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Sandymount
Sandymount (Irish: Dumhach Thrá) is a coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland.
An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill. During the 18th century, there was a village called Brickfield Town on the site of Sandymount Green; this took its name from Lord Merrion's brickfields, which stretched from here to Merrion at the time. The Irish name Dumhach Thrá is more recent than the one in English and approximately translates as sandy ground or sand dune of a beach.
Sandymount is located between 3 and 4 km south-east of Dublin's city centre. At the northern end, it begins where Newbridge Avenue meets Herbert Road, running to Church Avenue at the coast, west along the DART rail line, and south to Merrion Gates. Sandymount Promenade runs along the coast road (Strand Road) from Sandymount Strand, down to Merrion Gates. It lies a little south of the Great South Wall in Dublin Bay.
The River Dodder passes nearby to the west, and three streams, the Elm Park, Nutley and Trimleston, come to the coast to the south, but any pollution of these affects Sandymount Strand. In the past, the Nutley Stream came to the coast in what is now Sandymount and severe flooding occurred on the old course in 1963.
Neighbouring suburbs are Ballsbridge, Merrion, and Irishtown.
Sandymount is in the local electoral area for elections to Dublin City Council and in the Dáil constituency of Dublin Bay South.
Sandymount was once part of the Pembroke Township, which took its name from the fact that this area was part of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke.
About halfway along Sandymount strand is the Sandymount Martello tower, part of a system of defences built to warn of an invasion by Napoleon. The tower housed a café in the 1960s. An attempt to turn the tower into a restaurant led to the installation of a large window with roller blinds on the seaward side of the tower. The restaurant never opened, leaving the tower with the modified window, and landscaped exterior abandoned on the strand. It is one of approximately 29 Martello Towers in the Greater Dublin Area and the closest to Dublin City and port.[citation needed]
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Sandymount
Sandymount (Irish: Dumhach Thrá) is a coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland.
An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill. During the 18th century, there was a village called Brickfield Town on the site of Sandymount Green; this took its name from Lord Merrion's brickfields, which stretched from here to Merrion at the time. The Irish name Dumhach Thrá is more recent than the one in English and approximately translates as sandy ground or sand dune of a beach.
Sandymount is located between 3 and 4 km south-east of Dublin's city centre. At the northern end, it begins where Newbridge Avenue meets Herbert Road, running to Church Avenue at the coast, west along the DART rail line, and south to Merrion Gates. Sandymount Promenade runs along the coast road (Strand Road) from Sandymount Strand, down to Merrion Gates. It lies a little south of the Great South Wall in Dublin Bay.
The River Dodder passes nearby to the west, and three streams, the Elm Park, Nutley and Trimleston, come to the coast to the south, but any pollution of these affects Sandymount Strand. In the past, the Nutley Stream came to the coast in what is now Sandymount and severe flooding occurred on the old course in 1963.
Neighbouring suburbs are Ballsbridge, Merrion, and Irishtown.
Sandymount is in the local electoral area for elections to Dublin City Council and in the Dáil constituency of Dublin Bay South.
Sandymount was once part of the Pembroke Township, which took its name from the fact that this area was part of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke.
About halfway along Sandymount strand is the Sandymount Martello tower, part of a system of defences built to warn of an invasion by Napoleon. The tower housed a café in the 1960s. An attempt to turn the tower into a restaurant led to the installation of a large window with roller blinds on the seaward side of the tower. The restaurant never opened, leaving the tower with the modified window, and landscaped exterior abandoned on the strand. It is one of approximately 29 Martello Towers in the Greater Dublin Area and the closest to Dublin City and port.[citation needed]