Northside, Dublin districts, such as Oxmantown, no longer exist. Beyond the centre, areas of the Northside include the below, most (at least two names were invented in the 1960s) of the names being of long heritage, though until recently many were rural townlands. Some are distinct suburbs or villages, others are parts of larger areas: The 'area' is administered both by Dublin City Council (formerly Dublin Corporation) and Fingal County Council, responsible for 84% and 16% of the land area which lies inside the M50 motorway and north of the river Liffey respectively (excluding the Howth peninsula). In general, Dublin postal districts
St James' Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) an old custom that funeral processions passing the fountain would circle it three times before carrying on to the cemetery. James Whitelaw (1749–1813) was a clergyman at this church, before going on to St. Catherine's Church. St James' Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) St. James' Church (), a former Church of Ireland church in James's Street, Dublin, Ireland, was established in 1707. The corresponding parish, which was separated from that of nearby St. Catherine's, was established in 1710. There had been a shrine dedicated to St. James at nearby St. James's Gate, a stopping-off point for pilgrims, since medieval times.