Aisling Hotel has a Dublin 8 Postcode but is in Dublin 7 !!!!

D7

I know the hotel reopened in may 2009 after a major revamp but why O why has it's formal address suggesting it is south of the Liffey with a D8 address.

Am I right in assuming that Dublin 7 is only north of the Liffey and Dublon 8 is ONLY south of the Liffey?

May be the Collins Barracks has a south dub postcode too and has been robbed from D7.

What's going on.............explanations most welcome from anyone

tricky D

Parkgate St is Dublin 8. 8 stretches into the Park also. The reason has to do with the postal depot which served it which was in Kilmainham or James St. I've won a fair few pints on that one.

humberklog

The Aras and American residencey is D8 too.
Chapelizod is D20.
It's only a post code.

D.7 is only north of the Liffey...in this you are right. But not in the rest.

Dudess

That whole area down by Heuston Station - either side of the river - has always been fairly ambiguous in terms of post code, hasn't it?

spurious

It's always been 8.
It goes back to the nearest post office to the Vice Regal lodge (now the Áras) being in Dublin 8.

Wishbone Ash

spurious wrote: »

It's always been 8.
It goes back to the nearest post office to the Vice Regal lodge (now the Áras) being in Dublin 8.

I understood that the area was served by the James's Street branch, hence the 'Dublin 8'.

Dudess

spurious wrote: »

It's always been 8.
It goes back to the nearest post office to the Vice Regal lodge (now the Áras) being in Dublin 8.

So the entrance to Phoenix Park is Dublin 8? That's confuzzling...

humberklog

Dudess wrote: »

So the entrance to Phoenix Park is Dublin 8? That's confuzzling...

Well, the main entrance at Parkgate St. is D.8 as is the exit at Islandbridge but the Chapelizod entrance is D.20 and the N.C.R one is D.7 and then the Castleknock one would be eh...probably D.15 (but open to correction on that).

sceptre

Phoenix Park is Dublin 8 even though it's northside (as for specific entrances, erm, Limerick dweller, don't care). All of Chapelizod is Dublin 20 even though it's basically northside. They're the two exceptions and yes, it's to do with sorting offices and where they deliver to.

Silly is the whining people who didn't want to be Dublin 26 when Dublin 6 was split so they became Dublin 6W to stop them from crying about house prices.

Red Sleeping Beauty

That Dublin 6W postcode sure is an awful silly one. Bleedin' crazy area!

jeckle

Residents of Parkgate St are not allowed to open a bank account in their nearest Bank of Ireland branch, which is on Arran Quay, Dublin 7. They are forced to cross the river & go down to the branch on James’s St, Dublin 8 if they want a Bank of Ireland account. They can, however open one a few doors down, in AIB Arran Quay, Dublin 7.

The only way they can open a BOI account in the Arran Quay branch is if they sell up & relocate to a Dublin 7 address or give up their job & get one whose employer has a Dublin 7 address, which kind of defeats the whole purpose. Quite a few hoops to jump through just to open a bank account!

A postal code can work against you.

PCPhoto

jeckle wrote: »

Residents of Parkgate St are not allowed to open a bank account in their nearest Bank of Ireland branch, which is on Arran Quay, Dublin 7. They are forced to cross the river & go down to the branch on James’s St, Dublin 8 if they want a Bank of Ireland account. They can, however open one a few doors down, in AIB Arran Quay, Dublin 7.

The only way they can open a BOI account in the Arran Quay branch is if they sell up & relocate to a Dublin 7 address or give up their job & get one whose employer has a Dublin 7 address, which kind of defeats the whole purpose. Quite a few hoops to jump through just to open a bank account!

A postal code can work against you.

I dont think the banks care about where a person lives as long as they can deposit money in.

in fairness - if someone walked into the BOI and got told they have to goto another branch to set up an account there would most likely loose a lot of customers.

especially as you can use your ATM Card at any machine or withdraw money at any machine

jeckle

PCPhoto wrote: »

I dont think the banks care about where a person lives as long as they can deposit money in.

in fairness - if someone walked into the BOI and got told they have to goto another branch to set up an account there would most likely loose a lot of customers.

especially as you can use your ATM Card at any machine or withdraw money at any machine

I'm not imagining what happened or what I was told. I know three others who had the same experience, & yes I'm familiar with the workings of an ATM Card.:)

My point is that a postal code can be a hindrance.

Jip

Dudess wrote: »

So the entrance to Phoenix Park is Dublin 8? That's confuzzling...

All that park is Dublin 8 afaik.

jeckle wrote: »

I'm not imagining what happened or what I was told. I know three others who had the same experience, & yes I'm familiar with the workings of an ATM Card.:)

My point is that a postal code can be a hindrance.

