Neighbourhoods in Dublin
What different parts of Dublin are like to live in — character, transport, green spaces, housing and honest trade-offs.
How Dublin is organised
Dublin is described here by its districts and the localities inside them. This page currently covers 0 districts and 8 localities.
There is no “best neighbourhood”: what suits you depends on your work, budget, family and lifestyle. We describe places — we do not score them.
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Larger pins are districts, smaller ones localities. Every place is also listed below.
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Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Ballsbridge
An affluent inner suburb on the Southside around the River Dodder, home to Herbert Park, the RDS, many embassies and some of Dublin's most expensive streets, served by DART stations at Lansdowne Road and Sandymount.
Photo: Amanda, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Clontarf
A coastal suburb on the Northside in Dublin 3, with a 4.5 km seafront promenade, St Anne's Park and access to Bull Island and Dollymount Strand, served by the DART at Clontarf Road and by buses along the coast and Howth Road.
Photo: David Kernan, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Docklands and Grand Canal Dock
The regenerated area on both banks of the Liffey east of the city centre, from the IFSC to the 3Arena and Grand Canal Dock, with major tech and finance employers, apartments, the Luas Red Line and several DART stations.
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Dún Laoghaire
A coastal town on the south side of Dublin Bay, administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, built around a large harbour, with the DART and southbound trains, the Lexicon library and seafront parks.
Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Glasnevin
A mainly residential Northside neighbourhood on the River Tolka, about 3 km north of the city centre, home to the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Cemetery and Dublin City University's main campus.
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Howth
A peninsular village and outer suburb on Howth Head at the northern edge of Dublin Bay, with a working fishing harbour, cliff paths and heathland, at the northern terminus of the DART.
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Rathmines
A busy inner suburb on the Southside, just south of the Grand Canal in Dublin 6, long known for rented flats in subdivided Victorian houses, with a lively main street and several Luas Green Line stops within walking distance.
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) Stoneybatter
A compact inner-city neighbourhood in Dublin 7 between the Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield and Grangegorman, popular with people who walk to work in the city centre, with Luas stops and Heuston station close by.