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The file contains the boundaries for 3,409 EDs in addition to administrative county and province boundaries. The boundaries have been smoothed in accordance with our licencing agreement with OSi Ireland.

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 enumeration unit up to 1901. The re-organisation of Local Government in the late 19th century heralded the end of the Barony as a meaningful territorial division. There are 273 Baronies in the Republic of Ireland.
As a historical unit of geography, they are still of use in researching both land registration documents and censuses prior to 1911.

Available in the following formats - shapefile, csv, kml, GeoJSON.

Scroll down the page to find this 2011 boundary dataset which is in shapefile format.

Available in the following formats - shapefile, csv, kml, GeoJSON.

Following the publication of Census 2011 results the constituencies were amended by the Constituency Commission and passed into law under the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.

Counties for the entire island of Ireland. Available in the following formats - shapefile, csv, kml, GeoJSON.

Dublin City Council Administrative Areas and City Boundary Dublin City is divided into 5 administrative areas that together form the boundary of Dublin City Council. These are called Local Areas and are as follows : The Central Area, The North Central Area, The North West Area, The South Central Area and The South East Area. The city areas and boundary maps are created in CAD Microstation and the spatial projection is DGN (Design) format.

Eircode Routing Key Boundaries. The Eircode routing key includes the Dublin postal districts.

Boundary data of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council administrative area. In Shapefile format.

(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 administrative areas in the State. Electoral divisions are referred to by their established statutory names.

Available in the following formats - shapefile, csv, kml, GeoJSON.

GADM is a spatial database of the location of the world's administrative areas (or adminstrative boundaries) for use in GIS and similar software. You can download the data by country. For Ireland the data consists of a country outline and county boundaries.

This dataset consists of the Gaeltacht Boundaries Generalised to 20m.

The Gaeltacht Areas Orders, 1956, 1967, 1974 and 1982 defined the Gaeltacht as comprising 155 Electoral Divisions or parts of Electoral Divisions in the counties of Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, Meath and Waterford.

An Garda Siochána, for administrative purposes, divide the State into 4 levels of geographical areas: 4 Regions (Southern, Eastern, North Western, and Dublin Metropolitan Area) ; 19 Divisions ; 564 Sub-Districts.

Urban areas with legally defined boundaries consist of the five Cities (Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford), five Boroughs (Clonmel, Drogheda, Kilkenny, Sligo and Wexford) and 75 Towns as established under the Local Government Act, 2001 (S.I. 591 of 2001).

For the purposes of County Council and Corporation elections each county and city is divided into Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) which are constituted on the basis of Orders made under the Local Government Act, 1941.

Mid scale vector polygon dataset of the outline for the region of Northern Ireland

The Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland (OSNI) Large-scale boundaries is a polygon dataset consisting of the land area of Northern Ireland.

This free data is provided by Land & Property Services

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 2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed to by Eurostat in 1999, are groupings of the Regional Authorities. There are three NUTS 2 regions in Ireland.

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. NUTS 3 region comprises the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993 which came into operation on January 1st 1994.

The boundaries that comprise this dataset were the main boundaries used to publish census data between 1841 and 1871. The barony boundaries were used for the population censuses, the Poor Law Union boundaries were used for the agricultural censuses, the Poor Law and a variety of other purposes.

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 of the provinces coincide exactly with the boundaries of the administrative counties.

In 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 settlements which are not legally defined (called Census towns).

Small Areas are areas of population comprising approx 90 residential dwellings. There are 18,641 Small Areas in this dataset.

Townland mapping in OpenStreetMapping. This website provides links to townland data which can be downloaded for GIS systems.

This CSV file represents the townlands of Ireland in point format. The centre point of each townland marked on the map. Data is in ITM (Irish Transverse Mercator) Coordinate Reference System.

Townlands dataset generated from the 2019 OSi National Statutory Boundary dataset. Generalised to 20 metres.Coordinate Reference System: Irish Transverse Mercator.

The OSNI Large-scale boundaries is a polygon dataset consisting of the Townland boundaries.Townlands are an ancient method of land measurement found only in Ireland and can be very important in genealogical research. These small areas of land can vary in size from a few acres upwards.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Data is given for Agricultural Product and Year.

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Area Farmed to retrieve this data.

Updated annually since 1976. Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Nationwide data is given by Bullock / Heifer and Year and Statistic.

Nationwide data is given for: Supply Balance by Crop Type, Year and Statistic

Nationwide data is given for: Production of Dairy Products by Product and Year

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Nationwide data is given for: Supply Balance by Dairy Product Type, Year and Statistic

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Nationwide data is given by Type of Animal and Year.

Nationwide data is given for: Farms by Farm Size and Economic Size for 2013 and 2016.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Nationwide data is given for: Feed Stuff Price by Type of Feedstuff and Year

Updated annually since 1980. Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Nationwide data is given for: Fertiliser Price per tonne in Euros, by Type and Year.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Number of Livestock to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Livestock Numbers by Region, Type of Animal and Year

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search box type Slaughterings to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Livestock Slaughterings by Type of Animal, Year and Statistic ; Livestock Slaughterings by Type of Animal, Month and Statistic

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Milk Prices to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Manufacturing Milk Prices by Product and Year ; Manufacturing Milk Prices by Product and Month

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Supply Balance to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Supply Balance by Type of Meat, Year and Statistic

Updated annually since 1992. Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Milk Sales to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Milk Sales for Human Consumption by Type of Milk and Year ; Milk Sales for Human Consumption by Type of Milk and Month

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Pig Population to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Pig Population by Type of Pig, Year and Statistic

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Pig Price to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Pig Price by Liveweight, Year and Statistic ; Pig Price by Liveweight, Month and Statistic

The Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS), is a scheme designed to reward farmers for carrying out farming activities in an environmentally friendly manner and to bring about environmental improvement on existing farms. Contact Teagasc for the data.

