Midlands city having name for church in Dublin location? (8)
I believe the answer is:
leinster
'church in dublin location?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'midlands city having name' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'name' could be 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms) and 'n' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'leister' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leinster that I've seen before include "Irish district" , "Irish province" , "Irish town" , "Province of SE Ireland" , "One of the four provinces of Ireland" .)