List of Dublin postal districts
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| Dublin's postal districts are: | |
|---|---|
| Northside {Covering Local Government Area}: | Southside {Covering Local Government Area}: |
| Dublin 1 (D1) {Dublin} | Dublin 2 (D2) {Dublin} |
| Dublin 3 (D3) {Dublin} | Dublin 4 (D4) {Dublin, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown} |
| Dublin 5 (D5) {Dublin} | Dublin 6 (D6) {Dublin, South Dublin} |
| Dublin 6w (D6w) {Dublin, South Dublin} | |
| Dublin 7 (D7) {Dublin} | Dublin 8 (D8) {Dublin} |
| Dublin 9 (D9) {Dublin, Fingal} | Dublin 10 (D10) {Dublin} |
| Dublin 11 (D11) {Dublin, Fingal} | Dublin 12 (D12) {Dublin} |
| Dublin 13 (D13) {Dublin, Fingal} | Dublin 14 (D14) {Dublin, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, South Dublin} |
| Dublin 15 (D15) {Fingal} | Dublin 16 (D16) {Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, South Dublin} |
| Dublin 17 (D17) {Dublin, Fingal} | Dublin 18 (D18) {Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown} |
| Dublin 20 (D20) {Dublin, South Dublin} | |
| Dublin 22 (D22) {South Dublin} | |
| Dublin 24 (D24) {South Dublin} | |
| "Co. Dublin" {Fingal, South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, and small pockets of Meath} | |
| Note that it is proposed that this system will be abolished at some point with the introduction of a national postcode system, referenced to the above listed Local Government areas; the new system will include elements of the old postal districts. | |
[edit] Locations
As a general rule, even numbered postal districts are on the Southside, while odd numbered districts are on the Northside. Exceptions are the Phoenix Park, which is in Dublin 8 although it is north of the Liffey, and the part of Chapelizod (all coded Dublin 20), which is on the Northside.
All of the districts can be abbreviated, as, for example, D4, D6w, D9.
An Post has noted that, with just one exception, no street name occurs more than once in any postal district.
- Dublin 1 includes most of the north inner city, including Abbey Street, Amiens Street, Capel Street, Dorset Street, Henry Street and Mary Street, Mountjoy Square, Marlborough Street, North Wall, O'Connell Street, Parnell Square, and Talbot Street. Notable features of this area include the General Post Office, from which distances are measured, the Hugh Lane Gallery and the Dublin Writers Museum.
- Dublin 2 encompasses most of the city centre south of the River Liffey and takes in areas around Merrion Square, Temple Bar, Grafton Street, Dame Street, Leeson Street and Wexford Street. It includes notable important buildings and tourist attractions such as Leinster House, Stephen's Green, the main National Museum building and The National Gallery of Ireland. The borders of Dublin 2 are the Liffey in the north, the Grand Canal to the south and east and Patricks Street and Clanbrassil Street to the west.
- Dublin 3 encompasses areas such as Ballybough, North Strand, Clonliffe, Clontarf, Dollymount, East Wall (including East Point), Fairview, most of Killester, and Marino.
- Dublin 4 includes Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Irishtown, Merrion, Pembroke, Ringsend and Sandymount and contains the RDS grounds, Lansdowne Road stadium, and many embassies. "D4" has acquired its own socio-economic identity; see separate article at Dublin 4.
- Dublin 5 includes Artane, Coolock, Harmonstown, Raheny.
- Dublin 6W includes Harold's Cross, Templeogue, and Terenure.
- Dublin 7 includes Arbour Hill, Broadstone, Cabra, Phibsboro, Smithfield, Stoneybatter; a key feature is the Four Courts complex.
- Dublin 8 includes Dolphin's Barn, Inchicore, Islandbridge, Kilmainham, Merchants Quay, Portobello, South Circular Road, the Phoenix Park and The Coombe, and notable buildings include Christchurch Cathedral and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
- Dublin 9 includes parts of Ballymun (Shangan ,Coultry, Balbutcher and Poppintree), Beaumont, Donnycarney, Drumcondra, Elm Mount, Griffith Avenue, Glasnevin, Santry, and Whitehall.
- Dublin 10 includes Ballyfermot.
- Dublin 11 includes parts of Ballymun (Sillogue, Balcurris, Sandyhill and Wadelai), Dubber, Finglas (including Ballygall and Cappagh), parts of Glasnevin, and Kilshane Cross.
- Dublin 12 includes Bluebell, Crumlin, Drimnagh, and Walkinstown.
- Dublin 14 includes Churchtown, Clonskeagh, Dundrum, Goatstown, Rathfarnham, and Windy Arbour.
- Dublin 15 includes Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Coolmine, Clonsilla, Corduff, Mulhuddart, Tyrrelstown, and the Dublin part of Clonee, as well as Ongar.
- Dublin 16 includes Ballinteer, Ballyboden, Kilmashogue, Knocklyon, Rathfarnham and Rockbrook.
- Dublin 17 includes Balgriffin, most of Coolock, and Belcamp, Darndale and Priorswood.
- Dublin 18 includes Cabinteely, Carrickmines, Foxrock, Kilternan, Sandyford, Ticknock, Ballyedmonduff, Stepaside, and Leopardstown.
- Dublin 20 includes Chapelizod, and Palmerstown.
- Dublin 22 includes Clondalkin, Rowlagh, Quarryvale, Liffey Valley and Neilstown.
- Dublin 24 includes Firhouse, Jobstown, and Tallaght (see that article for component estates / areas such as Kilnamanagh).
[edit] Change to Postal Codes
TimesOnline reported Upmarket Dublin survives postcode shake-up that the current system of postal districts will be retained and any postcode system will be placed after the current district number but the precise details of the system have not yet been released and timing is as yet uncertain.
However, in August 2007, the new Minister reportedly postponed the implementation of the system "indefinitely", pending additional public consultation.[1]
[edit] History
The postal district system was introduced in 1917 by the UK government, as a practical way to organise local postal distribution. This followed the example of other cities, notably London, first subdivided into ten districts in 1857, and Liverpool, the first city in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to have postcodes, from 1864, and was part of a wave of such introductions across Britain and Ireland. The alphabetic code "D" was set aside to designate Dublin, and after Irish independence, was not reallocated. The new Irish government retained the postal district system.
The districts have been added to as the city grew, and large districts have been subdivided, as when Dublin 5 was split, with the coastal part retaining the "5" and the inland part becoming Dublin 17. The most controversial move was the splitting of Dublin 6, which led to huge protests over the "loss" of the perceived status of "6", and the eventual breaching of the system's numerical tradition with the creation of Dublin 6w.
