Irishtown, Dublin Irishtown, Dublin Irishtown () is an inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is situated on the southside of the River Liffey, between Ringsend to the north and Sandymount to the south, and is to the east of the River Dodder. Irishtown grew outside of Dublin, about 2,000 metres west of the medieval city walls (see also Ringsend). Dublin was originally a Viking city and after 1171, when an Anglo-Norman army seized it, Dublin became the centre of English rule in Ireland. The native Gaelic Irish were therefore viewed as an alien force in the city, and suspicion of them was
Dundrum, Dublin Dundrum, Dublin Dundrum (, "the ridge fort"), originally a town in its own right, is a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16. Dundrum is home to one of the largest shopping complexes in Ireland. One of the earliest mentions of the area concerns the location of the original St. Nahi's Church in the 8th century on which site today's 18th-century church currently stands. The ancient name for Dundrum is "Taney" which derives from "Tigh Naithi" meaning the house or place of Nath Í. Recent archeological