Lansdowne Road is situtated in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland. It touches the River Dodder and has many fine redbrick houses, mostly Victorian.
It is home to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), a DART station of the same name, and the Marist Brothers' Marian College.
In the IRFU grounds, Irish rugby and soccer international matches are played. The grounds have also occasionally been used for music concerts. The stadium is set to be redeveloped by 2008 creating a 50,000 all-seater soccer and rugby stadium.