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61,189 townlands
24,248 streets
3,484 electoral districts
3,096 minor features
2,565 civil parishes
2,299 population centres
1,883 lakes
1,197 islands and archipelagos
971 rivers
962 rocks
804 towns
683 hills
595 mountains and mountain ranges
585 sub-townlands
548 bridges
350 houses
345 baronies
326 wells
261 monuments
236 points, tips
228 ecclesiastical sites
219 man-made features
205 strands
200 bays
195 promontories
173 crossroads
173 streams
172 features
172 graveyards, cemetaries, burial grounds
160 creeks
147 villages
142 enclosures
141 castles
139 valleys
124 woods
112 localities
111 roads
110 fields
97 cliffs
77 passes
73 harbours
45 quays, piers, wharves
44 bogs
43 cairns
32 channels, sounds
32 counties
32 holes
30 waterfalls
29 estuaries
26 hamlets
24 caves, souterrains
22 coombs
21 standing stones
18 marshes
17 tombs
15 hollows
13 brows, slopes, hillsides
13 reefs
12 canals
12 footpaths
11 fords
11 sandhills
11 turloughs
10 fissures
45 other geographical units