Forty Foot

Forty Foot is a recreation area in Leinster, Ireland. Forty Foot is situated nearby to James Joyce Tower and Museum, as well as near Sandycove Sauna By The Sea.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include James Joyce Tower and Museum and Sandycove and Glasthule.

James Joyce Tower and Museum

Museum

Photo: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, where James Joyce spent six nights in 1904. The opening scenes of his 1922 novel Ulysses take place here, and the tower is a place of pilgrimage for Joyce enthusiasts, especially on Bloomsday.

Sandycove and Glasthule

Railway station

Photo: Autarch, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandycove and Glasthule railway station serves the suburban areas of Sandycove and Glasthule in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The building is on a bridge as the rail line is in a cutting. Sandycove and Glasthule is situated 1 km west of Forty Foot.

Glenageary

Railway station

Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glenageary railway station serves Glenageary in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is beside 'The Metals', a walking and cycling route that runs from Killiney Hill to Dún Laoghaire station. Glenageary is situated 1 km southwest of Forty Foot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalkey and Dún Laoghaire.

Dalkey

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dalkey is a picturesque seaside village in the suburbs of Dublin. It has a Norman castle, several scenic walks, and the island just offshore was a pilgrimage site and slave market.

Dún Laoghaire

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Dún Laoghaire is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here.

Sallynoggin

Suburb

Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sallynoggin is an area of Dublin in Ireland, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin. The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.

Forty Foot

Type: Swimming
Also known as: “40 Foot”
Categories: tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, and sports location
Location: Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.28949° or 53° 17′ 22″ north

Longitude

-6.1137° or 6° 6′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C5M7VQP+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 332211029

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=bathing_place

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=swimming

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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