South Dublin
county, Ireland
South Dublin, county in the province of Leinster, eastern Ireland. The county of South Dublin was created in 1994 when the geographic county of Dublin was split administratively into three separate units. It now constitutes the southwestern and western component of the Greater Dublin metropolitan area. Tallaght is the county seat. South Dublin is bordered by the city of Dublin (east) and Counties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown (southeast), Wicklow (south and southwest), Kildare (west), and Fingal (north)....