Glasthule
Glasthule (/ˈɡlæsθuːl/ GLAS-thool; Irish: Glas Tuathail, meaning 'O'Toole's Stream') is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is along County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey.
Glasthule
Glas Tuathail | |
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Suburb of Dublin | |
 coastline in Glasthule | |
  Glasthule Location in Dublin  Glasthule Glasthule (Ireland) | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′14″N 6°07′25″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 2,641 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Eircode (Routing Key) | A96 |
| Area code(s) | 01 (+3531) |
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.
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.
It is the main setting for Jamie O'Neill's 2001 novel At Swim, Two Boys.
In Sandycove and Glasthule, all on a street of one kilometre (shorter than Grafton Street in Dublin): Butchers, grocer, supermarket, hairdressers, pharmacies, car sales garages, cake shop, bakery, bookmakers, auctioneers, public houses, beauty salons, florists, book shop, curtain and drapery shop, boutiques, wine merchants, dentists, doctors, bookshop, veterinary surgeon, post office, restaurants, cafés, late night shops, solicitors, playschool & dry cleaners.
An Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport 24 hours a day.
See also
Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | ||
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