If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Dublin telephone numbers

mediaeval · 2014-12-09 18:27:22

I seem to remember that the Dublin area changed from 6 digit telephone numbers to 7 digit telephone numbers in the late 1980s. When did the Dublin area move from 5 digits to 6? Does anyone know?

Options

09-12-2014 7:27pm

#1

mediaeval

Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭

Join Date: June 2008

Posts: 18

I seem to remember that the Dublin area changed from 6 digit telephone numbers to 7 digit telephone numbers in the late 1980s. When did the Dublin area move from 5 digits to 6? Does anyone know?

0

Comments

Options
#2 09-12-2014 9:14pm
shanew

Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2005

Posts: 2740

based on listings in Thom's, it looks like 6 digit phone numbers started in Dublin city sometime around 1958. There's a mix of 5 and 6 digit numbers in the directory for the year, mostly 5 digit, but a few 6 digit also. Similar pattern in 1962.

0