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The Italian Quarter (Irish: An Ceathrú na hIodáile) is an unofficially-named private development on the north bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The quarter comprises Bloom Lane, a 60-metre long pedestrianised thoroughfare, and the eateries located along it. The area is bounded by Great Strand Street to the north and Ormond Quay Lower to the south. In 2019, Italy Magazine named the area as one of the places you could expect to find "one of the more convincing approximations of mangiare all’italiana" in Dublin. Despite the name, apart from the presence of an Italian-themed restaurant and bar, there are also Thai, Mexican and generic cafés and restaurants in the area. It is one of several unofficial and unrecognised quarters that have appeared in Dublin since the beginning of the 21st century, usually created by marketing departments.

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