Updated annually since 1976. Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Sheep Price to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Sheep Price by Liveweight, Year and Statistic ; Sheep Price by Liveweight, Month and Statistic

From the EPA map page choose Download GIS Data and choose the Coal Restricted Areas layer.

Air quality monitoring and assessments are made at locations around the country.

From the EPA map page choose Download GIS Data and choose the Air Monitoring Sites layer.

Air Zones layer available as a shapefile.

Air Zones layer available as a shapefile.

Reports are available on the website. Contact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request the dataset.

Reports are available on the website. Contact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request the dataset.

Reports are available on the website. Contact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request the dataset.

Data produced annually by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

EMODnet is the European Marine Observation and Data network.
Developing and providing a harmonised Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the seabed for European sea regions.

Hosted by the British Oceanographic Data Centre. The bathymetry around Ireland is diverse, with smooth, shallow sea floor close to the coast, and steep slopes of the continental margin further to the south and west. The GEBCO_2014 Grid is available to download for user-defined areas in netCDF, Esri ASCII raster or INT16 GeoTiff formats.

Provides different bathymetry formats for the following: shaded relief, water depth and underwater terrain.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Contact Birdwatch Ireland to request the data - http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Contact Birdwatch Ireland to request the data - http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/

Data sourced from Birdwatch Ireland

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/36. Contact Birdwatch Ireland to request the data - http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/37. Contact the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to request the data.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/145. Contact Birdwatch Ireland to request the data - http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/

This dataset is output in MapInfo TAB format, spatial projection Irish Grid.

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) was established in 1990 to fulfil Ireland's obligations under the Granada Convention through the establishment and maintenance of a central record documenting and evaluating the architectural heritage of the country.

Church and convent locations in South Dublin County Council area. Different file formats are available, e.g. CSV, KML, Shapefile, etc

This dataset shows conservation areas (Residential Conservation Areas zone Z2 and Architectural and Civic Design Character Areas zone Z8) that are important due to their contribution to the heritage of the city. A second dataset shows Architectural Conservation Areas.

Database of Irish excavation reports. This database contains summary accounts of all the excavations carried out in Ireland – North and South – from 1970 to 2010.

Documents, catalogues, and promotes commemorative plaques (often blue and round) installed on buildings and landmarks throughout the world.

The objective of this survey is to gather data on the extent of Ireland's historic gardens and designed landscapes. Contact the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage at niah@ahg.gov.ie to request the data.

Data is available as a CSV file in ITM projection. The Irish Landmark Trust, since 1992, have been saving some of Ireland’s most iconic buildings, and making them accessible to the wider community. Find out more about the Irish Landmark Trust properties at http://www.irishlandmark.com/

Data is available as a CSV file in ITM projection. This dataset contains a series of medieval pilgrimage paths across Ireland, some of which may have prehistoric origins.

Data available from the National Monuments Service. Database contains details of all monuments and places (sites) where it is believed there is a monument known to pre-date AD 1700 and also includes a selection of monuments from the post-AD 1700 period. Most of the records relate to archaeological monuments.

Each local authority planning department publishes its own list of protected structures. The Heritage Council has compiled an alphabetical listing by planning authority with links to all of these protected structure records. Contact each planning department individually to request the dataset.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2010-2016. This feature class contains Protected Structure Polygon data.

The Wreck Viewer is a free-to-use digital service provided by the National Monuments Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Data is available as a CSV file in ITM projection. Medieval and post-Medieval urban walled settlements as quantified and identified by Avril Thomas in her book “The
Walled Towns of Ireland” Volumes 1 & 2 (1992).

An Garda Siochána, for administrative purposes, divide the State into 4 levels of geographical areas:
6 Regions (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, South Eastern, and Dublin Metropolitan Area) ; 28 Divisions ; 96 Districts ; 563 Sub-Districts

Recorded crime 2003-2011 available as Excel tables to download directly from CSO website.

Contact the Garda Siochana to request the dataset : pressoffice@garda.ie

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. Nationwide data is given for: Recorded Crime Offences by Garda Station, Type of Offence and Year

Data is given for Agricultural Product and Year.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type House Price to retrieve this data. Data is given by Area, Year and Statistic. Records have been updated annually since 1975.

This databank is based on the data contained in the National Income and Expenditure 2010 volume. However, it also contains a very wide range of other time series that have been used in constructing the Medium Term Model (HERMES) and in a range of other related research. Contact Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) to request the dataset.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Gross National Product to retrieve this data.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Research Development Expenditure to retrieve this data.

Reports available to view on Economic Social Research Institute (ESRI) website. The Index delves into how consumers view the savings environment and their sentiment towards saving in the future. On the investments front, the Index will uncover where people are investing their money, how they feel about the amount they invest and whether they think it’s a good or bad time to invest.

Data available to view in reports on the Failte Eireann website. Contact Failte Eireann to request the dataset.

The Property Services Regulatory Authority collects this data. The Register includes information on residential properties purchased in Ireland since the 1st January 2010.

Contact the Health Services Executive (HSE) to request this point format data.

Contact the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce to request the point format data. http://www.antaisce.ie/education/EducationHome/EducationHome.aspx

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type School Leavers to retrieve this data.

Selected statistical data on education topics

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Highest Education to retrieve this data.

Datasets in Excel format with Address, Eircode, School Roll Number, Ethos, Deis Schools, Special Schools, Gaelteacht Schools, Schools used for Polling Stations, Numbers of Pupils.

