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Sandymount (Dumhach Thrá in Irish) is a seaside village/suburb in the district of Dublin 4 in Ireland. Previous names for the area were "Brickfield Town" and "Scallet Hill" (a rabbit warren). Dublin 4 is a postal district of Dublin, Ireland including the suburbs of Sandymount, Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Ringsend and Irishtown on Dublins Southside Dublin. ...
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The area is bounded on the Strand Road and Beach Road side by the sea and the South Bull mudflats at Sandymount Strand and Merrion Strand. To the north is Irishtown on the way to Ringsend, and to the west, Ballsbridge. Sandymount Strand is a large strand on the east coast of Ireland, adjacent to the village/suburb of Sandymount in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. ...
Irishtown is a district of Dublin, Ireland. ...
Ringsend is a suburb of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ...
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Dublin Ireland, is named for the bridge spanning the River Dodder on the south side of the city. ...
Sandymount railway station is on the electrified (DART) suburban railway system. Sandymount railway station serves Sandymount, Ballsbridge, and Simmonscourt in County Dublin. ...
An 8200 Class DART unit, Iarnród Éireann 8203, at Grand Canal Dock station in 2001 Some DART trains feature these LED route describers - green indicates the route which has already been travelled, orange the route expected to be followed and flashing red the next station. ...
Religion The Catholic church in Sandymount is dedicated to Our Lady Star of the Sea. Christ Church, on the Green, is a united Methodist and Presbyterian congregation, which appoints a minister from either denomination alternately. The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...
Mount Tabor nursing home shares the grounds of the church.
The area is also home to a major house of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa.
Amenities Sandymount Green is a (roughly) triangular park at the centre of Sandymount. Houses and shops face onto it and there is a bust of William Butler Yeats in the park. Small trees are the main foliage. William Butler Yeats, 1933. ...
The supermarket currently operated by Tesco Ireland was previously part of the Quinnsworth chain, and before that, it was H. Williams. Mapothers on the Green was a newsagent, as was The Gem. On the corner opposite Ryan's pub was Bracken's store which burnt down. Tesco Ireland Limited is a supermarket company in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Today, many of the family-run businesses have left the village. Franchises such as Tesco, Xtra Vision and Spar have made their presence felt but the overriding feel of the village is one of small owner-run businesses and the village contains almost all of the shops one could possibly need; butcher, cobbler, cafés, barber, chipper (Borza's), art gallery (Gallery 4), post office, clothes and shoe shops, book shop, Chemist(s) etc. Fish and chips in modern packaging Fish and chips or fish n chips, a popular take-away food, consists of deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes, traditionally sold wrapped in newspaper. ...
The village is served by two pubs, and a number of restaurants and cafés; including Dunne and Crecenzi, Mario's, Itsa4, Brown's cafe (be careful of tipping as it does not go to the staff) and Cafe Java.
Points of note Sandymount and Sandymount Strand feature prominently in several episodes of James Joyce's Ulysses. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ...
Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. ...
Sandymount is the birthplace of poet W.B. Yeats. A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ...
Marian College and the former Sandymount High School were within walking distance of Sandymount village. Marian College is a Marist Catholic secondary school on Lansdowne Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin. ...
Sandymount High School was a coeducational secondary school on Herbert Road, Sandymount, Dublin. ...
Local Representatives
A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...
Ruairi Quinn (Irish: Ruairà Ó Cuinn) (born 2 April 1946) is an Irish Labour politician. ...
Lucinda Creighton is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. ...
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See also This is a link page for cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland, including larger villages, and villages and townlands of note, as well as towns, townships or urban centres in Dublin. ...
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