Sandymount Avenue | |
Map Type: | Dublin |
Namesake: | Sandymount |
Length M: | 750 |
Location: | Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland |
Postal Code: | D04 |
Coordinates: | 53.3284°N -6.2196°W |
Direction A: | west |
Terminus A: | Merrion Road |
Direction B: | east |
Terminus B: | Gilford Road |
Known For: | W.B. Yeats birthplace |
Sandymount Avenue 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]
W.B. Yeats, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, was born here. A plaque now marks his birthplace.[2] [3]