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Dalkey tram

Dalkey tram

In Brief

Dalkey, the prosperous residential suburb in which Stephen teaches at Mr. Deasy's school, about eight miles southeast of central Dublin, was served by a tramline.

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In the photograph at the right, a tram bound for Dalkey passes by another one returning from Terenure. The scene is Grafton Street, Dublin's most elegant shopping promenade.

Tram bound for Dalkey. Source: archives of the National Library of Ireland. Reproduced in Cyril Pearl, Dublin in Bloomtime (Viking, 1969).