Sandymount

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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.

The area is bounded on the Strand Road and Beach Road side by the sea at Sandymount Strand and Merrion Strand. To the north is Irishtown on the way to Ringsend, and to the west, Ballsbridge. Sandymount Green is a triangular park at the centre of the village.

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. Mount Tabor nursing home shares the grounds of the church.

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. 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. The village contains almost all of the shops one could possibly need; butcher, cobbler, cafe's, barber, chipper (Borza's), art gallery, post office, clothes and shoe shops, book shop, Chemist(s) etc. The village is served by two pubs, and a number of restaurants and cafe's; including Dunne and Crecenzi, Mario's, Itsa4, Brown's and Cafe Java. Sandymount has a station on the electrified (DART) suburban railway system.

Sandymount and Sandymount Strand feature prominently in several episodes of James Joyce's Ulysses.

Sandymount is the birthplace of poet W.B. Yeats.

Marian College and the former Sandymount High School were within walking distance of Sandymount village.

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