| WESTLIFE | Boy band formed in Dublin in 1998 (8) |
| BOOMTOWN | The _ Rats, new wave band formed in Dublin in 1975 (8) |
| IRISHTERRIER | *Dog breed whose first club was formed in Dublin |
| TAKETHAT | Boy band formed in 1989 (4,4) |
| THEVAMPS | Boy band formed in 2012 noted for their album Night & Day (3,5) |
| GUINNESS | Arthur _, Irish brewer who started brewing ales at his St James's Gate Brewery in Dublin in 1759 (8) |
| PAKENHAM | Kitty, Duchess of Wellington who married the 1st Duke in Dublin in 1806 (8) |
| EASTSIDE | Sounds like E's over junction with Sidney in Dublin, in relation to rest of country (4,4) |
| ROADKILL | Beastly carnage on way out of Dublin in Kildare (4,4) |
| DIRECTION | British boy band formed in 2010, One --------- (9) |
| BLUE | British boy band formed in 2000 (4) |
| NSYNC | Justin Timberlake's boy band, formed in 1995 (5) |
| PLYMOUTHBRETHREN | Religious sect founded in Dublin in the 1820s (8,8) |
| EAST | Boy band formed in 1991 featuring John Hendy and Brian Harvey, _ 17 (4) |
| EASTERRISING | An armed insurrection against British rule that took place in Dublin in April 1916 in Ireland (6,6) |
| THINLIZZY | Irish rock band founded in Dublin in 1969 by Brian Downey and Phil Lynott |
| MESSIAH | Oratorio that debuted in Dublin in 1742 |
| PORTO | Which team won the Europa League final in Dublin in 2011? (5) |
| BONO | Rock singer born Paul Hewson in Dublin in 1960 (4) |
| DWELL | Live as a permanent resident in Dublin, in a comfortable manner |
