Newtownsmith Park

Newtownsmith Park is a recreation area in Leinster, Ireland. Newtownsmith Park is situated nearby to the church St Joseph’s, as well as near the railway station Sandycove and Glasthule.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 270 metres southwest of Newtownsmith Park.

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. James Joyce Tower and Museum is situated 670 metres east of Newtownsmith Park.

People’s Park

Park

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The People's Park is a small public park in the suburban town of Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin, Ireland. Located near the East Pier of Dún Laoghaire Harbour and Glasthule, it opened in 1890, and major elements were redeveloped between 1985 and 1997, and again in 2012. People’s Park is situated 330 metres west of Newtownsmith Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey.

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.

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.

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.

Newtownsmith Park

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.28913° or 53° 17′ 21″ north

Longitude

-6.12364° or 6° 7′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C5M7VQG+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35356955

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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