This dataset contains all basic primary school details including address, longitude/latitude, XY coordinates and Eircode information

This file contains variables published by the Department of Education on Primary Schools in the Republic of Ireland. Data is available for all Primary Schools in the Republic of Ireland including the roll number, address, ethos, and the number of pupils in 2013/14. Additional data within this file the Irish Grid and WGS Coordinates for each school.

Data is available for all Post-Primary Schools in the Republic of Ireland including the roll number, address, gender, ethos, and the number of pupils enrolled in 2013/14. Additional data provided by AIRO within this file includes the Irish Grid and WGS Coordinates for each school.

This dataset contains basic and contact details for all Post Primary schools for 2016. Geographic information such as geo-codes, longitude and latitude along with the appropriate Eircode is also documented.

Datasets in Excel format - recent years include all of the following Address, Eircode, School Roll Number, Ethos, Deis Schools, Gaelteacht Schools, Numbers of Pupils, Gender of Pupils.

Nationwide data available from the Environmental Protection Agency.

A dataset prepared by the Office of Public Works identifying land that might benefit from the implementation of Arterial (Major) Drainage Schemes (under the Arterial Drainage Act 1945) and indicating areas of land subject to flooding or poor drainage. View data online. Contact the OPW to request the dataset.

View data online. Contact the OPW to request the dataset.

A webpage put together by ESRI to support climate change GIS. Contains links to data models, climate models, GIS Best Practices, Data Sources, presentations and bibliographies.

Coastal Flood Extents layer shows the modelled extent of land that might be flooded by the sea in a low or moderate or severe flood event.
Coastal flooding may also be referred to as Tidal flooding in the Maps and Plans.

A dataset prepared on behalf of the Drainage Districts (Local Authorities with statutory responsibility for maintenance under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1925). These maps identify land that might benefit from the implementation of Arterial (Major) Drainage Schemes and indicate areas of land subject to flooding or poor drainage.View data online. Contact the OPW to request the dataset.

River Flood Extents layers shows the modelled extent of land that might be flooded by rivers in three different scenarios - low / medium / high probability flood event.
River flooding is referred to as Fluvial flooding in the Maps and Plans.

A flood event is defined as the occurrence of recorded flooding at a given location on a given date or on a recurring basis. The flood event is derived from different types of information (reports, photographs etc). A flood event that has occurred more then once at a certain area is named a recurring flood event. Nationwide data available to view on the OPW's National Flood Hazard Mapping website. Contact the OPW to request the dataset.

Nationwide data available to view on the OPW's National Flood Hazard Mapping website. Contact the OPW to request the dataset.

Maps indicating areas of land defended to some degree against flooding that were formerly the responsibility of the Land Commission. Nationwide data available to view on the OPW's National Flood Hazard Mapping website. Contact the OPW to request the dataset.

This layer shows the modelled extent of land that might be flooded by a severe rainfall event.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/8. Contact the British Bryological Society to request the dataset.

This dataset on trees covers Dublin City, Ireland. It indicates the locations of over 300,000 trees which were acquired using a point-and-click methodology using a high-quality aerial image (resolution of 12.5 cm) taken in June 2018.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/22. Contact info@biodiversityireland.ie to request the dataset.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/23. Contact info@biodiversityireland.ie to request the dataset.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/177. Contact info@biodiversityireland.ie to request the dataset.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/77. Contact the British Mycological Society to request the dataset.

Available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre maps. Details available at: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataProvider/24. Contact the Tree Council of Ireland to request the dataset: heritagetrees@treecouncil.ie

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/66

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/78

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/41. Contact the EPA to request the dataset.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/9. Contact the Botanical Society of the British Isles to request the dataset.

Location of trees in Fingal with species and the common name for each tree. In CSV, XML and KML formats.

Scroll down to the afforestation section of the page. On the graph left click on the three horizontal bars to download the data in CSV or XLS format. Statistics from 2002 onwards with number of hectares planted with broadleaf and coniferous trees.

Data available from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)website. Report on ancient woodland is available here: http://www.npws.ie/publications/irishwildlifemanuals/IWM46.pdf

Contact Coillte to request the dataset. Copyright and usability restrictions apply. This basic mapviewer shows the location of Coillte Forests: http://www.coillteoutdoors.ie/index.php?id=174

This dataset on trees covers Dublin City, Ireland. It indicates the locations of over 300,000 trees which were acquired using a point-and-click methodology using a high-quality aerial image (resolution of 12.5 cm) taken in June 2018.

Contact Teagasc to request this data. Copyright and usability restrictions apply. Details about the development of this map are here: http://www.teagasc.ie/forestry/docs/research/Teagasc_Potential_Forest_Productivity_Map_Ireland.pdf

Available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre maps. More information available at: http://www.treecouncil.ie/heritagetrees/index.html. Contact the Tree Council of Ireland to request the dataset.

Data available to download from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) website. This survey was carried out 2003-2008.

Nationwide data in point format from the Geological Survey of Ireland.

Nationwide data from the Geological Survey of Ireland.

Data created by the Geological Survey of Ireland. From the map layers choose Bedrock Datasets and select the Faults layer.

Nationwide data from the Geological Survey of Ireland.

The Inventory of Irish Coastal Lagoons polygons.shp dataset was based on the lagoons identified in the Inventory of Coastal Lagoons 2007. Available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

This point GIS file shows the Commonage Stations in the Republic of Ireland. Assigned to these Stations are habitat types, as well as vegetation condition types or levels of damage as assessed by teams combining agricultural and ecological skills. This shapefile was created in 2012 within NPWS by merging the county - based Commonage Agricultural Units shapefiles as provided by Amicus Technology.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Dataset with information on the monitoring project of 2006-2008 is available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS).

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website. The seacliff survey was conducted between 2009 and 2011.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

Data available to download from the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) website.

An Atlas of Health Inequalities in Ireland from 2006 to 2011

Data available upon request to the Central Statistics Office for the years 1996, 2002, 2005 and 2011.

