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Constituency Boundaries - Generalised 100m - National Electoral Boundaries - 2017Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentDáil Constituencies as provided for in Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017.For the purpose of elections to Dáil Éireann, the country is divided into Constituencies which, under Article 16.4 of the Constitution of Ireland, have to be revised at least once every...
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The Low Water Mark digital dataset is a historic dataset derived from relevant 6 inch and 25 inch Ordnance Maps. This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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Local Electoral Areas - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2024Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentThis dataset is admin areas pre 2014. The latest dataset is Local Electoral Areas - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2024, see link...
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Municipal Districts - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2024Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentMunicipal districts where created under the Local Government Reform Act of 2014 and are subdivisions of local authorities. Municipal districts are comprised of one or more Local Election Areas. Municipal districts are known as Borough Districts in Clonmel, Wexford, Drogheda...
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Electoral Divisions - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2024Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentElectoral Divisions (EDs) are the smallest legally defined administrative area in the state. In general, they were formed by aggregating townlands. EDs in turn are combined to create Local and National Constituencies. EDs originated as subdivisions of poor law unions (Poor...
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Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas - National Administrative Boundaries - Ungen. - 2024Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentTeorainneacha na Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta Neamhghinearálaithe. I gcomhréir le forálacha Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, tá 26 Limistéar Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta sainaitheanta ag an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta. Faoin Acht, athainmneofar an Ghaeltacht atá...
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GovernmentCounty councils and borough councils were created in Ireland under the 1898 Local Government Act. The 2001 Local Government Act renamed borough councils to city councils. The Local Government Reform Act 2014 provided for the creation of the City & County Councils of...
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Civil Parishes (Urban Areas) - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2024Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentCivil parishes are based on ecclesiastical divisions which date back to the Synod of Kells in 1139. Their use as administrative and statistical areas declined following the 1898 Local Government Act. They are composed of collections of townlands and in turn they are...
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GovernmentBaronies were originally feudal jurisdictions dating from the 11th century, which in the course of time came to be used for administrative purposes. The re-organisation of local government in the late 19th century signalled the end of the barony as a meaningful territorial...
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GovernmentThe division of Ireland into counties was introduced gradually by Norman and English settlers between the 13th and 17th centuries, reflecting their use in in the Kingdom of England as units of local government. Townlands, civil parishes and baronies are subdivisions of...
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GovernmentTownlands are the smallest statutory boundary in the country and are based on Gaelic and later Norman and plantation divisions. In general, other territorial divisions are collections of townlands. The 6” survey of Ireland carried out under the 1825 Boundary Survey Act...
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Constituency Boundaries Ungeneralised - National Electoral Boundaries - 2023Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentFor the purpose of elections to Dáil Éireann, the country is divided into Constituencies which, under Article 16.4 of the Constitution of Ireland, have to be revised at least once every twelve years with due regard to changes in the distribution of the population. The...
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CSO Urban Areas - National Statistical Boundaries - 2022 - Generalised 20mTailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentUrban Areas are a new urban Geography developed by CSO, Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing. They were generated using an automated process based on Prime2 building counts and constraints on distances between buildings. Buildings in Urban Areas are within a group of...
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Labelled point file of Barony placenames from the National Gazetteer dataset.This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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This dataset is admin areas pre 2014. The latest dataset is Local Electoral Areas - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised - 2024, see link...
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Start and end points of watercourses as well as confluences (Confluence, Source, Mouth, Boundary)This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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Area ≥ 0.4 km² The point representation of a port collected as an area feature that provides the intermodal connection to the road or railway network.This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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Start and end points of watercourses as well as confluences (Confluence, Source, Mouth, Boundary)This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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Point file of Electoral District placenames from the National Gazetteer dataset.This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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Point file of County placenames from the National Gazetteer dataset.This dataset is provided by Tailte Éireann
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