In the novel Ulysses, the funeral of the character Paddy Dignam starts here at number 9 and continues on to Glasnevin Cemetery via Tritonville Road.

[2][3] The Dignams were said to live at number 9; the property was, in reality, vacant in 1904.

[4] Both this road and Herbert Road were built across land which once belonged to Haigs' distillery and so it used to be called Haig's Lane; the foundations of the Avenue were constructed with stone which originally came from the Dodderbank Distillery.

[5] The distillery fields at this location featured in the sensational murder of the Reverend George Wogan in 1826.

[7] Due to the Irish property bubble of recent times, properties on this road have risen greatly in value and, in 2006, a house was sold for €2M.