Herbert Road in Sandymount

Sandymount

Sandymount is a coastal seaside suburb in Dublin 4 on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It is in the Dublin South East Dáil constituency and the East Pembroke Ward. It was once part of Pembroke Township, which took its name from the fact that this area was part of the estate of the Earl of...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 is a mostly residential road that links Tritonville Road

Tritonville Road, Dublin

Tritonville Road , 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.In...

 with Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...

. Newbridge Avenue

Newbridge Avenue, Dublin

Newbridge Avenue is a road in the Sandymount district of Dublin which links Herbert Road and Tritonville Road.In the novel Ulysses, the funeral of the character Paddy Dignam starts here at number 9 and continues on to Glasnevin Cemetery via Tritonville Road...

 joins by the bridge, in front of Marian College

Marian College (Dublin)

Marian College is a Marist Catholic secondary school on Lansdowne Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin. The school motto is Optimum Optare - the pursuit of excellence. The school was founded in 1954 and has a student population of 413 boys and 12 girls...

 and the former site of Sandymount High School

Sandymount High School

Sandymount High School was a coeducational secondary school on Herbert Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4. Founded in 1947, it was initially controversial because, as a non-denominational school, it wasn't owned by a church but by the Cannon family, who also provided the two headmasters the school had:...

 next door. There are several hotels on the road. Noteworthy is the Mount Herbert Hotel that is a conversion of a terrace of stately homes. The road extends to the roundabout at the junction, which is part of Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...

. Both this road, and Newbridge Avenue, are built on the former site of Haigs

Haig (whisky)

-History:The dimpled bottle was then introduced in the 1890s. This bottle became so well-known and important to the brand that it was registered as a trademark in the USA in 1958 by Julius Lunsford....

' distillery

Distillation

Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction....

.

The house at 14 Herbert Road sold for €

Euro

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2.41m in February 2004, setting a record price for a house in this road.