Still seems very odd to me, my main bank accounts are in Dublin 2, two different banks and I don't, or ever had, an address anywhere near Dublin 2.

Sundew

All that park is Dublin 8 afaik.

St Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park is Dublin 20

Jip

Odd, as the OSI is also Dublin 8, and the address for the park itself is Dublin 8.

D7

It would be nice to have visibility of a good PDF map of the city showing the exact postcode boundaries. I had always thought there was a clear Odds and Evens (North/South) divide on Postcodes to make matters relatively simple............alas no............

SO ..........New Aisling Hotel.............. North of the Liffey is in Dublin 8!


Now another Question............is there a sorting office for each Postcode..............TrickyD any answers. We may be able to make a sensibile suggestion to Board Snip in that case !!!!! lol Instead of ditching the Grangegorman consolidation of all the VECs in Dublin..........Ouch:D

D7

Sundew

.is there a sorting office for each Postcode.

Most postcodes do have their own D.O though I'm sure there are a few exceptions
D10/20 springs to mind as it's covered by one D.O.

humberklog

Cara Cheshire Home is D.20 too.

LizT

D7 wrote: »

It would be nice to have visibility of a good PDF map of the city showing the exact postcode boundaries. I had always thought there was a clear Odds and Evens (North/South) divide on Postcodes to make matters relatively simple............alas no............

SO ..........New Aisling Hotel.............. North of the Liffey is in Dublin 8!


Now another Question............is there a sorting office for each Postcode..............TrickyD any answers. We may be able to make a sensibile suggestion to Board Snip in that case !!!!! lol Instead of ditching the Grangegorman consolidation of all the VECs in Dublin..........Ouch:D

D7

That post hurt my eyes.

Dudess

humberklog wrote: »

Well, the main entrance at Parkgate St. is D.8 as is the exit at Islandbridge but the Chapelizod entrance is D.20 and the N.C.R one is D.7 and then the Castleknock one would be eh...probably D.15 (but open to correction on that).

Yes, I should have specified which entrance - the one that culchies are most familiar with...

humberklog

Dudess wrote: »

Yes, I should have specified which entrance - the one that culchies are most familiar with...

Ah Dudess I knew which one you were talking about...like boy.

uberwolf

Farmleigh cited as D9 by OPW
http://www.opw.ie/en/Info/ContactDetails/LocalOffices/

humberklog

uberwolf wrote: »

Farmleigh cited as D9 by OPW
http://www.opw.ie/en/Info/ContactDetails/LocalOffices/

That's just nutty. Mind you it's D.15 on Farmleigh's official stuff. I've a letter in front of me here saying D.15.

dazberry

There's apparently (Disclaimer: So I've been told) also a few anomalies in the Leopardstown area which beyond people doctoring their postcode because they want to be in Blackrock Co Dublin instead of Dublin 18 for instance was caused by a postal dispute at the time.

D.

BarryM

humberklog wrote: »

That's just nutty. Mind you it's D.15 on Farmleigh's official stuff. I've a letter in front of me here saying D.15.

Bizarre... Fernleigh, just up the road, is definitely in 15.

Anyway, how do you find out what your postcode is??

delta_bravo

dazberry wrote: »

There's apparently (Disclaimer: So I've been told) also a few anomalies in the Leopardstown area which beyond people doctoring their postcode because they want to be in Blackrock Co Dublin instead of Dublin 18 for instance was caused by a postal dispute at the time.

D.

That area of South Dublin is hilarious. I work in an office that receives a fair amount of mail and people give ridiculous nonsensical addresses like:

Sandymount,
Dun Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.

or

Loughlinstown,
Killiney,
Co. Dublin

That kind of stuff is totally property/status driven and I would say annoys the hell out of An Post

Jip

BarryM wrote: »

Anyway, how do you find out what your postcode is??

Look at your address on the envelopes that come in your door

herya

dazberry wrote: »

There's apparently (Disclaimer: So I've been told) also a few anomalies in the Leopardstown area which beyond people doctoring their postcode because they want to be in Blackrock Co Dublin instead of Dublin 18 for instance was caused by a postal dispute at the time.

D.

It's not necessarily something that people do on their own - I'm in the general Leopardstown area and when I gave my address update to a broadband company they told me that their addressing system (some kind of database they have from AnPost apparently) puts this street in Blackrock - it's nowhere near Blackrock! And they can't change it. As a result I receive post addressed to XYZ St, Blackrock from them because their system won't take it any other way. There is one more provider that sends us post addressed like this (most likely using the same system?), while other companies accept the correct address fine.

Cadiz

Thanks for clarifications on D7. When I was flat hunting and saw Parkgate on Daft as D8 I always thought it was more snobby Dublin 6W nonsense.

