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61,175 townlands
24,390 streets
3,482 electoral districts
2,671 minor features
2,564 civil parishes
2,302 population centres
1,928 lakes
1,215 islands and archipelagos
1,008 rocks
996 rivers
800 towns
707 sub-townlands
706 hills
624 mountains and mountain ranges
567 bridges
414 wells
379 houses
369 points, tips
345 baronies
274 ecclesiastical sites
264 monuments
245 creeks
222 man-made features
212 strands
204 bays
200 promontories
187 streams
185 graveyards, cemeteries, burial grounds
173 crossroads
173 enclosures
170 features
159 cliffs
148 castles
148 villages
147 woods
147 valleys
145 fields
117 roads
115 localities
80 passes
73 harbours
62 holes
51 bogs
49 quays, piers, wharves
43 cairns
37 coombs
36 channels, sounds
32 counties
32 waterfalls
32 caves, souterrains
29 hamlets
29 estuaries
27 standing stones
25 fissures
24 fords
22 brows, slopes, hillsides
20 marshes
19 patches of ground
19 hollows
17 footpaths
17 tombs
13 reefs
12 canals
11 sandhills
11 turloughs
50 other geographical units