- Glasthule
Infobox Irish Place
name = Glasthule
gaeilge = Glas Tuathail
crest
motto =
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pin coords = left: 78px; top: 110px
north coord = 53.2871
west coord = 6.1235
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province =Leinster
county =Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
town pop = 2,641
rural pop = n/a
census yr = 2006
web =Glasthule (irish place name|Glas Tuathail|Toole's Streamlet) is a suburban village located along Dublin's East Coast, between
Dún Laoghaire andDalkey .Every year it celebrates Bloomsday (celebrating the day featured in
James Joyce 's highly acclaimed novel Ulysses).The
James Joyce Tower is located in nearbySandycove .The Presentation Brothers maintain a house in Glasthule and operated Presentation College Glasthule, a secondary school for boys, until 2006.
It is the main setting for Jamie O'Neill's 2001 novel "
At Swim, Two Boys ".ee also
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Sandycove and Glasthule railway station
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