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{{Short description|Road in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{about|a road in Ireland|the [[Patrick Kavanagh]] poem and song|On Raglan Road (song)}}
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| location                = [[Ballsbridge]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
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| postal_code             = [[Dublin 4|D04]]
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'''Raglan Road''' ({{Irish place name|Bóthar Raglan}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Bóthar Raglan |url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1380875 |publisher=logainm.ie}}</ref> is a road running between Pembroke Road and [[Clyde Road]] in [[Ballsbridge]], [[Dublin 4]], [[Ireland]]. It is the setting of [[Patrick Kavanagh]]'s poem "[[On Raglan Road]]".

==History==
The road came into existence in 1857, on the conclusion of peace after the [[Crimean War]], and was named after [[FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan|Lord Raglan]] (Fitzroy Somerset 1788–1855), the first Chief Commander in that war.<ref>The Oxford Companion to British History, 2 ed., 2015, p. 460.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=M'Cready |first=C. T. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263974843 |title=Dublin street names dated and explained |date=1987 |publisher=Carraig |isbn=1-85068-005-1 |location=Blackrock, Co. Dublin |pages=93 |oclc=263974843}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48467800 |title=Dublin street names |date=2001 |publisher=Gill & Macmillan |isbn=0-7171-3204-8 |location=Dublin |pages=152 |oclc=48467800}}</ref> Nearby Elgin and Clyde Roads, which commemorate [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|James Bruce, Earl of Elgin]], and [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell]], Lord Clyde, both died 1863, were opened in 1863–64 (Campbell fought in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]; Bruce was [[Viceroy of India]], 1862–63).<ref>George Arthur, Royal Commonwealth Society Collections at Cambridge University Library, 'Correspondence with Lord Fitzroy Somerset regarding the Ingram Case (1836)'</ref>

Towards the later end of the 19th century, Raglan Road and the surrounding township of [[Pembroke, Dublin|Pembroke]] became the new residential home of the [[Anglo-Irish]] [[aristocracy]].<ref>Diarmuid Ó Grada, Georgian Dublin : The forces that shaped the city, (Dublin, 2015), p. 106.</ref> During the 18th and mid 19th centuries the Irish upper classes had maintained Dublin homes in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian squares]] of the city, such as [[Fitzwilliam Square|Fitzwilliam]] and [[Merrion Square|Merrion squares]] on Dublin's Southside.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423626|title=Commodity Culture and Social Class in Dublin 1850–1916 (review)|first=Shannon|last=Scott|journal=New Hibernia Review|date=1 April 2011|volume=15|issue=1|pages=154–158|via=Project MUSE|doi=10.1353/nhr.2011.0008|s2cid=146543332|url-access=subscription}}</ref> However, the further expansion of Dublin in the 1850s lead to new residences being created.<ref>Kevin Corrigan Kearns, Georgian Dublin : Ireland's Imperiled Architectural Heritage, (Cork, 1983), p. 67.</ref> These roads, such as Raglan Road, boasted a position further away from the street and had large gardens.<ref>Ó Grada, Georgian Dublin : The forces that shaped the city, (Dublin, 2015), p. 130.</ref> This new style of housing began to draw the [[aristocracy]] to the area. However, a reasonable number of families chose to maintain their Georgian homes in Dublin, most of these were in the areas surrounding either [[Fitzwilliam Square]] or [[Merrion Square]].<ref>[http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/Ireland_society_and_economy_1815–1870 UCD History Department: ''Irish Society and Economy: 1815-1870'']{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Notable Visitors ===
[[Queen Victoria]] stayed at De Wyndsore House (14 Raglan Road) during her [[Queen Victoria|1900 Visit to Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_irish/history_irish_victoria1900.htm|title=Turtle Bunbury - Award-winning travel writer, historian and author based in Ireland}}</ref> The property was then in the possession of the [[Duckett baronets|Duckett family]], of [[Duckett's Grove]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/ballsbridge-home-that-once-hosted-the-queen-on-the-market-for-125m-34709518.html|title=Ballsbridge home that once hosted the Queen on the market for €1.25m - Independent.ie}}</ref> Former [[US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] and his wife [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]] visited Raglan Road twice. Both in 2007 and in August 2014, high-profile fundraisers were held at the private residence of solicitors Brian Farren and Linda O'Shea Farren at 37 Raglan Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/supporters-organise-dublin-fundraising-evening-for-clinton-1.1911228|title=Supporters organise Dublin fundraising evening for Clinton}}</ref> The most recent fundraiser for [[Hillary Clinton]] was held in anticipation of her running for the US presidency in 2016. Nearly 100 guests attended the event, with tickets costing either $1,000 or $5,000. About $50,000 (€39,000) was raised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/on-raglan-road-the-residents-are-revolting-over-twitter-plan-30656078.html|title=On Raglan Road, the residents are revolting over Twitter plan - Independent.ie}}</ref>

== Property ==
[[File:Mexican embassy in Ireland.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Mexican embassy]], Raglan Road]]
Raglan Road is one of Dublin's most expensive residential roads.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/standing-tall-on-raglan-road-1.2799604 Rose Doyle, ''Standing tall on Raglan Road'', The Irish Times 2017]</ref> As of June 2014, the most expensive [[rental property]] in [[Ireland]] was 17 Raglan Road with a rent of €15,000 per month.<ref>[http://blogs.myhome.ie/2010/05/26/most-expensive-rental-property-raglan-road-ballsbridge-dublin-4/''Ireland's Most Expensive Rental Property: Raglan Road'']</ref> The road is notable for its listed early [[Victorian houses|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] mansions. The embassies of [[Turkey]], [[Kingdom of Morocco|Morocco]], [[The Republic of Colombia|Colombia]], and [[Mexico]] are located on Raglan Road.

== Notable residents ==
*[[Charles Cameron (physician)|Sir Charles Cameron]], physician
*Sir Malby Crofton, Bt., [[Lord Lieutenant of Sligo|Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Sligo]]
*Augusta Crofton Dillon, photographer<ref>Helen Augusta Maria Crofton, Records of the Slacke family in Ireland, (Dublin, 1904) p. 54.</ref>
*[[Duckett's Grove|Lady Maria Georgina Duckett]] 
*[[Seán Dunne (businessman)|Seán Dunne]], financier
*[[Dermot Gleeson]], AIB Chairman
*[[Patrick Kavanagh]], poet
*[[Denis O'Brien]], businessman and billionaire
*[[Michael O'Leary (businessman)|Michael O'Leary]], CEO Ryanair
*[[FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan]], British Army officer

==See also==
*[[List of streets and squares in Dublin]]

==References==
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