Contact healthatlasireland@hse.ie to obtain the data.

Supply of data sets used by UNEP- has 450+ variables with national, subregional, regional and global statistics and geospatial data sets. Themes include Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP. Dynamic searches for many different nations, regions, cities, etc.

This video, produced by ESRI UK, looks at what is commonly called the 'first spatial analysis' by Dr John Snow.

Contact the HSE at healthatlasireland@hse.ie to request access to the data.

Contact the Health Services Executive (HSE) to request the data. Copyright and usability restrictions may apply.

Contact the HSE at healthatlasireland@hse.ie to request access to the data.

Data available from 2005 and 2011 from the Central Statistics Office. Contact the CSO to request the dataset. Copyright and usability restrictions may apply

Contact Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance (IUNA) to request the data. Copyright and usability restrictions may apply.

Selected statistical data on health topics

Contact the Health Services Executive (HSE) to request the data. Copyright and usability restrictions may apply.

Contact the Health Services Executive (HSE) to request the data. Copyright and usability restrictions may apply.

Information available on the Central Statistics Office (CSO) website. Persons with a Disability as a Percentage of All Population 2011 to 2016.

Here on the EPA website you can see a map showing the areas predicted to be at particular risk from radon, called High Radon Areas. In the https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download section you can request the radon map - you will receive this as a shapefile format.

Browse the interactive map to track outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases around the globe. An interactive map from the Council on Foreign Relations and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance it visually plots outbreaks of measles, mumps, whooping cough, polio, rubella and other diseases that are easily preventable by vaccine. The data is available to download.

This resource site has been designed to strengthen communication among the Public Health Mapping and GIS network members and to facilitate data and information exchange, as well as provide the newest health mapping datasets and other resources.

From the EPA map page choose Download GIS Data and choose the Bathing Water Quality layer. You can view data on the The National Bathing Water Information website SPLASH for identified bathing waters around Ireland: http://splash.epa.ie/#

Biological Q Results are a series of river quality data records dating back to 1971. Data is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Data for the years 2007-2009 and for pre Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Groundwater wells and springs. This database contains records of boreholes, dug wells, springs, and site investigations. Data are derived from GSI drilling, fieldwork and surveys, Local Authorities and other state bodies, Private Well Grants, Drillers, Consultants, Group Water Schemes and Academia.

Data is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water / Water Framework Directive option.

Data in point format is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Left click on the section named Water / Water Framework Directive.
Water Framework Directive (WFD) lake water bodies, which are the management and reporting units for the WFD. About 800 lakes are identified as WFD lakes either due to their size or their significance as a habitat, drinking water source, use as recreational water or other reason. This data is available to all users.

Left click on the section named Water / Water Framework Directive.
Lake segments: a file of polygons showing lakes that appear on the 1:50,000 Discovery Series map, with some smaller lakes included where they have been identified as significant (e.g. drinking water abstraction, protected site etc.). This shapefile has <12,000 records. The full version is available to OSI vector data license holders and a generalised version is available for all users.

Data for the years 2000-2003 and 2007-2009 is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Data for the years 2004-2006 and 2007-2009 is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Data is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water / Water Framework Directive option.

Data is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water / Water Framework Directive option.

Left click on the section named Water / Water Framework Directive.
Three key datasets make up the Rivers data package:
A geometric river network, which can be used with network analysis tools such as ESRI’s utility network analyst, to trace upstream and downstream. The river network is stored as an ArcGIS 10.2 file geodatabase where it is presented via hydrometric area. This file geodatabase is only available to OSI vector data license holders.
A river routes shapefile of Ireland’s rivers at a scale of 1:50,000 showing rivers as complete lines attributed with name and Strahler river order. This lines shapefile is built from the river network areas. The full version is available to OSI vector data license holders and a generalised version is available for all users.
Water Framework Directive (WFD) river water bodies, which are the management and reporting units for the WFD. River stretches are grouped together based on common quality status and physical characteristics to form units. This data is formed from the river routes shapefile.

Data in point format is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Data for the year 2007 is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the Water Quality and Monitoring option.

Data on the distribution of bees from both published and unpublished sources have been compiled into a national database on Ireland's bees.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website.

A complete database for the craneflies of Ireland.

Complete dataset for Irish dragonflies and damselflies.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre maps. To provide lepidopterists and scientists with a distribution map of moth species and encourage future mapping.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre map.

GADM is a spatial database of the location of the world's administrative areas (or adminstrative boundaries) for use in GIS and similar software. You can download the data by country. For Ireland the data consists of a country outline and county boundaries.

Geofabrik provides free data in shapefile format sourced from the OpenStreetMap project. The datasets are not complete but the following layers are available - these are in ITM projection: Buildings, Landuse, Natural, Places, Points, Railways, Roads, Waterways

Free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales. Wide variety of datasets by theme are available.

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Labour Force Participation to retrieve data on employment, or type Unemployment to retrieve that data.

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) website. In the Search Statbank box type Industrial Disputes to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Year and Statistic

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Employment Industry Sector to retrieve this data. 2011 data is available to view online in AIRO at: http://www.airo.ie/mapping-module/census

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Occupation Groups Population to retrieve this data. 2011 data is available to view online in AIRO at: http://www.airo.ie/mapping-module/census

Shows Generalised Zoning Types developed for the MyPlan project for current development plans, local area plans and expired plans. These represent a consistent zoning scheme across all local authorities and complements (rather than replaces) the existing statutory zoning used for each individual plan. Data available to view online in MyPlan. Contact the relevant local authority to request the dataset.

Data available in csv and kml formats. Includes location of heritage venues with contact information, description, opening hours & facilities.

