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MERRION STRAND

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NOW A BADLY POLLUTED BEACH

This 0.7 kilometre long beach is at the railway crossing known as Merrion Gates and it is known as Merrion Strand and my understanding is that it is unsuitable for swimming. It may have been my imagination but it felt polluted when I visited and according to some reports that I have seen the source of the problems come from the Elm Park and Trimleston streams.

Back in 2020 many reports indicated that it was likely that there would be a “permanent bathing prohibition”, making it the first Irish beach ever to be so classified. I have been unable to determine the current status of the beach.

[UPDATE] Swimming at Merrion Strand in Dublin has been banned permanently from June 1st.[]

MERRION HALL

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THE MODERN ONE IN SANDYMOUNT NOT THE ONE THAT IS NOW THE DAVENPORT HOTEL

I attended for interview in this building a long time ago and I did not really like it at the time and I even like it less today. In case you are interested I did get a job offer but had lost interest by the time the letter had arrived.

When I was young there was a Merrion Hall that was not far from my school but is is now the Davenport Hotel located near Merrion Square. That particular building was Plymouth Brethren church built by Alfred Gresham Jones and completed in 1863.

The Merrion Hall shown in this photograph is located on the western side of Strand Road, in Dublin 4, close to the Merrion Gates DART crossing and 5 km south of the city centre. The 62000 sq. ft (5760 sq. m.) office building originally had two tenants (The Irish Shipping Company and Coras Trachtala) when it opened in 1973.

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