So good to know it isn't in case I get caught out when ranting

boneless

uberwolf wrote: »

Farmleigh cited as D9 by OPW
http://www.opw.ie/en/Info/ContactDetails/LocalOffices/

That's to confuse the terrorists....:p

Linku

All the addresses in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown are a mess. The 'Blackrock' post code covers a ridiculously huge area some of which is right beside Stillorgan village. Why did Booterstown never become a de facto post code? The area up near the main gate to UCD (Glenomena/Woodbine/Seafield) is still part of 'Blackrock', it's probably nearer to Donnybrook or Stillorgan. Maybe 'Montrose' (without Donnybrook afterward) or 'Belfield' should be an address? I always thought Nutley Lane/Vincents should be 'Merrion'

Nevyn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_postal_districts

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/DublinPC.svg

D7

Yes those map are handy as indicative but is there anything decent down to street level showing clearly where the boundaries actually are?

Kooli

jeckle wrote: »

Residents of Parkgate St are not allowed to open a bank account in their nearest Bank of Ireland branch, which is on Arran Quay, Dublin 7. They are forced to cross the river & go down to the branch on James’s St, Dublin 8 if they want a Bank of Ireland account. They can, however open one a few doors down, in AIB Arran Quay, Dublin 7.

The only way they can open a BOI account in the Arran Quay branch is if they sell up & relocate to a Dublin 7 address or give up their job & get one whose employer has a Dublin 7 address, which kind of defeats the whole purpose. Quite a few hoops to jump through just to open a bank account!

A postal code can work against you.

I have NEVER heard of anything like this, and find it very hard to believe that this is true.

My bank is not in the same postcode as me and this was never an issue.

However I do hate that I have to collect my parcels from the James's street post office when the Rathmines one is so much closer. Stupid Dublin 8...

funkyjebus

jeckle wrote: »

I'm not imagining what happened or what I was told. I know three others who had the same experience, & yes I'm familiar with the workings of an ATM Card.:)

My point is that a postal code can be a hindrance.

Sorry mate, but your wrong on that one, they can't do that.
I'm not saying your lying, but you were probably lied to. I live d7 and my account id in d4. Also just set up another on in Co. dublin.

Linku

I've got two bank accounts in different parts of Dublin and one in a different county and I've never lived near either of them, and most of my family have their bank accounts outside Dublin and they live in Dublin, so that can't be true.

jeckle

PCPhoto wrote:

I dont think the banks care about where a person lives as long as they can deposit money in.

in fairness - if someone walked into the BOI and got told they have to goto another branch to set up an account there would most likely loose a lot of customers.

especially as you can use your ATM Card at any machine or withdraw money at any machine

Kooli wrote:

I have NEVER heard of anything like this, and find it very hard to believe that this is true.

My bank is not in the same postcode as me and this was never an issue.

funkyjebus wrote:

Sorry mate, but your wrong on that one, they can't do that.
I'm not saying your lying, but you were probably lied to. I live d7 and my account id in d4. Also just set up another on in Co. dublin.

Linku wrote:

I've got two bank accounts in different parts of Dublin and one in a different county and I've never lived near either of them, and most of my family have their bank accounts outside Dublin and they live in Dublin, so that can't be true.

I was referring specifically to Bank of Ireland Arran Quay.

I’ve contacted BOI about this & they informed me that yes, this is true.

Some of their branches now insist on new customers opening their account in branches with the same postal code as their address or that of their employer. Obviously Arran quay is one of them, though I was given the example of Tallaght & Walkinstown branches being particularly strict on this matter.

Of course we all know people who were originally born or lived in one place & still have their account there, students are one example, or people who have opened bank accounts in different areas. I am one of these people, as a matter account my original bank accounts were in a branch of another bank with entirely different postal codes to where I lived or worked, but I wanted to open a BOI account in the branch that was physically nearer to me at the time (Arran Quay) & was refused because of my postal code.

Bank of Ireland have informed me this is purely for ease of servicing the account, but some of their branches are more strict than others with regards enforcing this.

Servicing the account would include signature verification when necessary, loan applications etc.

So I’m not imaging what I was told at the time & I wasn’t given false information either. Neither are the others!

If any of you live on Parkgate Street & have opened an account in BOI Arran Quay please let me know.

D7

Sounds like the Times and/or the Indo could have a field day with the BOI and their treatment of D7/D8 Residents.............I thought in these customers stroking and pampering days the customer should always get what he wants, rather than some robot sticking to some idiot's rule. The rule, as such, may also be tied into the Electoral Register for the area, or is it Postcode area?

Expose required maybe

" Makes its easier to service the Account"...............my a*se