Data available to download from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage website.

Nationwide data is given for: Type of Household, Province County or City, Census Year and Statistic.

Interactive WebMap showing all State-owned lands including local authorities, the OPW, Electricity Supply Board
Bord na Móna, etc

Data is available in Mapinfo TAB format. Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 zoning maps.

Shows statutory land use zonings approximating the colourings used in the relevant development and local area plans. Data available to view online within layer name Zonings in MyPlan and to download using the Data Extract icon.

Data available to view online in MyPlan. This shows the boundaries of the areas covered by development plans and local area plans.

Data available in shapefile, csv and kml formats. Types of play areas include playgrounds, multi Use games areas (football, basketball, etc.), skateparks and outdoor exercise equipment.

Data available to download from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government website. Choose the file named Latest Social and Affordable Housing Statistics. This file contains statistics on the delivery of various Housing Supports, i.e. Affordable Housing Schemes; Local authority and Voluntary and Co-operative Social housing;First-time lettings by local authorities; Rental Accommodation Scheme Scheme; Traveller accommodation:Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants paid.

Data available to view each year from 2012. Search for these at https://data.gov.ie/

The Urban Atlas, available from the European Environment Agency website, is providing pan-European comparable land use and land cover data for Large Urban Zones with more than 100,000 inhabitants as defined by the Urban Audit. The GIS data can be downloaded together with a map for each urban area covered and a report with the metadata.
The Urban Atlas has a legend designed to capture urban land use, including low density urban fabric, and a resolution that is 100 times higher than CORINE land cover. The following Irish towns and cities are available to download: Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.

Download data from the Central Statistics Office website. Nationwide data is given for: Housing Stock and Vacant Dwellings 2006 and 2011 by Province County or City, Year and Statistic.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/138/General.

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/4

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/128

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/29

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/25

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/161

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/44

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/34

Data available to view on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website. Details here: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/DataSet/60

From the EPA map page choose Download GIS Data and choose the Bathing Water Quality layer. You can view data on the The National Bathing Water Information website SPLASH for identified bathing waters around Ireland: http://splash.epa.ie/#

Data from British Oceanographic Data Centre. Access to data series held in the National Oceanographic Database (NODB), a collection of marine data sets maintained by BODC, originating from a wide range of organisations.

The Blue Flag is an exclusive eco-label awarded for beaches and marinas operated in Ireland by An Taisce on behalf of the FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education). At beaches, the bathing water must comply with the excellent standard in accordance with the 2006 EU Bathing Water Directive.

Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Navigation Buoy to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to the layer name to view the layer.

MaREI is the marine and renewable energy research, development and innovation Centre supported by Science Foundation Ireland. It combines the expertise of a wide range of research groups and industry partners, with the shared mission of solving the main scientific, technical and socio-economic challenges across the marine and renewable energy sectors. In the Data Hub tab, see the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA) database.

Data is available as a CSV file in ITM projection. This dataset was created to ascertain the level of vulnerability to erosion processes along 7 coastal local authorities. The dataset classifies the coast line into areas at High, Medium or Low risk based on the subsoil type along the coast at that point.The data was extracted from the EPA/Teagasc subsoils dataset, with each subsoil type within this dataset classified with either a 'High', 'Moderate' or 'Low' ranking, depending on their susceptibility to erosion.

Available via the EPA Data Portal. From the menu click on Water / Water Framework Directive and from the Waterbodies section choose the Coastal Water Bodies layer.

Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Coastline to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to either Shoreline Coastline or Coastline to view the layer. Data from Ordnance Survey Ireland 1:250,000 National Mapping Series.

This is from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Water Body Data (SWBD) dataset in ESRI Shapefile (.shp) format.

Chemical Monitoring Points and Dump Site Boundaries are available to view on the EPA maps website. Contact the EPA to request the dataset.

Click on the magnifying glass and type in Fishing to see the listing of relevant layers appear. Click in the checkbox of the ones you wish to view and download.

This site shows the impact of humans on the world's oceans. It has raster data on these human impacts (shipping, fishing, pollution) as well as data about the ocean itself (hard shelf, slopes, mud, kelp, deep waters, etc).

Ireland’s Marine Atlas is developed and maintained by the Marine Institute with funding by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. The atlas provides a one-stop-shop to view and download datasets for aquaculture sites, buoys, fishing grounds, offshore energy sites, lighthouses, ports and harbours, marinas, blue flag beaches, marine mammal species, national and international maritime limits, maritime boundary continental shelf, wave heights and wave power data, etc

Click on the Wave Energy Resource layer to view and download this data.

Estimated annual average wave height based on several years of hourly wave forecasts (using WAM) on a grid of points located off the Irish coast with corresponding records from a number of buoys installed in recent years.

Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Lighthouse to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to Lighthouse to view the layer.

Data from Ireland's Marine Atlas. Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Marina to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to Marina to view the layer.

The entry page for ESRI's marine and coastal GIS information. Includes a newsletter, user groups, a marine data model and industry overviews relating to coastal zone management, research, fisheries, navigation and other ocean industries.

The National Marine Data Centre consists of hosted online data services including descriptive metadata to find data, maps and graphs to view data; and services to download data.

Data from Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA). Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Ferry Port, or Fishing Port or Commercial Port to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to the layer name to view and download the data.

Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Seabed to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to either EMODnet Seabed Substrate or INFOMAR Seabed Substrate or Sea Bed Area to view the layer.

The Wreck Viewer is a free-to-use digital service provided by the National Monuments Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

This article examines geospatial free-of-charge data sources and discusses the various classes of available data. Several hundred resources and their available datasets were empirically tested and their quality and usefulness verified, producing a selective thesaurus.

