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Welcome to the Placenames Database of Ireland, developed by Gaois, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU) and The Placenames Branch (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media).
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61,118 townlands
38,077 streets
3,471 electoral districts
2,659 minor features
2,563 civil parishes
2,321 population centres
1,949 lakes
1,291 islands and archipelagos
1,172 rocks
1,012 rivers
859 sub-townlands
796 hills
790 towns
695 fields
635 mountains and mountain ranges
615 bridges
516 wells
423 houses
415 creeks
414 points
345 baronies
305 ecclesiastical sites
288 monuments
273 man-made features
242 strands
226 streams
221 enclosures
214 bays
210 crossroads
204 roads
203 promontories
201 cliffs
198 graveyards, cemeteries, burial grounds
179 valleys
179 villages
169 castles
166 features
163 woods
136 localities
113 holes
93 passes
90 historical names
87 harbours
77 bogs
73 patches of ground
56 quays, piers, wharves
54 fords
51 cairns
49 caves, souterrains
44 coombs
41 channels, sounds
34 waterfalls
34 hamlets
32 counties
31 estuaries
30 footpaths
29 standing stones
27 marshes
25 fissures
25 hollows
23 brows, slopes, hillsides
21 tombs
17 (sand) banks
17 reefs
16 dioceses
12 canals
12 sandhills
11 turloughs
77 other geographical units