Sandycove () is a suburb of
Dublin
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, Ireland. It is southeast of
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built up alongside a small existing settlement following 1816 legislation th ...
and
Glasthule
Glasthule ( ; ) is a suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is along County Dublin, County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Glenageary and Dalkey.
Amenities
Sandycove and Glasthule are served by a number ...
, and northwest of
Dalkey
Dalkey ( ; ) is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became a port in the Middle Ages. According to chronicler John Clyn (c.1286–c.1349), it was one of the port ...
. It is a popular
seaside resort
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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
The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
bombed the railway station even though Ireland was a neutral country. There were three injuries.
Transport
Sandycove and Glasthule railway station
Sandycove and Glasthule railway station () serves the suburban areas of Sandycove (on the coast) and Glasthule (just inland) in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
The building is on a bridge as the rail line is in a Cutting (transportation), ...
opened on 11 October 1855. Sandycove is also serviced by Dublin Bus numbers 59 and 111, and lies close to Dún Laoghaire harbour.
Culture
The writer
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...
lived for a week as a young man in the
Martello Tower situated beside the
Forty Foot bathing place at Sandycove. The opening scene of Joyce's ''
Ulysses'' is set in this tower. It now hosts a small Joycean museum, open all year round.
Bloomsday is celebrated in Sandycove in Joyce's honour on the 16th of June every year.
Near the tower, on the seafront, is the unique landmark house designed in the
Avant Garde style by
Michael Scott, the eminent 20th-century architect, who made it his residence.
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.
Notable residents
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Roger Casement was born in Sandycove
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Bernard Farrell, playwright
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Peter Gatenby, Professor and Medical Director for the UN, lived in Sandycove.
* William
Monk Gibbon, poet and author
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Oliver St. John Gogarty rented the Martello Tower from 1904 to 1925
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James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...
stayed briefly in the
Martello Tower situated beside the Forty Foot bathing place, as a guest of Oliver St. John Gogarty.
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Lucy Kennedy, broadcaster
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Jason O'Mara was born and raised in Sandycove
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Imogen Stuart, sculptor and
Saoi
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Maureen Toal, actress who resided in Sandycove.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
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Glasthule
Glasthule ( ; ) is a suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is along County Dublin, County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Glenageary and Dalkey.
Amenities
Sandycove and Glasthule are served by a number ...
External links
Official websiteSandycove & Glasthule railway station
References
{{Dublin residential areas
Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Towers in the Republic of Ireland