Glasthule Explained

Glasthule
Native Name:Irish: Glas Tuathail
Settlement Type:Suburb of Dublin
Pushpin Map:Dublin#Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Dublin
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2006
Population Urban:2641
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53.2871°N -6.1235°W
Area Code:01 (+3531)
Postal Code Type:Eircode (Routing Key)
Postal Code:A96
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Glasthule (;) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is along County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Glenageary and Dalkey.

Amenities

Sandycove and Glasthule are served by a number of businesses and amenities, including retail outlets, public houses, a post office, restaurants, cafés and a playschool.

The Presentation Brothers maintain a house in Glasthule and ran Presentation College Glasthule, a secondary school for boys, until 2006. The Harold National School, next door to Presentation Brothers still operates today.

An Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day.

Popular culture

Every year on 16 June it celebrates Bloomsday (the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses takes place). The James Joyce Tower is located in nearby Sandycove.

It is the main setting for Jamie O'Neill's 2001 novel At Swim, Two Boys.

See also