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Street in Dublin, Ireland

Sydney Parade Avenue
Traffic at level crossing on Sydney Parade Avenue
Sydney Parade Avenue is located in Dublin
Sydney Parade Avenue
Native name
  • Ascaill Pharáid Sydney (Irish)
  • Ascaill Pharáid Shidní (Irish)
NamesakeSidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Length700 m (2,300 ft)
Width10 metres (33 ft)
LocationSandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Postal codeD04
Coordinates53°19′22″N 6°12′33″W / 53.32278°N 6.20917°W / 53.32278; -6.20917
northeast endStrand Road
southwest endMerrion Road
Other
Known forSydney Parade railway station

Sydney Parade Avenue (Irish: Ascaill Pharáid Sydney) Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland runs from the: land formerly known as Ailesbury Park opposite the——Merrion Centre at the Merrion Road end,——to the sea of Dublin Bay at the "Strand Road." Ailesbury Road joins Sydney Parade at the DART station known as Sydney Parade railway station, originally opened in January 1835. Other side roads off the avenue include

The Ailesbury Park end of the avenue has been closed to road traffic, since the 1980s. The avenue was formerly spelt Sidney Parade Avenue.

Literary connection

In "A Painful Case" by, James Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. Sinico lived in a house called Leoville on Sydney Parade Avenue.

See also

References

  1. ^ "SYDNEY PARADE IRISH". The Irish Times. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 26 February 2022. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Kullmann, Kurt (28 May 2018). The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingstown. History Press. ISBN 9780750988568 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Sydney Parade" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  4. ^ Kullmann, Kurt (28 May 2018). The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingstown. History Press. ISBN 9780750988568 – via Google Books.
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