Park Avenue (Dublin)
Park Avenue (Irish: Ascaill na Páirce) in the suburb of Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland is the name of a road joining Sydney Parade Avenue to Gilford Road. It is home to a number of cricket and rugby grounds including Pembroke Cricket Club, the Railway Union Sports Club incorporating clubs for bowls, cricket, hockey, rugby, soccer, and tennis, and Monkstown Rugby Club. Of architectural note is the Church of St John (Church of Ireland), noted for its French Bath stone's decay due to its proximity to the sea. The church is on an island at the junction of Park Avenue and St Johns Road, which continues east towards the sea at Sandymount Strand.
Park Avenue of Sandymount, like its famous namesake in New York City, was noted for its high property prices during the Irish property bubble. For example, in 2006, number 70 - a Victorian red-brick semi-detached house with a large garden - made headlines by selling for the large sum of €9,500,000. However, the same house was priced at €1,925,000 by 2011.
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