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# dublin neighbourhood guide

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Your guide to Walkinstown: Mid-century estates built around pockets of green
Your guide to Grangegorman: Historic area centred on an impressive new campus
Your guide to Leopardstown: Quiet southside suburb with a colourful ex-resident
Your guide to Kilmainham: Art, prison cells and a gem of a pub in this old neighbourhood
Your guide to Carrickmines: Growing suburb between the city and the mountains
Your guide to Milltown: Southside suburb with a history of railways and a rhino in the river
Your guide to Citywest: Celtic Tiger town with a growing sense of community
Your guide to Inchicore: Railway village tucked between the river and the canal
Your guide to East Wall and North Wall: Vibrant community and a history of chocolate bars
Your guide to Shankill and Loughlinstown: Seaside village with a ghost story attached
Your guide to Saggart: Ireland's fastest-growing town (which also gave us the Proclamation)
Your guide to Churchtown: Southside enclave with ice cream and Europe's first drive-thru burgers
Your guide to Stoneybatter: Dublin's inner-city village with hipsters and a lot of heart
Your guide to Drimnagh: Thriving community on the Luas once inhabited by wild wolves
Your guide to Stillorgan: Southside burb with a vintage shopping centre and Father Ted
Your guide to Crumlin: Great spirit on the streets that made Phil Lynott and Conor McGregor
Your guide to Ringsend: Iconic slice of inner-city Dublin with loads of new life
Your guide to Kimmage: Leafy suburb with the three P's - 'great parks, pubs and people'
Your guide to Balbriggan: Seaside living in Ireland's youngest town (with a history of pants)
Your guide to Rialto: The Dublin village with plenty of soul (that took its name from Venice)
Your guide to Dundrum: Friendly village with an urban farm (oh, and a city-sized shopping centre)
Your guide to Malahide: Seaside village sought-after since Viking times (with a history of eels)
Your guide to Blanchardstown: City-in-a-city with hundreds of shops and a movie-star history
Your guide to Cabra: Gardens, savage rolls and a visit from the Ramones
Your guide to Finglas: Big suburb with a 'village feel' (plus Bono and Ireland's first airport)
Your guide to Raheny: Northside by the seaside with enough greenery for everyone
Your guide to Phibsboro: Northside gem with a selection box of pubs and a Bob Marley connection
Your guide to Rathfarnham: Park-packed neighbourhood with an iconic Irish movie role
Your guide to Tallaght: The mini-city on Dublin's doorstep (with its own theme song)
Your guide to Fairview and Marino: The ‘garden city’ minutes from the centre (with secret tunnels)
Your guide to Lucan: Old-and-new town that inspired the Oval Office (plus the best local hangover cure)
Your guide to Smithfield: Inner-city village with food, festivals and vintage arcade machines
Your guide to Blackrock: Eclectic community right on the Dort with some of Ireland's best food
Your guide to Clondalkin: Suburban estates, a round tower and the Happy Pear
Your guide to Ranelagh: Brunch capital of Dublin with a village atmosphere
Your guide to Glasnevin: Peaceful parks, great pubs and the Northside Millionaires' Row
Your guide to Swords: Baby-boom town with a very special supermarket (but look out for clampers)
Your guide to Castleknock: Close-knit Northside suburb and the true home of Father Ted
Your guide to Drumcondra: Locals love the buzz in the original Fair City
Your guide to Rathmines: Leafy southside meets the real city (with a grand slam on groceries)