Shrewsbury Road

Shrewsbury Road (Bóthar Shrewsbury in Irish) is a street in Dublin, Ireland and was the sixth-most-expensive street in the world in 2007, ahead of more well-known streets such as the Via Suvretta in St. Moritz and Carolwood Drive in Beverly Hills. Located in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, the street is bordered to the north by Merrion Road and to the south by Ailesbury Road. Traditionally, Shrewsbury Road has been home to Dublin’s medical and legal professionals, but over the years the clientele shifted away from it and now the stretch houses both dot-com millionaires and property developers as well. The street has 26 residences; one of these, Walford, made headlines in 2005 for being the most expensive house ever sold in the country, for a reported €58 million. As a result of the Irish financial crisis in the late 2000s, the value of most properties on the street more than halved, but recent sales, as of 2013, have been in excess of €4 million. The street is also the location of the ambassadorial residences of South Africa, Finland and Germany.

Reflecting the high real estate values in the area, Shrewsbury, along with Ailesbury Road, are the most expensive properties on the Irish Monopoly board. Among the residents of the street are telecommunications billionaire Denis O'Brien, property developer Derek Quinlan, and businessman Sean Dunne, who was responsible for the purchase at least of the Walford property.