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Sandymount Avenue
Ascaill Dhumhach Thrá  (Irish)
Sandymount Train Station, Dublin.JPG
Level crossing at Sandymount railway station where Sandymount Avenue crosses the DART line
Sandymount Avenue is located in Dublin
Sandymount Avenue
Location in Dublin
Namesake Sandymount
Length 750 m (2,460 ft)
Width 12 metres (39 ft)
Location Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Postal code D04
Coordinates 53°19′42″N 6°13′11″W / 53.328363°N 6.219648°W / 53.328363; -6.219648
west end Merrion Road
east end Gilford Road
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Known for W.B. Yeats birthplace

Sandymount Avenue (Irish: Ascaill Dhumhach Thrá) joins Merrion Road to Gilford Road in Sandymount, Dublin. Sandymount railway station is located roughly halfway along it at a level crossing. It is a residential area.

W.B. Yeats, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, was born here. A plaque now marks his birthplace.

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