Dubliner

Person from Ireland's capital

A Dubliner is a person from Dublin, the capital city of Ireland.

The term carries cultural weight beyond mere geography—Dubliners are associated with a particular urban Irish identity, wit, and literary heritage.

James Joyce's short story collection *Dubliners* helped cement the word's literary resonance: She was a true Dubliner, born and raised on the north side.

Irish

Gaelic

Celtic linguistic tradition

craic · brogue · Blarney · leprechaun · bodhran · colcannon · soda bread · coddle · St. Patrick · Riverdance

Joycean

Ulysses

Greek hero, Latinized

Finnegans Wake · stream of consciousness · modernism · paralysis

resident

local

Of this area

denizen · dweller · Southsider · emigrant · expatriate · commuter · neighbor · townsfolk · settled · born and bred

Categories
Opposites
irish regional identity

Dublinerbogger

One who works marshes

provincial · farmer · villager · townie

capital city vs. provincial

Dublinerprovincial

Regional or narrow-minded

villager · outsider · blow-in

national identity

DublinerLondoner

Capital city resident

Parisian · Berliner · New Yorker · Roman · Athenian

Phrases
Family

Dublin, Dubliners, Dublin-born

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G