Shelbourne Road facts for kids
| Bóthar Shíol Bhroin (Irish) | |
 Location in Dublin
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| Former name(s) | Artichoke Road, Beggar's Bush Road |
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| Namesake | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
| Length | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Width | 19 metres (62 ft) |
| Location | Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland |
| Postal code | D04 |
| Coordinates | 53°20′02″N 6°13′55″W / 53.33401°N 6.231969°W |
| north end | Merrion Road |
| south end | Bath Avenue, Haddington Road, Grand Canal Street Upper |
Shelbourne Road is a road in Ballsbridge, in the southeast part of Dublin, Ireland.
Swastika Laundry
The Swastika Laundry was a laundry founded in 1912, located on Shelbourne Road. They used electric vans, that were painted in red with a black swastika on a white background, to collect and deliver laundry to customers.
The use of Shelbourne Road and Lansdowne Road copies the name street crossings in Kenmare, County Kerry, the origin perhaps being that the Cromwellian army physician Sir William Petty also "moonlighted" as a part-time ordinance surveyor/cartographer.
Shelbourne Football Club
Shelbourne Football Club, founded in 1895, was named as a result of the founders (who included James Rowan and 2 Wall brothers) tossed a coin under the Bath Avenue railway bridge to decide whether the name would be Bath FC or Shelbourne FC. The club originally played at St Marys Field close by, then at Shelbourne Park, and later moved to Ringsend("Pnuemonia Park") still terraced in the middle of a housing estate, followed by a short stay at Harolds Cross. Shelbourne FC now play on the northside of the city at Tolka Park.
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