Clyde Road () runs from Wellington Place to a junction with Elgin Road in

Ballsbridge Ballsbridge () (from historic Ball's Bridge) is an affluent neighbourhood of the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The area is largely north and west of a three-arch stone bridge across the River Dodder, on the south side of the city. Th ...

. It meets Raglan Road and Wellington Road.

History

The road is named after

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (20 October 1792– 14 August 1863), was a British Army officer. After serving in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then ...

(1792–1863), a Scottish soldier who fought in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

during the

Indian mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...

; he also policed the

Tithe War The Tithe War ( ga, Cogadh na nDeachúna) was a campaign of mainly nonviolent civil disobedience, punctuated by sporadic violent episodes, in Ireland between 1830 and 1836 in reaction to the enforcement of tithes on the Roman Catholic majority ...

in Ireland.

Notable buildings

The embassy of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

is at the crossroads with Pembroke Road in

, while the National Headquarters and training centre of the

Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

and the

Order of Malta Ambulance Corps The Order of Malta Ireland – Ambulance Corps is a voluntary ambulance and first aid organisation operating in Ireland in affiliation with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, founded in 1938. Its purposes include teaching first aid, prov ...

are located at 32 Clyde Road,

, and the headquarters of The Institution of Engineers of Ireland is at 22 Clyde Road.

St Conleth's College St. Conleth's College is a private co-educational Catholic school founded on 4 September 1939 by Bernard Sheppard. History The school was named after Conleth, a sixth-century Irish monk who was a moulder of precious metals and whose feast day is ...

, now a co-educational school, was established at 17 Clyde Road in 1939 but in 1940 moved to number 28.

References

External links

Official website of the United States embassy in IrelandOfficial Website of the Order of Malta IrelandOfficial website of Engineers Ireland
{{Streets in Dublin city, state=autocollapse Streets in Dublin (city) Ballsbridge

History

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