Merrion Road is a major road, part of the R118, in

Dublin 4 Dublin 4, also rendered as D4 and D04, is a historic postal district of Dublin, Ireland including Baggot Street Upper, the southernmost fringes of the Dublin Docklands, and the suburbs of Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Irishtown, Merrion, Ringsend ...

. It joins the Pembroke Road section of the R118 at

Herbert Park Herbert Park () is the name of a road and a public park in Ballsbridge, Dublin. History The land used for the park was given to the city by the 14th Earl of Pembroke whose family name was Herbert. In 1907, the World Fair known as the Irish ...

and runs south-east to Merrion, where it meets the Rock Road at Booterstown. At

Merrion Gates The Merrion Gates () is a railway level crossing in Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland, where the DART and Dublin–Rosslare railway line crosses Strand Road near its junction with Merrion Road. There is pedestrian access to Sandymount Strand immed ...

, it meets Strand Road ( R131) just after the latter crosses the DART line. There are a number of well-known buildings along Merrion Road, including the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), the British Embassy, a Catholic church (Our Lady Queen Of Peace), the Merrion Shopping Centre, several hotels and parts of the "embassy belt" at Ballsbridge. The grounds of

Wanderers F.C. Wanderers Football Club was an English association football club. It was founded as "Forest Football Club" in 1859 in Leytonstone. In 1864, it changed its name to "Wanderers", a reference to it never having a home stadium, instead playing at v ...

rugby club and

St. Vincent's University Hospital St. Vincent's Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Naomh Uinseann) is a teaching hospital located at Elm Park, south of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is at the junction of Merrion Road and Nutley Lane opposite the Merrion Centre, Dublin, Merrion ...

are also located on the road.

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Streets in Dublin (city) Merrion, Dublin {{Ireland-road-stub

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