Phone Numbers, Phone Codes and Telephone Directories in Ireland
To find a phone number in Ireland, first decide whether the number is in Eire (the Irish Republic) or Northern Ireland, as the phone books and dialling codes are different. The Ireland (Eire) telephone country code is 353, but Northern Ireland is regarded as part of the UK, so its phone country code is 44 with an area code of 28. In both Irelands, you don’t need the telephone area code if you’re dialling within the area, e.g. Dublin, itself.
When calling an Irish phone number from outside the country, you must omit the “0” from the beginning of the area code. From the Irish Republic you can dial 048 for Northern Ireland landline access (may also be dialed as an international call to the UK using 004428 ). You have to dial the complete number for mobile (cell) phones in Ireland, but miss off the preceding “0” if you’re calling from abroad.
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Eire Phonebook Online
https://www.eirphonebook.ie/q/name/: Eir operates the largest fixed-line telecommunications network in the Republic of Ireland, under licence from the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Most homes and businesses in the state are dependent on their network. They appear to have outsourced their directory services to FCR Media. They have a business and residential search.
N.B. I could not access their site from Australia as Amazon geoblocked it, and had to use a VPN (I used a UK server).
118 Directory
http://www.118.ie/: 11850 Irish business search and people search white pages. It’s was free online, but now they seem to have taken away the online search and you have to phone them up (costs money if you do it by phone!).
Golden Pages
http://www.goldenpages.ie/: This is an FCR site which seems to work. “Yellow Pages” style classified business directory. Choose from the list of business categories or type in your search under “I’m looking for”.
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Its a total disaster trying to find a landline no in irelnd NOW…Why is this PROGRESS ?????
We’ve not had a lot of luck either (although our sample was small), but if you’ve any better links, we’d be glad to publish them…
Tony
Hi Tony, Any idea how to find a residential number for a specific name & address in Ireland? The Eircom link doesn’t work either from your site or the Eircom site…
Ta.
Hi Adrian,
Hmm, I’m getting a 404 from the Eircom link too, though I notice it’s still No.1 in Google! I’ll check that later to see if it’s just temporary.
The http://www.118.ie/people.aspx link still works, and I notice there’s another commercial version at http://www.11890.ie/search/people-listings-search.aspx which you could try. Note that although free online, if you call them they’ll charge you (extortionately!) to connect you.
HTH,
Tony
I have now updated the post having discovered quite a few changes in ownership/outsourcing, etc. – don’t you love privatisation?!
Beware of some sites on Google with VERY strange URIs that seem a bit dodgy…
Good luck to all,
Tony
hi tony..
actually i want to find my friend in Ireland ….
his number was in my last mobile phone that was i lost …. can you do me a favour please tell me the HOme phone dircetery of Ireland ………
Hi Anis,
Just try the numbers we supply above, look for “people”!
Tony
This page does not deliver what it is supposed to do.All I wanted was to find a cell phone number in Dublin and it does not give the opportunity to search.
Hi Bertie,
Sorry you didn’t find what you wanted, but the page gives you three references of where to find telephone numbers online, and explains how Irish numbers are constructed. It’s constructed mainly to help people travelling to Ireland from outside the country. Mobile numbers are always more difficult, we’ll try to see if we can find a reference for them.
Tony Page
I gave up after 20 minutes trying to find a landline number in Clontarf Dublin. Its in their directory but somehow I hit a brickwall here. Gary Clyne
Sorry you had difficulty, Gary. Sometimes it just seems finding a name you know exists in these directories is a pain. One thing that causes issues these days is the fact that many people have silent numbers now, thanks to all the telemarketing calls, I know that’s the case in the UK.
BTW, as far as I know there is currently no cellular white pages in Eire.