Structure
| Dublin's postal districts |
|---|
| Dublin 3 (D3) Dublin | Dublin 4 (D4) Dublin, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
| Dublin 5 (D5) Dublin | Dublin 6 (D6) Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown |
| Dublin 7 (D7) Dublin | Dublin 6W (D6W) Dublin, South Dublin |
| Dublin 9 (D9) Dublin | Dublin 8 (D8) Dublin |
A postal code (also known as postcode, post code, PIN, or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.
Eircode, Ireland's postcode system launched in July 2015. Unlike other countries where postcodes define a cluster or group of addresses, a unique Eircode is assigned to each residential and business address. Having an Eircode, removes the hassle and mistakes out of finding addresses in Ireland.
The sender's address (your address), is on the top right hand corner. The address of the company/person to whom the letter is being sent is written on the left-hand side. When you do not know the name of the person to whom you are writing, you may start with 'Dear Sir/Madam'.
There is no official address for any location in Ireland. People living in the same street or townland or even the same house may write their addresses very differently.
Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland, which is NOT in the United Kingdom.
In Ireland, 35% of Irish premises (over 600,000) have non-unique addresses due to an absence of house numbers or names. Ireland was the last country in the OECD to create a postcode system, which is called Eircode.
“It is much more than just a postcode. It is a smart location code for all Irish addresses.” Each code will consist of seven digits – a three-digit 'routing key', and 4-digit 'unique identified. The unique identifier is for an individual address.
Eircode Routing Keys
| ROUTING KEY | DESCRIPTOR |
|---|
| D24 | DUBLIN 24 |
| D6W | DUBLIN 6W |
| E21 | CAHIR |
| E25 | CASHEL |
Dialing Codes for Ireland
| Country / City | Country Dialing Code | City/Mobile Dialing Code |
|---|
| Ireland / Mobile | 353 | 89 |
| Ireland / Non Geographic | 353 | 818 |
| Ireland / Other | 353 | |
| Ireland / Vodafone Mobile | 353 | 87 |
Irish Postcodes and EircodeA lot of people have trouble with sending and delivering goods to Ireland, as there is no official postcode system in place.
Swieqi
| SwieqiIs-Swieqi Saint Andrew's |
|---|
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | SWQ |
| Dialing code | 356 |
| ISO 3166 code | MT-57 |
The island-state of Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy), it consists of three islands: Malta, Gozo, and Comino, of which Malta is the largest island. In its history, the Maltese archipelago was always strategically significant for the domination of the Mediterranean.
Start to write on the left hand side of the envelope, following this sequence:
- 1st line: Name of addressee.
- 2nd line: House/flat name and/or number + Street/Square name.
- 3rd line: Town/City.
- 4th line: Postcode.
- 5th line: Country name.
Inbound cross border mail (international mail to be delivered in Malta) that arrives at Marsa Office of exchange before 1900hrs between Monday and Friday and 17.30 hrs on Saturday will be processed on the same day and delivered within the standards and exceptions as those identified under domestic priority mail.
In Malta, Postcodes were introduced in 1991. The current local Postcode is alphanumeric, meaning that it contains both numbers and letters. Thus, the Maltese Postcode is made up of 3 alphabetical letters followed by 4 digits.
Autoaddress has launched a free Eircode app available now for Apple and Android devices. Completely free to use, this app is a solution for delivery drivers, sales people, service engineers and the general public to accurately locate properties and get directions using Eircode.
Simply enter the seven character Eircode and Google will display their version of the address (usually not the way you would write it yourself!) and a distance, so just tap on this address. The address will be displayed on the map, and you can tap on the directions button to get Sat-Nav directions.
If you can't find your Eircode at all in Google Maps or other navigation apps it is ?likely they have not updated their address data with the most recent Eircode information. This issue does not affect the National Ambulance Service as they update their address database Quarterly when new Eircodes are released.
How to add your Eircode to Google Maps
- Eircode.
- How Your Address Gets Assigned an Eircode.
- When Can You Get an Eircode?
- How to add your Eircode to Google Maps.
- Use a PC or a Laptop – not a mobile device.
- Open Google Maps and go to your house/ building site location.
- Right click on the location and choose the option “What's here”
"Every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse" in Ireland has an EircodeGoogle maps now recognises these codes, so you can get accurate directions to the door of your hotel, guesthouse, AirBnB , restaurant etc.
