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The Northside | |
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Dublin, north of the Liffey | |
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| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Dublin |
| City | Dublin |
TheNorthside[1] (Irish:Taobh Ó Thuaidh) in an informal but commonly used term to describe the part of the city ofDublin that lies to the north of theRiver Liffey, and extending into part of NorthCounty Dublin. The part outside the city is within the county ofFingal, alocal government area established in 1994. While it is sometimes regarded as less wealthy than the city'sSouthside, the Northside was originally the home of the city's upper classes and the more privileged of the two.[2] Today, some of the wealthiest areas in Ireland, such asMalahide,[3]Howth,[4]Clontarf,[5] andCastleknock, lie north of the river.[6]
Not being an administrative area, the Northside is variously defined. It generally includes those parts of Dublin city that lie north of the River Liffey.County Dublin settlements north of theM50 motorway, such asSwords and Malahide, which have developed into suburbs of Dublin city, are usually included.[7]
James Joyce set several of theDubliners stories on the Northside, reflecting his childhood sojourns in Drumcondra and Fairview. Among the more recent best-selling writers to have written extensively about the Northside areDermot Bolger andBooker Prize winnerRoddy Doyle, who set several of his novels in the fictional Northside area of Barrytown.
The soap operaFair City is set in Carrigstown, a fictional suburb within Dublin's Northside. According to theRTÉ Guide, Carrigstown is bounded byDrumcondra to the north, the city centre to the south,East Wall to the east andPhibsboro to the west.[8]
The Northside includes Dublin city centre north of the Liffey, of whose many streets some are noted below, and districts such asSmithfield and Summerhill. Some older districts, such as Oxmantown, no longer exist. Beyond the centre, areas of the Northside include those listed below, most (at least two names were invented in the 1960s) of the names being of long heritage, though until recently many were ruraltownlands. Some are distinct suburbs or villages; others are parts of larger areas:
The area is administered both byDublin City Council (formerly Dublin Corporation) andFingal County Council, responsible for 84% and 16% respectively of the land area which lies inside theM50 motorway and north of theRiver Liffey (excluding theHowth peninsula).
Traditionally,Dublin postal districts on the Northside begin with odd numbers, while those on theSouthside begin with even numbers. For example,O'Connell Street is inDublin 1, whereas the outer suburb ofBallymun is in Dublin 11. An exception is thePhoenix Park, which is on the Northside but is part ofDublin 8. The reason for this is explained by historianPat Liddy: "Long before there were postal codes, theJames's Street Postal Sorting Office looked after the Phoenix Park, because it was considered to be closer and more convenient than Phibsborough. James's Street continued in this role when the postal codes were introduced, so Dublin 8 it had to be."[citation needed]
TheEircode system adopted for all postal addresses in Ireland in 2014 adapted the old postal districts for addresses in Dublin, with addresses in Dublin 1 having a prefix beginning D01, and Dublin 11 having a prefix beginning D11, etc. The outer edges of the Northside within the city andFingal also contain all but one of the K Eircode areas.Swords, for example, is in Dublin K67, whereasMalahide is in the K36 area. The single exception to the rule isLucan, which is in south-west Dublin and is designated as Dublin K78.[9] Another quirk of the postal district system on the Northside is that the town ofClonee in Dublin's neighbouringCounty Meath has the Eircode of D15.[10]
An example of an address including the traditional Dublin postal district
An example of an address from outside the traditional postal districts:
Well-known places and sights on the Northside include:
Major transport hubs includeConnolly Station,Busáras (the national central bus station) andDublin Airport. The main shopping area in the north inner city, and the busiest shopping street in Ireland, isHenry Street/Mary Street, just off O'Connell Street. Three of the five city-centre shopping centres are located on the Northside: theJervis Shopping Centre, theIlac Centre/Moore Street Mall, and the Irish Life Shopping Mall, along with Dublin's largest out-of-town centre, at Blanchardstown, and others at Swords, Coolock, Charlestown in northern Finglas, and Donaghmede. TheCineworld (UGC) cinema on Parnell Street is the largest cinema in Ireland with seventeen screens, while theSavoy, located on O'Connell Street and operated byIMC, is one of Ireland's oldest cinemas.
Institutions ofhigher education include the Grangegorman Campus ofTechnological University Dublin, the newest university established in Dublin, andDublin City University, with its campus located primarily in Glasnevin and Drumcondra.
State bodies based on the Northside includeMet Éireann (the national meteorological office), theCentral Fisheries Board,Enterprise Ireland (the national enterprise and trade board), theNational Standards Authority of Ireland,Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, theMarine Institute, theDepartment of Defence, theDepartment of Education and Youth, and theDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.[citation needed]
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