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Lusk

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Lusk is a coastal town in County Dublin where a round tower and a Norman square tower still stand beside one another. The name may come from the Irish word for cave, linking the place to Saint MacCullin and the hidden chambers beneath the coast. Vikings burned it repeatedly before turning south to found Dublin, while older burial cysts and flint tools continue to surface in its fields. The town has kept layers of loss, faith and reinvention without pretending any of them are finished.
Lusk is recorded as a memorial in County Dublin. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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