The Irish Weather Buoy Network is a network of 5 weather buoys around Ireland. These weather buoys are moored surface buoys with instruments which collect weather and ocean data including air temperature, atmospheric humidity, sea surface temperature, sea temperature and salinity on moored chain, wave statistics and wind speed/direction.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website. The shapefiles show mine boundaries, locations (centroids of the boundaries), features such as buildings, chimneys etc., chemical analysis locations and results, water features such as sinkholes and drains, waste features such as discharges, drains and waste heaps for the 28 mine districts studied.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Data available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Data available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

Available to download from the EPA website.

View the data online in the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

View the data online in the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) website. Contact Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) to request the dataset.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

Interactive map showing multiple geospatial scientific data sets relevant to mineral resource assessment, exploration, and related environmental concerns.

View the data online in the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (DECNR) website. Contact DECNR to request the dataset.

Data from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Although there are currently no designated National Parks in Northern Ireland, there are nine Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. These are large areas of landscape were selected for their distinctive character and valuable scenery.

Data sourced from the Northern Ireland Environment & Heritage Service. In Northern Ireland, Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs) are protected by national legislation and are important in terms of the conservation offered to the flora, fauna and natural features found within the areas.

Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Wave Height to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to the layer name to view the layer.
Monthly mean values for oceanographic parameters in Irish waters from the Marine Institute SWAN and ROMS models.

Data provided by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. The Marine Protected Areas include: Marine Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
Marine Special Protected Areas (SPA)
Coastal Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI)
Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ)
Ramsar sites

Data provided by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Request the dataset from NPWS. National Parks are of scientific importance and often contain very spectacular scenery. The parks are maintained by Ireland's Department of the Environment Community and Local Government (2012) through the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Data sourced from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. These form the basis of the site protection system in the Republic of Ireland. In 2012 year the Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) has more than 200 areas protected.

Data provided by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Nature reserves are protected areas which are important for the conservation of flora, fauna and various natural features. The network of reserves protects important and unique areas such as woodlands, boglands, grasslands, sand dune systems, bird sanctuaries, coastal heathlands, and marine areas.

Data is available as a CSV file in ITM projection. This dataset contains a series of medieval pilgrimage paths across Ireland, some of which may have prehistoric origins.

Data available from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The proposed Natural Heritage Areas (pNHAs) has in 2012 more than 3000 areas in aproval process, these areas configures the basis of the site protection system in the Republic of Ireland.

Data sourced from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. These sites are defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive, also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. SACs compliment Special Protection Areas and together form a network of protected sites across the European Union called Natura 2000.

Data available from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. These sites are defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive, also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. SACs compliment Special Protection Areas and together form a network of protected sites across the European Union called Natura 2000.

Data provided by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. This is a designation under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.

Data available from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).This is a designation under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.

Data provided by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Over 150,000 ha of wetlands are now protected in Ireland under the International Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and Waterfowl Habitats, which helps to promote the wise and sustainable use of their valuable resources.

Left click on the magnifying glass icon and type in Wetlands to find the relevant layer. Click in the checkbox next to the layer name to view the layer.

Published by the Heritage Council. This dataset displays the UNESCO World Heritage sites and Geoparks across the island of Ireland.

The Population Reference Bureau's World Population Data Sheet is an annual report on the world’s demographic, health, and environmental progress and challenges. This year's data sheet provides detailed information on 16 population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

Numerous satellites are able to acquire stereo imagery, allowing LAND INFO to create Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and contour data on a global basis.

Data from National Geophysical Data Centre specializes in nighttime observations of lights and combustion sources worldwide.

This site has been created by the U.S. Geological Survey.Find satellite images and data, aerial photography, elevation and land cover datasets and digitized maps.

Watch live acquisitions of Landsat 5 and Landsat 7.

This USGS site links to Version 1 and 2 of the Global Land Cover Characterization datasets.

A hillshaded version of the SRTM DEM of Ireland may be freely downloaded from this NASA site.

QuickBird, the world’s second commercial high resolution satellite, was launched by Maxar-DigitalGlobe on October 18, 2001 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. Until 2007, QuickBird offered industry-leading panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (i.e. blue, green, red and near-infrared) resolution.
In 2011 the orbital height of QuickBird was increased to 482 kilometers (km), and by early 2013 it will have declined to 450 km. This satellite collects an impressive 75 million square km of imagery each year and offers the largest historical archive of high resolution satellite data available.

Provides access to 15 free satellite imagery data sources. Instructions or links to help are included for some datasets.

Available to order from the European Space Agency.

IKONOS produces 1.0 m panchromatic and 4.0 m multi-spectral imagery to accommodate a wide range of high-resolution imagery applications.

Landsat data is used with agriculture and forestry on a regional scale. It can also be used for land use mapping.

High resolution satellite imagery

SPOT is a high-resolution, optical imaging Earth observation satellite system operating from space.
A SPOT satellite acquisition covers large areas in a single pass at resolutions up to 1.5m. Such precise coverage is ideal for applications at national and regional scales from 1:250,000 to 1:15,000.

Download data from SRTM here. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth.

The Urban Atlas, available from the European Environment Agency website, is providing pan-European comparable land use and land cover data for Large Urban Zones with more than 100,000 inhabitants as defined by the Urban Audit. The GIS data can be downloaded together with a map for each urban area covered and a report with the metadata.
The Urban Atlas has a legend designed to capture urban land use, including low density urban fabric, and a resolution that is 100 times higher than CORINE land cover. The following Irish towns and cities are available to download: Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.

The Pobal HP Deprivation Index is a method of measuring the relative affluence or disadvantage of a particular geographical area using data compiled from various censuses.

