Part of the area forms Fairview Park, a recreational amenity laid out on land reclaimed from the sea.

[6] Along with large areas of Ballybough, Dorset Street, Clonliffe Road, and Lower Drumcondra, much of Fairview was part of the farmland owned by St Mary's Abbey in the 14th century.

[7] During the dissolution of the monasteries,[8] St Mary's was given to Earl of Desmond and the tithes of the area then known as Ballybough were given to William Howth.

[12][13] The communities originated in Portugal and Spain to Dublin during the Cromwellian era due to his tolerance of Jews.

They were escaping the Spanish Inquisition and initially settled near Crane Lane in Dublin city.

[15] The community left the area, moving to the south side of the city, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

[12] Before the extension of Philipsburg Avenue for the Marino housing estate, the northern end was a lane called Sally Park.

[17] Kingston reports that reputedly some Huguenots who sought refuge in Dublin built houses along the Richmond Road.

[12] During the reign of James II, the Fairview area was owned by Chicester Phillips and Sir John Eccles.

Fairview's population was still small, but some notable residents began to move to the area including Joseph Dioderice, the maternal grandfather of Thomas Elrington, in 1748.

[8] Fairview began to grow after the building of Annesley Bridge in 1797 opened up easy access to the land.

The house and most of its surrounds are now demolished, apart from the Casino at Marino and the original Georgian entrance gates which have been relocated to Griffith Avenue.

Located on Richmond Road, it provides psychiatric services for the northeast quadrant of Dublin city.

[27] Fairview Park (Irish: Páirc Fionnradharc) has playing fields, a children's playground and tree-lined walks.

Originally a tidal mud flat which was used for land fill in the early 1900s, the park was developed in the late 1920s[28] and bye laws were formally adopted by Dublin Corporation in 1934.

A memorial statue of Seán Russell was unveiled by Cumann Uaigheann Na Laochra Gael, in Fairview Park, in September 1951.

[28] Alongside a number of other sites, Fairview Park was considered as a location for the Garden of Remembrance in the early 1970s.

[31][32] It was temporarily reduced in size during the 2000s, due to the development of the Dublin Port Tunnel, the entrance to which is approximately a kilometre beyond the park perimeter.

It lies in the Dublin North Central Dáil constituency and the Clontarf Local Electoral Area for city council elections.

Fairview is a parish in the Fingal South East deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.