Southside (Dublin)

The Southside of Dublin city is the area bounded to the north by the River Liffey, to the east by Dublin Bay and to the south and west by the M50 motorway. It is not an official administrative area but a colloquial term. The Southside is more affluent than the Northside. Places in the Southside include Mount Merrion, Ballsbridge, Foxrock, Rathmines, Donnybrook.

The stereotypical Southsider has a snobbish image, and is associated with hockey, rugby and University College Dublin. This stereotype is satirized in a Sunday Tribune column written by Paul Howard under the byline Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.

Famous southsiders include former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, James Joyce and Oscar Wilde.

See also

• Dublin 4