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North Strand Road


Native name	Bóthar na Trá Thuaidh (Irish)
Former name(s)	The Strand
Namesake	named because it formerly was on the edge of the River Liffey
Length	800 m (2,600 ft)
Width	29 metres (95 ft)
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D03
Coordinates	53°21′31″N 6°14′29″W / 53.358525°N 6.241297°W / 53.358525; -6.241297
north end	Annesley Bridge Road, Poplar Row, East Wall Road
south end	Seville Place, Portland Row, Amiens Street

North Strand Road (Irish: Bóthar na Trá Thuaidh) is a street in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It links the city centre from Connolly Station to Fairview by road.

Route

North Strand Road is a continuation of Amiens Street, which runs northeast from the junction of Portland Row and Seville Place. It crosses the Royal Canal on the Newcomen Bridge, and proceeds to the junction of East Wall Road and Poplar Row via the Annesley Bridge over the River Tolka; at this point it continues as Annesley Bridge Road.

History

As late as 1673, what is now North Strand Road was under the waters of the River Liffey mouth in Dublin Bay. In 1728 and 1756, the road was noted on maps as "the Strand" and was called by its present name by 1803.

As part of a wider set of proposals to rename a number of Dublin streets in 1921, it was proposed that North Strand be renamed Bohernatra (Strand Road) along with Amiens Street, in a report by the Dublin Corporation street naming committee. This new naming scheme was not implemented, despite the Corporation voting in favour.

World War II bombing

On the night of 31 May 1941, aircraft of the German Luftwaffe dropped four high-explosive bombs on the North Strand Road area, killing 34 and injuring 90. Three hundred houses were damaged or destroyed.

It was not clear if this was a reprisal for the aid of the Dublin Fire Brigade during bombing raids on Belfast or if it had been a tactic to end Irish neutrality.

On 19 June, the Irish government announced that the government of the Nazi Germany had apologised and offered compensation.

Speculation over the reason for the raid has included the possibility that it was the unintended consequence of equipment used to jam radio navigation used by the bombers.

References

M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 74. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
Whelan, Yvonne (2003). Reinventing modern Dublin: streetscape, iconography, and the politics of identity. Dublin, Ireland: University College Dublin Press. pp. 218, 221. ISBN 1-900621-85-1. OCLC 51270664.
Mark McCarthy (6 May 2016). Ireland's 1916 Rising: Explorations of History-Making, Commemoration & Heritage in Modern Times. Routledge. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-1-317-11287-7.
Kevin C. Kearns (10 October 2014). The Legendary 'Lugs Branigan' – Ireland's Most Famed Garda: How One Man became Dublin's Tough Justice Legend. Gill Books. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-0-7171-5937-6.

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