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Only operational hard paved runways of airports (portrayed as an area feature) are portrayed. Runways cannot be portrayed stand-alone without the airport they belong to. Runway is portrayed only with line feature. The length of the line feature should correspond to the real...
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GovernmentThe Townland is the smallest administrative division in the country and varies in size from approximately 1 acre to 7000 acres. All other territorial divisions are collections of townlands. There are circa 51,000 townlands in the Republic of Ireland. Coordinate Reference...
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CSO Electoral Divisions Generalised 50m - National Statistical Boundaries - 2015Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentThere are 3,440 Electoral Divisions (EDs) which are the smallest legally defined administrative areas in the State. One ED, St. Mary's, straddles the Louth-Meath county border, and is presented in two parts in the SAPS tables, with one part in Louth and the other in Meath....
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GovernmentIn order to distinguish between the urban and rural population for census analysis, the boundaries of distinct settlements need to be defined. This requires the creation of suburbs and extensions to existing cities and legal towns, as well as delineating boundaries for...
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The Townland is the smallest administrative division in the country and varies in size from approximately 1 acre to 7000 acres. All other territorial divisions are collections of townlands. There are circa 51,000 townlands in the Republic of Ireland. Coordinate Reference...
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GovernmentIn order to distinguish between the urban and rural population for census analysis, the boundaries of distinct settlements need to be defined. This requires the creation of suburbs and extensions to existing cities and legal towns, as well as delineating boundaries for...
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GovernmentThe division into counties based on the model used in the English system, was introduced gradually by English settlers from the late 12th century onwards. These land divisions were formed following the Norman invasion of Ireland in imitation of the counties then in use as...
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GovernmentThe Small Area Boundaries were created with the following credentials. National boundary dataset. Consistent sub-divisions of an ED. Created not to cross some natural features. Defined area with a minimum number of GeoDirectory building address points. Defined area initially...
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Administrative Areas Generalised 50m - National Statutory Boundaries - 2015Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentThe Local Government Reform Act 2014 Section 9 provided for the amalgamation of the city and county councils in Limerick, Waterford, and North Tipperary and South Tipperary County Councils. The country is divided into 31 administrative counties/cities. There are now 26...
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Baronies were originally feudal and military jurisdictions and date back to the 11th century, but in the course of time came to be used for fiscal and administrative purposes only. The Barony varied in size from 1,693 acres to 310, 386 acres. The Barony was used as a census...
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GovernmentBaronies were originally feudal and military jurisdictions and date back to the 11th century, but in the course of time came to be used for fiscal and administrative purposes only. The Barony varied in size from 1,693 acres to 310, 386 acres. The Barony was used as a census...
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(Formally “District Electoral Divisions” (D.E.D.’s)) Under the 2001 Local Government Act, the names of Wards and the names of District Electoral Divisions are now changed to Electoral Divisions. There are 3,440 Electoral Divisions (EDs) which are the smallest legally defined...
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GovernmentIreland is divided into four provinces - Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connacht. Although they presently do not have any administrative functions, they are relevant for a number of historical, cultural and sporting reasons. The borders of the provinces coincide exactly with...
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Province Boundaries Ungeneralised - National Administrative Boundaries - 2015Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentProvince Boundaries Ungeneralised. Ireland is divided into four provinces called Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Connacht. Although they presently do not have any administrative functions, they are relevant for a number of historical, cultural and sporting reasons. The borders...
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Gaeltacht Boundaries Generalised 100m - National Administrative Boundaries - 2015Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentTeorainneacha na Gaeltachta Ginearálaithe go 100m. Shainigh Orduithe na Limistéar Gaeltachta, 1956, 1967, 1974 agus 1982 an Ghaeltacht mar 155 Toghroinn nó páirteanna de Thoghranna i gcontaetha Chorcaí, Dhún na nGall, na Gaillimhe, Chiarraí, Mhaigh Eo, na Mí agus Phort...
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GovernmentThe Small Area Boundaries were created with the following credentials. National boundary dataset. Consistent sub-divisions of an ED. Created not to cross some natural features. Defined area with a minimum number of GeoDirectory building address points. Defined area initially...
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GovernmentIn order to distinguish between the urban and rural population for census analysis, the boundaries of distinct settlements need to be defined. This requires the creation of suburbs and extensions to existing cities and legal towns, as well as delineating boundaries for...
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NUTS2 Boundaries Generalised 20m - National Statistical Boundaries - 2015Tailte Éireann – SurveyingGovernmentNUTS2 boundaries generalised to 20m.The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) were drawn up by Eurostat in order to define territorial units for the production of regional statistics across the European Union. The NUTS classification has been used in EU...
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Under Local government legislation the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is responsible for dividing each city, county, and city and county into local electoral areas. Each county, city and city and county is divided into Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) and...
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The ferry station shall be identified for each ferry line and connected to them. There can be several ferry lines connected to one ferry station. The ferry station will possibly connect railway or road and the corresponding ferry line. The FStationID is the unique...
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