Based on the data from the 2016 Census of Population, the 2016 Pobal HP Deprivation Index shows the level of overall affluence and deprivation at the level of 18,488 Small Areas in 2006, 2011 and 2016, using identical measurement scales.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Population Religion Census Year to retrieve the most relevant results. 2011 data is available to view online in AIRO at: http://www.airo.ie/mapping-module/census

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type socio-economic group to retrieve the data. 2011 data is available to view online in AIRO at: http://www.airo.ie/mapping-module/census

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Social Group to retrieve this data. 2011 data is available to view online in AIRO at: http://www.airo.ie/mapping-module/census

Nationwide data available from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Data is available as a CSV file in ITM projection. This dataset was created to ascertain the level of vulnerability to erosion processes along 7 coastal local authorities. The dataset classifies the coast line into areas at High, Medium or Low risk based on the subsoil type along the coast at that point.The data was extracted from the EPA/Teagasc subsoils dataset, with each subsoil type within this dataset classified with either a 'High', 'Moderate' or 'Low' ranking, depending on their susceptibility to erosion.

Digital Soil Map of the World available for download from FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN).

The Irish Soil Information System project has developed a national association soil map for Ireland at a scale of 1:250,000, together with an associated digital soil information system, providing both spatial and quantitative information on soil types and properties across the country. The project is co-funded by Teagasc and the EPA.

Search and download ISRIC (International Soil Reference and Information Centre) data sets. Look for data from your area, country, or the entire globe.

Land cover data is available via the CORINE datasets. UCD staff and students can access this via the UCD Earth Institute Server at: gis.earth.ucd.ie/#. All CORINE data can be viewed on the EPA interactive web viewer ENVISION. CORINE datasets are freely available to downloads on a county basis from the EPA Geoportal.

ISRIC (International Soil Reference and Information Centre) provides this website page which lists and links to digital soil resources outside ISRIC itself.

Upon request data is delivered automatically on county-by-county or national basis from the EPA website.

Upon request data is delivered automatically on county-by-county or national basis from the EPA website.

Upon request data is delivered automatically on county-by-county or national basis from the EPA website.

The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meter horizontal posting at the equator).
Information about this product and on using this product at: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/astgtmv003/#documentation

Available to download from the EPA website. The EU established Corine in 1985 to create pan-European databases on land cover, biotopes (habitats), soil maps and acid rain. Corine data shows land cover types for Ireland as interpreted from satellite images. It uses 44 standard land cover types across Europe so that Corine Landcover data for all European Member States can be compared across Europe. Land cover is different to land use: Land cover means what is physically covering the land (such as forests, bogs, water, manmade surfaces) and land use refers to the function of the land (what it is being used for).
There have been 5 releases of Corine to date: 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018.

Point cloud data in LAS format (LiDAR Data Exchange Format). Data collected in 2007 covering an area of around 1 square km in Dublin city.

The USGS EarthExplorer (EE) tool provides users the ability to query, search, and order satellite images, aerial photographs, elevation data and satellite products distributed by the USGS.

This data is hosted on the European Environment Agency website is made using the global digital elevation model (DEM) derived from GTOP030.

A product of the UN FAO, this site includes data on political boundaries, agriculture, climate, fisheries, forestry, water, land cover/use, population data, soil and topographical themes.

This site lists the top 6 free LiDAR data sources, with information on contents of each and how to use them.

GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1 kilometer). It was completed in late 1996, led by U.S. Geological Survey's Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS).

This public data catalog includes a variety of standard Earth science raster datasets which you can import into your own GIS.

Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software.

From the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Two visualization methods were combined to produce this image: shading and color coding of topographic height.

The NASA Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) collected data which is available from the Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI). Digital elevation models (DEM) for the entire globe, covering all of the countries of the world, are available for download on this site.

The database contains more than 1,900 megabytes of vector data and is organized into 10 thematic layers. The data include major road and rail networks, major hydrologic drainage systems, major utility networks (cross-country pipelines and communication lines), all major airports, elevation contours (metric equivalent of 1000 foot (ft), with 500ft and 250ft supplemental contours), coastlines, international and first order boundaries and populated places.

Military, commercial and leisure airfields in Ireland.

This dataset provides General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data for all Bus Eireann Services in Ireland. The dataset contains a zip file as per the GTFS specification.

This dataset provides GIS mapping of the routes and route variants in the Dublin Bus route network, the Bus Eireann route network and commercial bus operators route networks. The dataset contains ESRI Shapefiles, in the ITM projection.

This dataset provides General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data for all the routes and route variants in the Dublin Bus route network. The dataset contains a zip file as per the GTFS specification.

This National Transport Authority Public Transport Information dataset provides GIS mapping of the routes and route variants in the Dublin Bus route network, the Bus Eireann route network and commercial bus operators route networks. The dataset contains ESRI Shapefiles, in the ITM projection.

Bus stops as of 30/May/2013. This file is a subset of the NaPTAN Transit Nodes dataset It is of interest to those wishing to isolate NaPTAN transit stops that are served by Dublin Bus. Data includes ITM coordinate points.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office. In the Search Statbank box type Motor Cars Household to retrieve this data. Nationwide data is given for: Private Households in Permanent Housing Units by Motor Car Availability, Province County or City and Year

This dataset provides General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data for all commercial bus services according to a bus licence in Ireland. The dataset contains a zip file as per the GTFS specification

This dataset provides GIS mapping of the routes and route variants in the Dublin Bus route network, the Bus Eireann route network and commercial bus operators route networks. The dataset contains ESRI Shapefiles, in the ITM projection.

This dataset contains a spatial map of the network of existing strategic cycle routes in Dublin City. Strategic Routes are shown in red and labelled: Contarf, Malahide, Swords, Ballymun, Finglas, Blanchardstown, Lucan, Clonalkin, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Ranelagh, Stillorgan. Spatial projection is Irish Grid.

Feature Service showing Irish Rail routes in Ireland as published by the National Transport Authority.

