Park Avenue, Dublin
Native name | Ascaill na Páirce (Irish) |
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Namesake | Parkland |
Length | 850 m (2,790 ft) |
Width | 13 metres (43 ft) |
Location | Dublin, Ireland |
Postal code | D04 |
Coordinates | 53°19′31.22″N 6°12′47.08″W / 53.3253389°N 6.2130778°W |
north end | Gilford Road |
south end | Sydney Parade Avenue |
Other | |
Known for | Expensive houses |
Park Avenue (
Park Avenue of Sandymount, like its famous namesake in New York City, is noted for its high property prices and wealthy residents. For example, in 2006, number 70 - a Victorian red-brick semi-detached house with a large garden - made headlines by selling for the large sum of €9,500,000.[3] However, the same house was priced at €5,925,000 by 2011.[4]
History
Park Avenue runs through an area which was, in former times, known as The Marsh, being a 13-acre (53,000 m2) pond or
In 1820, twelve dwellings stood in Park Avenue, which was originally known as Cottage Park Avenue.[7]
The Sisters of Mercy had a convent, orphanage and school on Park Avenue which was founded in 1856 and reference to their activities is made in the novel Ulysses.[8][9] When high property prices made sales of their grounds attractive, this posed a dilemma for the religious order but 3.15 acres (12,700 m2) were sold for the construction of 78 houses in a high-density development.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Pembroke Cricket Club
- ^ Railway Union Sports Club
- ^ Light and bright on Park Avenue, Irish Times, 8 August 2006
- ^ myhome.ie 70 Park Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4, 24 May 2011
- ^ John de Courcy (2000), "Bluffs, Bays and Pools" (PDF), Irish Geography
- ISBN 9780717124237
- JSTOR 30103978.
- ISBN 978-0-520-06745-5
- ^ Beaver Henry Blacker (1860), Brief sketches of the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, p. 455
- ^ "Studies: an Irish quarterly review of letters, philosophy & science", Studies, 76 (301): 392, 1987