Sandycove
Sandycove
Cuas an Ghainimh | |
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Suburb | |
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| Eircode (Routing Key) | A96 |
| Area code | 01 (+3531) |
Sandycove (Irish: Cuas an Ghainimh) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is southeast of Dún Laoghaire and Glasthule, and northwest of Dalkey. It is a popular seaside resort and is well known for its bathing place, the Forty Foot, which in the past was reserved for men only but is now available for mixed bathing. The locale features in the opening of Ulysses by James Joyce.
History
On 20 December 1940, during World War II, the Luftwaffe bombed the railway station even though Ireland was a neutral country. There were three injuries.[1]
Transport
Sandycove and Glasthule railway station opened on 11 October 1855.[2] Sandycove is also serviced by Dublin Bus numbers 59 and 111, and lies close to Dún Laoghaire harbour.
Culture
The writer
Near the tower, on the seafront, is the unique landmark house designed in the
The ballad "Sandy Cove" (sic) by composer/singer Jimmy Webb appears on his 1993 album Suspending Disbelief. In the song, the narrator reflects on his life's choices and his mortality as he visits the neighbourhood and the famed Martello Tower.
Singer-songwriter Luka Bloom, in the liner notes to his 1992 album, The Acoustic Motorbike thanks Sandcove Cycles for maintaining the titular bicycle.
Lifeboat
The first lifeboat station in Ireland was established at Sandycove in 1803. On 28 December 1821, the lifeboat rescued the crew of the brig Ellen of Liverpool; four volunteer lifeboatmen drowned.[4]
Notable residents
- Roger Casement was born in Sandycove[citation needed]
- Bernard Farrell, playwright[citation needed]
- Peter Gatenby, Professor and Medical Director for the UN, lived in Sandycove.[5]
- William Monk Gibbon, poet and author[citation needed]
- Oliver St. John Gogarty rented the Martello Tower from 1904 to 1925[citation needed]
- Martello Tower situated beside the Forty Foot bathing place, as a guest of Oliver St. John Gogarty.[6]
- Lucy Kennedy, broadcaster[citation needed]
- Jason O'Mara was born and raised in Sandycove[citation needed]
- Imogen Stuart, sculptor and Saoi[citation needed]
- Maureen Toal, actress who resided in Sandycove.[7]
See also
External links
References
- ^ Allen, Trevor. The Storm Passed by: Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940–41. p. 63.
- ^ "Sandycove station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
- ^ "About | James Joyce Tower and Museum". jamesjoycetower.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-7171-1578-5.
- ^ "GATENBY, Peter Barry: Death notice". Irish Times, Family Notices. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Bloomsday". The James Joyce Centre. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- Irish Times. 25 August 2012. Archivedfrom the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
