Editing Forty Foot (section)

==Name==
The name "Forty Foot" is somewhat obscure. On an 1833 map, the Marine Road (located {{cvt|1.5|km}} to the west) was named the Forty Foot Road, possibly because it was {{cvt|40|ft}} wide; the name may have been transferred to the swimming place, which was called the '''Forty-Foot Hole''' in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uW5iTi8f_b8C&dq=%22Forty+Foot+hole%22+dublin&pg=PA24|title=Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses|first1=Don|last1=Gifford|first2=Robert J.|last2=Seidman|date=December 23, 1988|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520067455|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2kNOAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Forty+Foot+hole%22+dublin&pg=PA543|title=Country Life Illustrated|date=December 23, 1899|publisher=Hudson & Kearns|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Other accounts claim the name was given by fishermen because it was forty feet ({{frac|6|2|3}} [[fathom]]s) deep, but the water in the area is no deeper than {{cvt|20|ft|m fathom}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-histories/republic-of-ireland/county-dublin/the-forty-foot-dun-laoghaire|title=The Forty Foot Dun Laoghaire - J D Wetherspoon|website=www.jdwetherspoon.com}}</ref> Others have attempted to link it to the [[40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot]], who supposedly bathed there, but they were stationed at [[Richmond Barracks]] in [[Inchicore]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5O3AwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Forty+Foot+hole%22&pg=PA73|title=Literary Translation: Quest for Artistic Integrity|first=Jin|last=Di|date=June 3, 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317639978|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://panoramicireland.com/blog-ireland-guide/forty-40-foot-dublin-irish-sea-swimming|title=Swimming at Dublin's Forty Foot|first=Darren|last=McLoughlin|website=panoramicireland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/looking-at-places/dun-laoghaire-rathdown/baths-and-bathing/origins-of-baths-and-bath/famous-baths/|title=Famous Baths|website=www.askaboutireland.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQeWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Forty+Foot+hole%22+dublin&pg=PT166|title=Family Walks Around Dublin|first=Adrian|last=Hendroff|date=May 31, 2017|publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd|isbn=9781788410076|via=Google Books}}</ref>