Tritonville Road

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 post code is Sandymount.

Tritonville Road
Tritonville Road
Native name Bóthar Tritonville  (Irish)
Namesake Tritonville baths
Length 650 m (2,130 ft)
Width 12 metres (39 ft)
Location Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Postal code D04
Coordinates 53.333944°N 6.2218°W / 53.333944; -6.2218
north end Irishtown Road
south end Roundabout meeting with Serpentine Avenue, Serpentine Road, Claremont Avenue
Construction
Inauguration 1836
Other
Known for Mention in Ulysses

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

References

  1. Anthologia Hibernica: Or, Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres ... - Google Books
  2. Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman (1989), Ulysses Annotated, p. 105, ISBN 978-0-520-06745-5
  3. Clive Hart, Leo Knuth (1975), A Topographical Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses, ISBN 9780950414812
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