Ballsbridge

Ballsbridge
Droichead na Dothra
Suburb
Herbert Park is a prominent local amenity
Herbert Park is a prominent local amenity
Ballsbridge is located in Dublin
Ballsbridge
Ballsbridge
Location in Dublin
Coordinates: 53°19′44″N 6°13′52″W / 53.329°N 6.231°W / 53.329; -6.231
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
Local authorityDublin City Council
EU Parliament ConstituencyDublin
Postal district(s)
Dialing code01, +353 1
The bridge referred to as Ball's Bridge. This is not the original bridge of that name.
American embassy (Chancery), 2018

Ballsbridge (Irish: Droichead na Dothra, meaning 'Dodder bridge') (from historic Ball's Bridge) is an affluent neighbourhood of the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The area is largely situated north and west of a three-arch stone bridge across the River Dodder, on the south side of the city. The sign on the bridge still proclaims it as "Ball's Bridge", in recognition of the fact that the original bridge on that location was built and owned by the Ball family, a well-known Dublin merchant family in the 1500s and the 1600s.[1] The current bridge was built in 1791.

Ballsbridge was once part of the Pembroke Township.

  1. ^ At least three generations of the Ball family were elected mayors and sheriffs of Dublin, including Walter Ball. See Eneclann Irish Genealogy and History Research Services, "History of Ballsbridge" Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, published by Sherry Fitzgerald realtors, accessed 23 January 2017.