Rooms to Rent in Finglas, Dublin 11

Finglas is a north-western suburb of Dublin, mainly in the Dublin 11 postal district and within Dublin City Council, close to Junction 5 of the M50 and the N2, with Glasnevin and Ballymun nearby and Dublin Airport about 7 km to the north. Its name, Fionnghlas, means clear streamlet, after the Finglas River, which now runs through the village in a culvert. Finglas has deep roots: an early Christian abbey here is traditionally linked with St Canice and dated to around 560.

Much of modern Finglas was built in the 1950s, when large housing estates were developed to rehouse families from the north inner city, many of them named after Irish republicans of the early 20th century. The village centre has shops, banks, pubs and restaurants, and the Charlestown and Clearwater shopping centres sit to the north and south. Local life includes Erin's Isle GAA, many soccer clubs and the Finglas Maypole Arts Festival, launched in 2019, and in 1932 Ireland's first commercial airport opened at Kildonan in Finglas.

Buses are the main public transport, led by the BusConnects F-spine routes into the city centre, and drivers have the M50 and the N2 on the doorstep. Rooms range from spare rooms in family homes to house shares, and Finglas suits people working along the M50, in the northside business parks or at the airport. Dwelles lists rooms in Finglas so you can compare current options.