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Welcome to the Placenames Database of Ireland, developed by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU) and The Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht).
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61,168 townlands
24,389 streets
3,482 electoral districts
2,667 minor features
2,564 civil parishes
2,303 population centres
1,929 lakes
1,217 islands and archipelagos
1,011 rocks
997 rivers
799 towns
718 sub-townlands
707 hills
624 mountains and mountain ranges
570 bridges
414 wells
381 houses
369 points, tips
345 baronies
275 ecclesiastical sites
265 monuments
245 creeks
223 man-made features
212 strands
204 bays
200 promontories
188 streams
186 graveyards, cemeteries, burial grounds
179 enclosures
173 crossroads
164 features
159 cliffs
149 castles
148 woods
148 valleys
148 villages
145 fields
125 roads
116 localities
80 passes
73 harbours
63 holes
49 quays, piers, wharves
49 bogs
43 cairns
37 coombs
35 channels, sounds
32 counties
32 waterfalls
32 caves, souterrains
29 hamlets
29 estuaries
27 standing stones
25 fissures
24 fords
24 footpaths
22 brows, slopes, hillsides
20 marshes
19 patches of ground
19 hollows
17 tombs
13 reefs
12 canals
11 sandhills
11 turloughs
60 other geographical units