km from the city. In Kildare Town itself are the Japanese Gardens, home to many varieties of exotic flora and fauna.
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