Rooms to Rent in Fairview, Dublin 3

Fairview is an inner coastal suburb on the Northside, in Dublin 3, stretching from the River Tolka north-east along Fairview Park towards Clontarf Road DART station. It sits on the main road out of the city through North Strand, where the route splits into the Malahide, Howth and Clontarf roads, with Marino to the north, Ballybough and North Strand to the west and Clontarf to the east. Until the end of the 18th century the area was known as Ballybough, and the parish of Fairview was created in 1879.

Fairview Park, laid out on land reclaimed from the sea in the early 1900s, has playing fields, playgrounds, a skate park and tree-lined walks, and the River Tolka flows past it into Dublin Bay. The main commercial strips, Fairview and Fairview Strand, have cafés, pubs and shops, and the red-brick Victorian houses of Philipsburgh Avenue run north towards Marino. Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, was born at 15 Marino Crescent, which overlooks the small park now named after him.

Clontarf Road DART station, beside the park, is the first stop north of the city centre, BusConnects H-spine buses run along the main road, and a segregated cycle route to the city centre opened in November 2024. Croke Park is a short walk west, the Marino Institute of Education is nearby on Griffith Avenue, and O'Connell Street is close enough to walk. Rooms range from shares in period terraced houses to apartments, and Fairview suits students and young professionals who want to be close to town and the sea. Dwelles lists rooms in Fairview so you can compare options.