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'Dublin 4' or its abbreviation, 'D4', is sometimes used as a pejorative adjective to describe an Irish upper class and upper-middle class attitude, based on the perceived opinions and characteristics of some residents of this area. In this sense it is sometimes contrasted with "the plain people of Ireland" by Irish commentators such as Desmond Fennell.
During the 1990s, the term changed to refer more to the alleged wealth and posh life-style of residents. The fictional jock Ross O'Carroll-Kelly was meant as a caricature of this.
The term has been used to describe very aspirational middle-class people from south Dublin and also used by Fianna Fáil members who like to portray themselves as being on the side of "the plain people of Ireland".
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