Rooms to Rent in Rathmines, Dublin 6

Rathmines starts on the southern bank of the Grand Canal and runs along Rathmines Road towards Rathgar, with Ranelagh to the east and Harold's Cross to the west. For generations it was known across Ireland as Flatland, because its large Georgian and Victorian houses were divided into flats for students and young civil servants arriving in the city, and house shares are still a familiar part of local life. The main street is easy to recognise by the green copper dome of the Church of Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners, and by the clock tower of Rathmines Town Hall, nicknamed the Four Faced Liar because its four clock faces do not always show the same time.

Day to day, Rathmines has almost everything on one road: supermarkets, cafés, takeaways, pubs, the Swan Centre, the Swan Leisure gym and pool, and a public library that opened in 1913. Two cinemas add to the evenings, the multi-screen Swan cinema and the Stella, a vintage picture house restored and reopened in 2017. Rathmines College of Further Education is based in the Town Hall, and Griffith College's main campus is a short walk away on the South Circular Road.

Getting into town is easy. Ranelagh is the most convenient Luas Green line stop for the main street, with Charlemont, Beechwood and Cowper also within walking distance, and frequent buses run along Rathmines Road. The city centre is close enough to walk or cycle over Portobello Bridge. Rathmines suits students, young professionals and anyone who wants a busy neighbourhood close to the centre, and Dwelles lists rooms in house shares and apartments here so you can compare what is available now.