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 has areas of higher affluence than the Northside. Places in the Southside include Mount Merrion, Foxrock, Goatstown, Cabinteely, Ballsbridge, Rathmines, Donnybrook, Terenure, Drimnagh Dalkey, Killiney, Ballyfermot and Tallaght.

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Dublin city - River Liffey - Dublin Bay - M50 motorway - Colloquial - Northside - Mount Merrion - Foxrock - Goatstown - Cabinteely - Ballsbridge - Rathmines - Donnybrook - Terenure - Drimnagh - Dalkey - Killiney - Ballyfermot - Tallaght

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The stereotypical Southsider has a sophisticated and intellectual image, and is associated with hockey, rugby and University College Dublin. There is also a well-known stereotypical southside accent which is viewed disdainfully by some (see Dortspeak). These stereotypes are satirized in a Sunday Tribune column written by Paul Howard under the byline Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.

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Hockey - Rugby - University College Dublin - Dortspeak - Sunday Tribune - Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

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Famous southsiders include former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, James Joyce, Austin Clarke, Oscar Wilde, and the man considered, by some, to be the father of the modern Irish State, Eamon de Valera(born in New York), was schooled and educated on the Southside in Blackrock College, and resided there for most of his life.

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Taoiseach - Garret FitzGerald - James Joyce - Austin Clarke - Oscar Wilde - Eamon de Valera - Blackrock College

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