William Rowan Hamilton Plaque, Dublin
William Rowan Hamilton Plaque is a monument near Broombridge Road in Dublin, County Dublin, 3.7 km north-west of the centre. Royal Canal is within 50 m.
Here as he walked by on the 16th of October 1843 Sir William Rowan Hamilton in a flash of genius discovered the fundamental formula for quaternion multiplication i² = j² = k² = ijk = −1 & cut it on a stone of this bridge.
- Kind
- Monuments
- Nearest road
- Broombridge RoadThe closest named road, measured here. The map records no address for this place, so this is not a statement about where its door is.
- From the centre
- 3.7 km north-west, in a straight line
- Parking
- Staff Car Park, 120 m away
- Bus stop
- Broombridge Station, 80 m away
Getting to William Rowan Hamilton Plaque
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How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
William Rowan Hamilton Plaque is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.
The nearest scheduled stop is Broombridge (8367), 80 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Broombridge 80 m
bus L89Scheduled departures from this stop
- Lagan Road 200 m
buses N2, 40E and L89Scheduled departures from this stop
- Carnlough Road 220 m
buses 120 and 40EScheduled departures from this stop
- Broombridge Station 220 m
bus 120Scheduled departures from this stop
- Ventry Park 330 m
buses 120 and 40EScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Dublin covers the journeys into the town itself.
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of William Rowan Hamilton Plaque, on Broombridge Road and around it.
- Royal Canal50 mLakes
- easyselfstorage.ie130 mCompanies
- Ara Hygiene130 mCompanies
- Royal Rubber Stamp Company130 mCompanies
- Colorman130 mCompanies
- Speedy Hire140 mTool hire
Also on Broombridge Road
Broombridge Road carries 4 of the places the map names in Dublin.
Other monuments in Dublin
Nearest to William Rowan Hamilton Plaque first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from William Rowan Hamilton Plaque, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 1981 Hunger Strikers1000 mFassaugh Avenue
- 1916 Rising1.0 kmFassaugh Avenue
- Patrick Hickey1.1 kmFassaugh Avenue
- Conor Hickey - 3 December 20111.3 kmFassaugh Road
- 1.4 km
- 1.5 km
- 1.6 km
- 1.6 km
- Michael Collins1.6 kmFinglas Road
- 1916 Necrology Wall1.6 kmFinglas Road
- Liam Whelan1.6 kmLiam Whelan Bridge
- Richard McKee1.7 kmChurch Street
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/448606595, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.