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On Paper
Sandymount Strand is the setting for two episodes in James Joyce’s book, Ulysses: the ‘Proteus’ episode and the ‘Nausicaa’ episode.

In the latter, Leopold Bloom sits on a rock and pleasures himself while watching Gerty lift her skirt. This incident led to the book being banned in the USA for obscenity.

One noted quote goes as follows:

 ‘Am I walking into eternity along Sandymount strand?Crush, crack, crick, crick. Wild sea money.’

Tonne of Bricks
Sandymount was once known as Brickfield Town. In the 18th century, Lord Merrion established a brick works along the shore which provided bricks for many of Dublin’s Georgian buildings and by 1760 the original settlement was documented as Brickfield Town.

In 1791, Lord Merrion commenced construction of the sea wall to protect his brick works.

That’s News!
One of Ireland’s most recognisable television personalities was born in Sandymount in 1960, RTÉ newscaster Bryan Dobson.

He has presented the flagship daily news broadcast, the RTÉ Six One News, since 1996 but also contributes to other programmes. He joined the news and current affairs department of the national broadcaster in 1992.

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