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Glasthule

Suburb of Dublin, Ireland

Summary

Suburb of Dublin, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Glasthule
native_name	Glas Tuathail
settlement_type	Suburb of Dublin
image_skyline	Glasthule.JPG
image_caption	coastline in Glasthule
pushpin_map	Dublin#Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Dublin
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2006
population_urban	2641
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
area_code	01 (+3531)
postal_code_type	Eircode (Routing Key)
postal_code	A96
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Glasthule ( ; ) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is along County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Glenageary and Dalkey.

Amenities

Sandycove and Glasthule are served by a number of businesses and amenities, including retail outlets, public houses, a post office, restaurants, cafés and a playschool.

The Presentation Brothers maintain a house in Glasthule and ran Presentation College Glasthule, a secondary school for boys, until 2006. The Harold National School, next door to Presentation Brothers still operates today.

An Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day.

Popular culture

Every year on 16 June it celebrates Bloomsday (the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses takes place). The James Joyce Tower is located in nearby Sandycove.

It is the main setting for Jamie O'Neill's 2001 novel At Swim, Two Boys.

Notable people

Ronnie Drew, musician and singer with The Dubliners, born in Glasthule.

References

(1994). "A dictionary of Irish place-names". Appletree Press.

Wikipedia Source

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