Street sign in Dublin, displaying name of the street in Irish and English, with postal district number.

Publicly distributed leaflet to publicise the Dublin Postal Districts issued by the Irish Department of Posts and Telegraphs - dated April 1976 (predates the creation of Dublin 6W)

Dublin postal districts are used by Ireland's postal service, known as An Post, to sort mail in the Dublin area. This system will soon change as a national postcode system will be introduced. The system is similar to that used in cities in other European countries until they adopted national postal code systems in the 1960s and '70s. The postal district appears with one or two digits appearing at the end of addresses, e.g.: Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 287 pixelsFull resolution (2465 × 883 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 287 pixelsFull resolution (2465 × 883 pixel, file size: 2. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1392x2438, 1187 KB) Summary Publically distributed leaflet to publicise the Dublin Postal Districts issued by the Irish Department of Posts and Telegraphs - dated April 1976 Scanned by Ww2censor Jan 2006 and free licence given Licensing I, the creator of this work... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1392x2438, 1187 KB) Summary Publically distributed leaflet to publicise the Dublin Postal Districts issued by the Irish Department of Posts and Telegraphs - dated April 1976 Scanned by Ww2censor Jan 2006 and free licence given Licensing I, the creator of this work... A leaflet in botany is a part of a compound leaf. ... The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Irish An t-Áire Puist agus Telegrafa) was a senior Irish government minister from 1924 to 1984, when the post and the department was abolished. ... The An Post logo An Post (English literal translation: The Post, English official title: The Post Office) is the State-owned provider of postal services in Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ...

Dublin Orthodox Synagogue,

32 Rathfarnham Road,

Terenure,

Dublin 6W

Primarily, odd numbers are used for addresses on the Northside of the River Liffey, while even numbers are on addresses on the Southside. Exceptions to this are the Phoenix Park (along with a small area between the Park and the River Liffey), and Chapelizod Village which, whilst being on the Northside of Dublin, are parts of the Dublin 8 and Dublin 20 postal districts respectively. Traffic passing the Independent Bridge at Drumcondra The harbour at Howth The Northside (Taobh Ó Thuaidh in Irish) is the area in Dublin City, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey, to the east by Dublin Bay and to the north and west by the M50 motorway. ... The Southside is not an official administrative area but a colloquial term. ... The Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park Automatic lighting gas street lamps line the main avenue of Phoenix Park Phoenix Park (in Irish, Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce) is a large park located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. ... Chapelizod is Ireland oldest villege. ...

Ringsend post office in Dublin 4 with older green Dublin street signs without Dublin Postal District number

In 1985, Dublin 6 was split, with some areas, such as Templeogue, Kimmage and Terenure becoming part of a new district in order to facilitate processing of mail by a new sorting office for those areas. Residents of some areas objected to the assignation of "Dublin 26" for the new postal district, citing property devaluation (the higher numbered districts typically representing less affluent, and typically less central regions). An Post ultimately relented, and the district became known as Dublin 6W (Confusingly the Eastern half of the old D6 postcode area remained "Dublin 6" rather than "Dublin 6E"). Proposals to extend the system to Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire met with similar objections. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1760x1168, 482 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): An Post Ringsend Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1760x1168, 482 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): An Post Ringsend Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Ringsend is a suburb of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The numbering system is not used for surrounding areas in County Dublin, such as Dún Laoghaire, Blackrock, Lucan or Swords. Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city... // Statistics Population ( ) Georges street Dún Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation ; anglicised spelling Dunleary, pronunciation ) (the original Irish spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms) is a suburban seaside town and ferry port, situated some 12 km (7 mi) south of Dublin city centre, in Ireland... BlackRock Inc. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

In Cork, there are also numbered districts, eg: the 'PATRICK STREET' (Sráid Phádraig) sign will display the digit '1', but these are not encountered in postal addresses. Cork has four postal districts. District 1 covers the city centre and large parts of the surrounding city. District 2, administered from the Ballinlough sorting office covers the south-east, District 3 from Gurranabraher covers the north-west while district 4 from Togher sorting office covers the south-west. In practice these numbers are only used internally by An Post and rarely used on mail.^{[citation needed]} WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ...

Future developments

Ireland's Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey, announced^[1] that postcodes will be introduced in Ireland by 1 January 2008.^[2] It has been reported that the postcodes will include the one- and two-character county codes currently used in vehicle registration plates, and that each address will have a unique postcode. Noel Dempsey (born January 1953), is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

TimesOnline reported^[3] that the current system of postal districts will be retained and any postcode system will be placed after the current district number but the precise details of the system have not yet been released

References

1. ^ Dempsey announces programme to introduce postcodes (retrieved 10 February 2007)
2. ^ The Irish Examiner All addresses to be given postcodes (retrieved 10 February 2007)
3. ^ TimesOnline Upmarket Dublin survives postcode shake-up (retrieved 10 February 2007)

See also

• List of Dublin postal districts
• Postal addresses in Ireland

Locations As a general rule, even numbered postal districts are on the southside, while odd numbered districts are on the northside. ... Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland are similar to those in the rest of the English-speaking world, but there is no national post code system. ...

External links

• An Post — The Post Office
• ComReg — Commission for Communications Regulation