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Sandycove is a small village located on the east coast of the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
, in South County Dublin
County Dublin

County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....
, and more specifically, in the local authority area of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

The County of Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown is a administrative county in Republic of Ireland formed from part of the old county of County Dublin....
. It is located south of Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire

D?n Laoghaire is a suburban seaside town and county town of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland.The town is situated some 12 kilometres south of Dublin city centre, and is a major port of entry from Great Britain....
 and Glasthule
Glasthule

Glasthule is a suburban village located along Dublin's East Coast, between D?n Laoghaire and Dalkey.Every year it celebrates Bloomsday .The James Joyce Tower is located in nearby Sandycove....
, but north of Dalkey
Dalkey

Dalkey is a town located in County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland. It was originally founded as a Viking settlement and became an important port during the Middle Ages....
.

Sandycove is well-known for its (formerly) gentlemen's bathing place, the Forty Foot
Forty Foot

The Forty Foot is a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay at D?n Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland, where people have swum in the Irish Sea all year round for some 250 years....
, which in the past afforded a quiet swimming haven for males only. This remains a popular bathing place but is now mixed.

James Joyce
James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Ireland expatriate author of the 20th century. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake , as well as the short story collection Dubliners and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ....
 lived for a time in a Martello Tower
Martello tower

Martello towers are small defensive Fortification built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....
 situated beside the Forty Foot bathing place at Sandycove.






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Sandycove is a small village located on the east coast of the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
, in South County Dublin
County Dublin

County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....
, and more specifically, in the local authority area of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

The County of Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown is a administrative county in Republic of Ireland formed from part of the old county of County Dublin....
. It is located south of Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire

D?n Laoghaire is a suburban seaside town and county town of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland.The town is situated some 12 kilometres south of Dublin city centre, and is a major port of entry from Great Britain....
 and Glasthule
Glasthule

Glasthule is a suburban village located along Dublin's East Coast, between D?n Laoghaire and Dalkey.Every year it celebrates Bloomsday .The James Joyce Tower is located in nearby Sandycove....
, but north of Dalkey
Dalkey

Dalkey is a town located in County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland. It was originally founded as a Viking settlement and became an important port during the Middle Ages....
.

Sandycove is well-known for its (formerly) gentlemen's bathing place, the Forty Foot
Forty Foot

The Forty Foot is a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay at D?n Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland, where people have swum in the Irish Sea all year round for some 250 years....
, which in the past afforded a quiet swimming haven for males only. This remains a popular bathing place but is now mixed.

James Joyce
James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Ireland expatriate author of the 20th century. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake , as well as the short story collection Dubliners and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ....
 lived for a time in a Martello Tower
Martello tower

Martello towers are small defensive Fortification built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....
 situated beside the Forty Foot bathing place at Sandycove. The opening scene of Joyce's Ulysses
Ulysses (novel)

Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris....
 is set in this tower, which now hosts a small Joycean museum, open in summer time. Bloomsday
Bloomsday

Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin, Ireland and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Ireland writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses , all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904....
 is celebrated in Sandycove in Joyce's honour on the 16th of June every year.

Near to the tower, on the seafront, is the unique landmark house designed in the Avant Garde style by Michael Scott, eminent 20th century Architect who made it his residence.

Transport

Sandycove and Glasthule railway station
Sandycove and Glasthule railway station

Sandycove and Glasthule railway station serves the suburban areas of Sandycove and Glasthule south of Dun Laoghaire in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland....
 opened on 11 October 1855.

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.

  • Captain William Hutchinson (Dún Laoghaire
    Dún Laoghaire

    D?n Laoghaire is a suburban seaside town and county town of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Republic of Ireland.The town is situated some 12 kilometres south of Dublin city centre, and is a major port of entry from Great Britain....
     Harbourmaster
    Harbourmaster

    A harbourmaster is an official responsible for enforcing the regulations of a particular harbour or port, in order to ensure the safety of navigation, the security of the harbour and the correct operation of the port facilities....
    )
  • Denis Mooney
  • Hugh Byrne (Drowned)
  • Thomas Byrne
  • John Byrne
  • John Archbald (Drowned)
  • Laurence Murphy
  • Thomas Fitzsimons (Drowned)
  • Thomas Grimes (Drowned)
  • Michael Mooney
  • William Rogan
  • Philip Cullen
  • Laurence Tallant
  • John Tallant.
  • Charles Archbald.


See also

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland


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