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Sandymount

Sandymount (Dumhach Thrá in Irish) is a seaside village 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.

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, and franchises such as Tesco, Xtra Vision and Spar have taken over. However, Dunne and Crecenzi, an Italian trattoria, opened at the end of 2004. This restaurant sells good food and wine at reasonable prices.

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.

This article is licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sandymount".

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From:	smudgersmyth
Posted:	11 January 2008

sandymount

My fathers family all came orginally from Sandymount , no 6 seafort villas. The house was in my family until approx 1997 when my uncles sold it and moved away. My great grandfather used to ring the bell on the green , my auntie worked for Milligans and the later in the Gem. I remember Tom McCormack owning the green Grocers store and the Dowlings owing the Butcher's. O'reilleys was the high point of the village and my family knew them all well dating back to the late Mr and Mrs O'rielly well before Paul took over. Fond memories indeed of one of the best places in Dublin , i would love to hear from anyone who remembers my family through out the years they live there.

Sarah

From:	smudgersmyth
Posted:	11 January 2008

sandymount

My fathers family all came orginally from Sandymount , no 6 seafort villas. The house was in my family until approx 1997 when my uncles sold it and moved away. My great grandfather used to ring the bell on the green , my auntie worked for Milligans and the later in the Gem. I remember Tom McCormack owning the green Grocers store and the Dowlings owing the Butcher's. O'reileys was the high point of the village and my family knew them all well dating back to the late Mr and Mrs O'reiley well before Paul took over. Fond memories indeed of one of the best places in Dublin , i would love to hear from anyone who remembers my family throughout the years they lived there.

Sarah

From:	NiallMac
Posted:	30 May 2008

Sandymount Strand

I grew up on Sandymount Strand (141 Strand Road). On warm summer days as a kid I would spend all day on the beach and my mother would hand me my lunch over the wall. It was the closest beach to the city (since, sadly, replaced by an esplanade) and during the summer hoards of children and their parents would descend on it and it was a hive of activity. When the tide went out (and it went out along way) hawkers would have pony and trap rides. "Penny a ride on the pony and trap, tuppence a ride on Trigger". He must have had a huge voice because I can still hear it in my mind's eye (or my mind's ear, I suppose) drowning out the general hubbub. There was an abandoned public swimming pool there and it was host to all sorts of crabs, eels, mussels (too polluted to eat) and so on. I loved to catch a crab and chase the girls with them. It was here I had my first kiss and almost my first sex. I also remember one Sunday at Donahue's Pub when the Sunday morning session ended and nobody wanted to stop so we adjourned to Sandymount Strand. It was a beautiful day and the beach was crowded and we had quite a crowd. At first it was just us but one woman in the audience shyly asked if she could sing and that opened the floodgates and we had all sorts of contributions. We played until dark.

I could go on forever.

Niall

From:	aussie0099
Posted:	1 May 2009

the villas

I knew the Smiths well-having grew up with them

From:	gillan1
Posted:	13 July 2009

sandymoun

i grew up in sandymount , and loved the beach , i remember spending my pocket money in roddys and buying my comics in mapothers , i lived in 1 lea crescent and hung around with hillary lennon, ruth mac donald , georgnina murphy , vivenne smith , carmel hennessy , i would love to catch up with them again if any one knows them . i have great memories of the green and the strand

From:	nickjclark
Posted:	7 April 2010

St Clares Park?

My Father was born in Sandymount 1924 and his place of birth is recorded as 4 St Clares Park? However, This address does not appear on any map for the period and nothing seems to be in the Thoms books either.

Perhaps someone may know a little about the local history and can remember such a street/house?

I also found his family on the 1939/40 electoral register at 4 Seafort Gardens. Perhaps the name had then changed?

I would be happy to hear from anyone that can help.

Nick

From:	trisha
Posted:	24 June 2010

Lakelands, Gilford Road

I spent years in Lakelands. So long ago (1950's and 1960's)
I am hoping to get photos of the place from that time. I don't know where to find any.
Please let me know where I can obtain any images.
Thank you.

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