Tritonville Road
Appearance
Native name | Bóthar Tritonville (Irish) |
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Namesake | Tritonville baths |
Length | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
Width | 12 metres (39 ft) |
Location | Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland |
Postal code | D04 |
Coordinates | 53°20′02″N 6°13′18″W / 53.333944°N 6.2218°W |
north end | Irishtown Road |
south end | Roundabout meeting with Serpentine Avenue, Serpentine Road, Claremont Avenue |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 1836 |
Other | |
Known for | Mention in Ulysses |
Tritonville Road (Irish: Bóthar Tritonville), Sandymount, Dublin 4, is connected to Lansdowne Road by both Herbert Road and Newbridge Avenue. At its southern end, it meets Serpentine Avenue. The northern side of Tritonville Road is considered to be part of Irishtown by the locals even though the postcode is Sandymount.
The street takes its name from the Tritonville baths, established by the Cranfield family in the late 18th century; these were in turn named after the sea-god Triton.[1]
In Ulysses, the funeral of Paddy Dignam passes along here and continues on to Glasnevin Cemetery via Irishtown.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Anthologia Hibernica: Or, Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres ... - Google Books
- ^ Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman (1989), Ulysses Annotated, p. 105, ISBN 978-0-520-06745-5
- ^ Clive Hart, Leo Knuth (1975), A Topographical Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses, ISBN 9780950414812