Loreto Abbey, Dalkey

Loreto Abbey Dalkey is a Catholic secondary school for girls, under the auspices of the Sisters of Loreto. The school is owned by the board of trustees of the Sisters of Loreto. Adjoining is a Loreto Girls National School.
  • Type: School
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: secondary school for girls in Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
  • Also known as: Loreto Abbey Dalkey
  • Address: Loreto Avenue

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dalkey and Archbold’s Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.
railway station is a railway station that serves in , . is situated 470 metres southwest of Loreto Abbey, Dalkey.

Ruins
Archbold's Castle is a castle and a National Monument in , . is situated 480 metres west of Loreto Abbey, Dalkey.

Museum
The is a in , , 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. is situated 1½ km northwest of Loreto Abbey, Dalkey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalkey and Dún Laoghaire.

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.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
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.

Suburb
is an area of in , in , . The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire. is situated 3 km west of Loreto Abbey, Dalkey.

Loreto Abbey, Dalkey

Latitude
53.27931° or 53° 16′ 46″ north
Longitude
-6.09965° or 6° 5′ 59″ west
Operator
Sisters of Loreto
Open location code
9C5M7WH2+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 237301081
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q6680893
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