Sandymount Avenue

Sandymount Avenue
	Level crossing at Sandymount railway station where Sandymount Avenue crosses the DART line
Native name	Ascaill Dhumhach Thrá (Irish)
Namesake	Sandymount
Length	750 m (2,460 ft)
Width	12 metres (39 ft)
Location	Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D04
Coordinates	53.328363°N 6.219648°W
west end	Merrion Road
east end	Gilford Road
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Known for	W.B. Yeats birthplace

Sandymount Avenue (Irish: Ascaill Dhumhach Thrá) joins Merrion Road to Gilford Road in Sandymount, Dublin. Sandymount railway station is located roughly halfway along it at a level crossing. It is a residential area.^[1]

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W.B. Yeats, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, was born here. A plaque now marks his birthplace.^[2]^[3]

[1]
Gallagher, Alanna (8 October 2019). "Nothing added but time – and TLC – on Sandymount Ave for €1.6m". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
[2]
Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. p. 454. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4.
[3]
Gould, Warwick (27 July 2016). Yeats Annual. Springer. ISBN 9781349062065 – via Google Books.

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Level crossing at Sandymount railway station where Sandymount Avenue crosses the DART line

Native name	Ascaill Dhumhach Thrá (Irish)
Namesake	Sandymount
Length	750 m (2,460 ft)
Width	12 metres (39 ft)
Location	Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D04
Coordinates	53.328363°N 6.219648°W / 53.328363; -6.219648
west end	Merrion Road
east end	Gilford Road
Known for	W.B. Yeats birthplace