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In Ireland, 35% of premises (over 600,000) have non-unique addresses due to an absence of house numbers or names. [2] Before the introduction of a national postcode system (Eircode) in 2015, this required postal workers to remember which family names corresponded to which house in smaller towns, and many townlands.
Although Ireland's routing key areas take a similar format to postcode areas in the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), they are not intended as a mnemonic for a county or city name, except for those used in the historic Dublin postal districts. Several towns and townlands can share the same routing key. [3]
Under the Eircode postcode system, the postal district number is still retained in Dublin addresses, even though this information is also contained in the "Locator code" portion of the Eircode postcodes, e.g.: Sample Address, Sample Street, Dublin 8, D08 1X2Y
Ireland's postcode system (called Eircode) refers to individual properties – not to streets/areas. It is presented in the format A12 A1BC The first 3 characters are a routing key referring to a postal district, and the second 4 characters are a unique, pseudorandom identifier for individual properties.
As of 2018 there were approximately 1,100 An Post offices and over 100 postal agents across Ireland. [4] The Irish government announced the introduction of a postcode system, Eircode, in Ireland from 2008 [5] though An Post was against the system at the time, saying it was unnecessary. [6]
Dublin Central is one of the most densely populated and socially and ethnically diverse areas in Ireland. [1] The postcode consists of most of the northern city centre, [citation needed] affluent white collar areas around and including Mayor Square, [citation needed] and traditional working class areas such as Sheriff Street. [2]
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Upon the establishment of the Irish Free State and later, the Republic of Ireland, the Irish government retained the designation and today it forms part of the Eircode system, a postcode format slightly different from the UK format and identifying individual addresses.