Southside, Dublin facts for kids
The Southside (Irish: Taobh Ó Dheas) is a colloquial term referring to the part of Dublin city that lies south of the River Liffey.
Areas of the Southside
The Southside includes Dublin city centre south of the Liffey, including Grafton Street and other notable streets, and also inner city areas such as The Liberties / The Coombe and Temple Bar.
Beyond the city centre, the Southside (in the geographical sense) includes the districts named here, most of the names being old, though many were until recent times rural townlands:
- Adamstown
- Ballinteer
- Ballsbridge
- Ballyboden
- Ballybrack
- Ballyfermot
- Ballymount
- Ballyroan
- Belfield
- Blackrock
- Booterstown
- Cabinteely
- Cherrywood
- Churchtown
- Citywest (business park)
- Clondalkin
- Clonskeagh
- Cornelscourt
- Crumlin
- Dalkey
- Deansgrange
- Dolphin's Barn
- Donnybrook
- Drimnagh
- Dundrum
- Dún Laoghaire
- Edmondstown
- Firhouse
- Foxrock
- Glasthule
- Glenageary
- Glencullen
- Goatstown
- Greenhills
- Harold's Cross
- Inchicore
- Irishtown
- Jobstown
- Killiney
- Kilmacud
- Kilmainham
- Kilternan
- Kimmage
- Knocklyon
- Leopardstown
- Loughlinstown
- Lucan
- Milltown
- Monkstown
- Mount Merrion
- Newcastle
- Park West
- Palmerstown
- Ranelagh
- Rathcoole
- Rathfarnham
- Rathgar
- Rathmichael
- Rathmines
- Rialto
- Ringsend
- Rockbrook
- Saggart
- Sallynoggin
- Sandycove
- Sandyford
- Sandymount
- Shankill
- Stepaside
- Stillorgan
- Tallaght
- Templeogue
- Terenure
- Walkinstown
- Whitechurch
- Windy Arbour
Notable Southsiders
- Maeve Binchy
- Austin Clarke
- Liam Cosgrave
- Éamon de Valera
- Ian Douglas
- Damien Duff
- Garret FitzGerald
- Bob Geldof
- John & Edward
- Shane Jennings
- James Joyce
- Graham Kavanagh
- Robbie Keane
- Joe McKinney
- Kevin O'Brien
- Niall O'Brien
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (in fiction)
- Maureen O'Hara
- Dominic Ryan
- Andrew Scott
- The Script
- Michelle Smith
- Oscar Wilde
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