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=== Memorials concerning Oliver Goldsmith === [[File:Goldsmith.jpg|thumb|upright|A statue of Goldsmith at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]]] * Goldsmith lived in [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], now in north-west London, between 1771 and 1774: [[Oliver Goldsmith Primary School]], Goldsmith Lane, and Goldsmith Avenue there are named after him. * Goldsmith Road, the Oliver Goldsmith Estate and Oliver Goldsmith Primary School, all in [[Peckham]], are named after him.<ref>[http://www.olivergoldsmith.southwark.sch.uk/about-us/school-history/ Oliver Goldsmith Primary School website].</ref> * The Oliver Goldsmith Summer School is held every June Bank Holiday at [[Ballymahon]] with poetry and creative readings being held at Goldsmith's birthplace in nearby Pallas, [[Forgney]]. * A statue of him by [[John Henry Foley|J. H. Foley]] stands at the Front Arch of [[Trinity College, Dublin]] (see image). * A statue of him stands in a limestone cell at the ruin of his birthplace in Pallas, [[Forgney]], [[Ballymahon]], [[County Longford]]. The statue is a copy of the Foley statue that stands outside Trinity College, Dublin and is the focus point of the annual Oliver Goldsmith Summer School. * There is a statue in [[Ballymahon]] [[County Longford]] outside the town library by Irish Sculptor Γamonn O'Doherty (1939β2011) which was unveiled in 1999. * His name has been given to a new lecture theatre and student accommodation on the Trinity College campus: Goldsmith Hall. * [[Auburn, Alabama]], and [[Auburn University]] were named for the fictional town of Auburn from his poem ''[[The Deserted Village]]'' referred to in the first line: "Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain." Auburn is still referred to as the 'loveliest village on the plain.' * [[Auburn, New South Wales|Auburn]] in [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]] was also named for "Sweet Auburn". * Auburn Hill in [[Stoneybatter]], Dublin is also named after the fictional town of Auburn.<ref name="archive.org" /> * [[London Underground electric locomotives#Metropolitan Vickers Locomotives|London Underground locomotive number 16]] (used on the [[Metropolitan line]] of the [[London Underground]] until 1962) was named ''Oliver Goldsmith''. * [[Athlone Institute of Technology]] library is named the Goldsmith Library * In 1870, Goldsmith Street in [[Phibsborough]] was renamed after Oliver Goldsmith<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web |last=Christopher Teeling M 'Cready |date=25 March 1892 |title=Dublin Street Names, Dated and Explained β¦ |url=https://archive.org/details/dublinstreetnam00cregoog |access-date=25 March 2018 |publisher=Hodges |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> * Goldsmith Street in the 'Poets' Corner' area of Elwood, Melbourne is named after Oliver Goldsmith.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walking Tours of Melbourne: Elwood Poetry Walk |url=http://melbournewalks.com.au/elwood-poetry-walk/}}</ref>
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