Ailesbury Road (Bóthar Ailesbury in Irish), Dublin 4, Ireland, is a tree-lined avenue linking Sydney Parade Station on Sydney Parade Avenue and the Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook.
Many embassies and diplomatic residences have historically been located on the road, including the striking residence of the French Ambassador, the embassy of the People's Republic of China, and the Japanese embassy (before it relocated to the nearby Merrion Centre.)
For a list of embassies in the Republic of Ireland, see the list of diplomatic missions in the Republic of Ireland.
Reflecting the high property price tags in the area, Ailesbury Road is the second-most expensive property on the Irish Monopoly board, being one of the two "purple" property squares.
From Ailesbury Road, Shrewsbury Road forms the link to the Merrion Road, though Ailesbury Road proper intersects Merrion Road near its eastern end.
St Michael's College, a private boys school is located on the east side of the road.
Read more about Ailesbury Road: Development, Number 53, Danes Massacre
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—Philip Roth (b. 1933)