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About North Dublin

The main shopping area in the north inner city, and busiest shopping street in Ireland, is Henry Street/Mary Street, just off O’Connell street. Four of the six city centre shopping centres are located on the Northside, these are the Jervis Centre, the Ilac Shopping Centre, Irish Life Shopping Mall and the Moore Street Mall, along with Dublin’s largest out-of-town centre, at Blanchardstown, and others at Swords, Coolock, Charlestown in northern Finglas, and Donaghmede.

Geography and population

Not an administrative area, the Northside is variously defined. It
generally includes those parts of Dublin city which lie north of the
River Liffey. County Dublin settlements, north of the M50 motorway, such
as Swords and Malahide, that have developed into suburbs of Dublin
city, are also sometimes included.

Areas of the Northside

The Northside includes Dublin city centre north of the Liffey, of whose
many streets some are noted below, and districts such as Smithfield
and Summerhill. Some older districts, such as Oxmantown, no longer
exist. Beyond the centre, areas of the Northside include the below,
most (at least two names were invented in the 1960s) of the names being
of long heritage, though until recently many were rural townlands. Some are distinct suburbs or villages, others are parts of larger areas:

The ‘area’ is administered both by Dublin City Council (formerly Dublin Corporation) and Fingal County Council, responsible for 84% and 16% of the land area which lies inside the M50 motorway and north of the river Liffey respectively (excluding the Howth peninsula).