Journey times Journey times across Dublin City, from DCC's TRIPS system, in csv format.

Journey times are gathered by the 86 ANPR cameras deployed across the South Dublin County Council road network, times are supplied on a number of routes each route is updated every 5 minutes see last updated column for the currency of data.

Information available from the Central Statistics Office.

This dataset provides General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data for all the routes and route variants in the Dublin LUAS network. The dataset contains a zip file as per the GTFS specification. The data is valid for January 2013.

The points represent the location of Luas stops at the centre of the stop platform and were created using Luas As-Built data. Stop names are in English and Irish. The data is avail in SHP file format and also in an excel file with LAT/LON for each stop name.

Dataset contains line geometries for the National Roads Network as at the end of 2013. Published by Transport Infrastructure Ireland.

This dataset provides GIS mapping of the routes and route variants in the Dublin Bus route network, the Bus Eireann route network and commercial bus operators route networks. The dataset contains ESRI Shapefiles, in the ITM projection. It also contains national data pertaining to all public transport nodes including taxi ranks. A transport node is defined as either a point to access the transport network or a point through which it is possible to change transport mode.

All the train stations and stopping places used for passenger traffic and/or freight traffic.

By Transport for Ireland. Includes all bus stops, routes serving bus stops, Nitelink services, ferries, Irish Rail, local bus operators, etc.

The pattern and locations of road collisions in recent years in Ireland where personal injury was involved are shown on maps at the Ireland, county and local levels.

This is a free dataset from OpenStreetMap. The road files include secondary, trunk, residential and unclassified, cycleways, tunnels and other categories. To obtain these download the ireland-and-northern-ireland-latest-free.shp.zip link.

Maps showing enforcement of seat belt laws, child restraint, wearing of motorcycle helmets and speed limits around the globe.

Details on over 4,000 roads and streets in Dublin City. Dataset compiled by the Roads and Traffic Division Dublin City Council listing 4772 roads, street, lanes and bridges in the Dublin City council administrative area.

List of Dublin City Council owned buildings and the electricity usage for each. Some buildings are broken down into night versus day usage and each lists a total overall usage.

This dataset contains gas and electricity readings from Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. The data is in CSV format.

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Central Heating to retrieve this data. View maps displaying CSO data online at http://airomaps.nuim.ie/flexviewer/?config=Census2011.xml. Choose the Housing layer. Details about this topic are here: http://www.airo.ie/theme/housing/mapped-outputs/10/583title_sort=unsorted&field_scale_value_sort=unsorted&field_year_value_sort=unsorted&scale=All

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Households Sewerage to retrieve this data. View maps displaying CSO data online at http://airomaps.nuim.ie/flexviewer/config=Census2011.xml. Choose the Housing layer.

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Households Water Supply to retrieve this data. View maps displaying CSO data online at http://airomaps.nuim.ie/flexviewer/config=Census2011.xml. Choose the Housing layer.

Data available to download from the EPA website.

This dataset contains a log of Dublin City Council Bring Centre Recycling for Can, Glass, Battery, Paper, Plastic and Waste from 2011 to 2012. The dataset which is in Excel format includes the location of Bring Centre.

Brown bin weights and number of collections in Dublin City from May 2010 to July 2011.This dataset is in csv format.

This dataset in csv format gives the recycled material weights of cans collected at Dublin City Bring Centres.

This dataset in both csv and Excel spreadsheet formats gives the recycled material weights of glass collected at Dublin City Bring Centres.

Data is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the EPA Licensed Facilities option. Also available to view online via the EPA Maps website https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/ - choose the Sustainable Economy tab.

Data is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the EPA Licensed Facilities option. Also available to view online via the EPA Maps website https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/ - choose the Environment and Wellbeing tab.

Data in point format is available upon request from the Environmental Protection Agency website. Choose the EPA Licensed Facilities option. Also available to view online via the EPA Maps website http://gis.epa.ie/Envision - choose the Licences and Enforcement option.

This dataset is available in csv / kml / shapefile formats and shows all of the public litter bins within Fingal County Council

This dataset contains a log of the litter fines issued in Dublin City, the location and date of offence.

These datasets include a list of authorised waste collectors and waste facility permits (permits, names and addresses). Data covers national areas.

This dataset in csv format gives the recycled material weights of paper and plastic collected at Dublin City Bring Centres.

Data available to download from EPA website.

Data is available to dowload from the EPA website. It has data on the recovery of packaging waste since 2001 shows and progress towards targets.

Contact the EPA to request the datasets.

View data online in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Wind Atlas website. Complete this form https://www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/data-request-form/ to request data.

Includes PDF documents which provide information on generators in Ireland which are connected to the transmission system operated by EirGrid. Wind Farm details are included.

This data is available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). In the Search Statbank box type Data Energy Consumption to retrieve this data.

View data online in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Wind Atlas website. Complete this form https://www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/data-request-form/ to request data.

Point data available as direct free download from the website for the previous 12 months. Contact Met Eireann to purchase historical data. Includes data for air temperature, rainfall, sunshine, wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, vapour pressure and soil temperatures.

Provides data on weather for the current year and the previous three years. Includes data on rainfall, air temperature, soil temperature and sunshine (solar radiation).

Available from January 1986 to the present. Each monthly report is in pdf format and is a climatological review with maps, charts and statistics.

View the weather, synoptic and rainfalls stations on the website maps - https://www.met.ie/climate/weather-observing-stations

Weather Underground has developed a network of personal weather stations (almost 23,000 stations in the US and over 13,000 across the rest of the world) that provides users with the most localised weather conditions available. Use data with the R package to create statistics automatically:
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/weatherData/weatherData.pdf

Global Climate Grids with spatial resolution of a square km.