Ballsbridge

Ball's Bridge spanning the River Dodder

Ballsbridge Village

A DART train passes under the Lansdowne Road Rugby Stadium (since demolished) and over the level crossing as it enters Lansdowne Road railway station.

The embassy of the United States in Ballsbridge.

Balls Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Dothra, meaning 'Dodder bridge') is a bridge in Dublin, Ireland, situated in "Pembroke" which spans the River Dodder on the south side of the city. It is a three arch stone bridge and was built in 1791. Pembroke is an exclusive area and is known to contain very expensive property. Though this name is little known and the area is instead called after the bridge, being called "Ballsbridge" in common use. The sign on the bridge still proclaims it as "Ball's Bridge" in recognition of the fact that the original bridge in this location was built and owned by a Mr. Ball.

Ballsbridge was once part of the Pembroke Township.

The bridge itself forms the centre of the Ballsbridge suburb which extends northwards towards the Grand Canal along Northumberland Road up to Haddington Road and Shelbourne Road, extends southwards along the Merrion Road towards Merrion and along Anglesea Road towards Donnybrook, and westwards to encompass the area around Pembroke Road, Clyde Road, Elgin Road, and Herbert Park. The park also forms part of Ballsbridge's nebulous border with Donnybrook.

The RDS has its grounds here, and the IRFU's Lansdowne Road headquarters is on the boundary between Ballsbridge and Irishtown. AIB also has its corporate headquarters in Ballsbridge.

The bulk of Dublin's embassies and many diplomatic residences are located in the southern part of Ballsbridge on and around Ailesbury Road.

Ailesbury Road, along with adjacent Shrewsbury Road comprise the blue (most expensive) properties in the Dublin edition of the board-game Monopoly. Shrewsbury Road was the sixth most expensive street in the world in 2007.

Transport

The DART train passes nearby, stopping at Lansdowne Road and Sandymount stations.
Ballsbridge is also serviced by the following bus routes:

• 4 Ballymun to Blackrock
• 7 Loughlinstown and Cherrywood to Dublin
• 8 Dalkey to Dublin
• 18 Palmerstown to Sandymount
• 27X Clare Hall to Belfield
• 45 Bray to Dublin
• 47 Belarmine to Dublin

A number of services have been withdrawn due to Dublin Bus' Network Direct route restructuring programme.

The Aircoach Ballsbridge service from Dublin Airport has a number of stops in the area..

See also

• Aviva Stadium
• Marian College
• Sandymount
• St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin
• List of towns and villages in Ireland