13 Facts About Rathmines

Rathmines is an affluent inner suburb on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland.

Rathmines is a commercial and social hub and is well known across Ireland as "flatland"—an area that has provided rented accommodation to newly arrived junior civil servants and third-level students from outside the city since the 1930s.

In more recent times, Rathmines has diversified its housing stock and many houses have been gentrified.

Rathmines gained a reputation as a "Dublin Belgravia" in the 19th Century.

Rathmines is part of the Barony of Uppercross, one of the many baronies surrounding the old city of Dublin, bound as it was by walls, some of which are still visible.

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In more recent times, Rathmines was a popular suburb of Dublin, attracting the wealthy and powerful seeking refuge from the poor living conditions of the city from the middle of the 19th century.

Rathmines is arguably best known historically for a bloody battle that took place there in 1649, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, leading to the death of perhaps up to 5,000 people.

Several hundred years Rathmines was the location of a "spa" – in fact a spring – the water of which was said to have health-giving properties.

Dublin Rathmines was a parliamentary county constituency at Westminster from 1918 to 1922.

Rathmines Church was used as a weapons store during the War of Independence.

Kimmage–Rathmines is a local electoral area of Dublin City Council, electing six councillors; the boundaries of the electoral areas in Rathmines have varied over the years.

Rathmines Library was opened on 24 October 1913 following a grant of £8,500 from Andrew Carnegie, to a design by architect, Frederick Hicks.

Rathmines is served by the Luas light rail system: Ranelagh on the Green Line is the most convenient for access to the main street, while the Charlemont and Beechwood stops are within walking distance of the area.