Southside (Dublin)

The Southside ("Taobh Ó Dheas" in Irish) is not an official administrative area but a colloquial term referring to the area of County Dublin south of the river Liffey.

Areas of the Southside

The Southside includes Dublin city centre south of the Liffey, comprising many streets, such as Grafton Street, and also inner city areas such as The Liberties / The Coombe and Temple Bar.

Beyond the city centre, the Southside (in the geographic sense) includes the below, most of the names being of long heritage, though many were until recent times rural townlands:

*Adamstown (official new district in development)
*Ballinteer
*Ballsbridge
*Ballyboden
*Ballybrack
*Ballyfermot
*Ballymount
*Belfield (the estate of UCD)
*Blackrock
*Booterstown
*Bray (northern part of)
*Cabinteely
*Cherrywood
*Churchtown
*Citywest (business park, possible new district)
*Clondalkin
*Clonskeagh
*Cornelscourt
*Crumlin
*Dalkey
*Deansgrange
*Dolphin's Barn
*Donnybrook
*Drimnagh
*Dundrum
*Dun Laoghaire
*Edmondstown
*Firhouse
*Fox & Geese
*Foxrock
*Galloping Green
*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 (originally a business park, possible new district)
*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

Famous Southsiders

*Austin Clarke
*Bob Geldof
*Liam Cosgrave
*Éamon de Valera
*Brian O'Driscoll
*Garret FitzGerald
*James Joyce
*Robbie Keane
*Oscar Wilde

ee also

*Dublin 4