County map of Ireland

Download a free map of the counties of Ireland.

Map of counties of Ireland. Click for a larger view.

This county map of Ireland shows all 32 counties on the island. It makes no distinction between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

For a larger view, click the caption, or
Download a full-page version, free, via the link at the bottom of the page.

The names of the counties are those in modern use. And they are referred to individually with the word 'county' coming before the name, not after.

So, if your ancestors came from Clare, they would have said they came from County Clare, not from Clare County.

The only exceptions were 'King's County' and 'Queen's County' which have now reverted to their former names of County Offaly and County Laois respectively.

Alphabetical list of counties

You can also find out more about each of the Irish counties on these pages:

Antrim-Down

Fermanagh-Louth

Mayo-Wicklow.

These pages provide a little extra social and historical information about each of the counties.

Where next?

Download a full-page (pdf) version of the County map of Ireland. (You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
See some more printable maps of Ireland and find facts on Ireland's geography.

Not sure where or when your Irish ancestors lived? Find out how to start tracing your Irish Roots.

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Facts about Irish counties

Largest land area: Cork
Smallest land area: Louth
First to form a county: Dublin (12th century)
Last county formed: Wicklow (1606)
Most densely populated 2011: Dublin (1378/sqkm). In second place is Antrim (202/sqkm)
Least densely populated 2011: Leitrim (19.9/sqkm). In second place is Mayo (23.3/sqkm)
Most densely populated 1841: Dublin (405/sqkm)
Least densely populated 1841: Doneqal (61/sqkm)
Largest population increase (%) 2006-2011: Leitrim was recorded as the fastest growing county with a 20% increase. The next fastest was Cavan, 13.9% up.
Largest population increase (numerical) 2006-2011: The number of people in County Cork grew by 10.3%.
Largest decrease in city dwellers: Limerick City's population fell by 5% between 2006 and 2011.
Just under 28% of the population of the Republic of Ireland lives in County Dublin.

Chapman Codes

Chapman Codes � a three-letter abbreviation or code for each county in the UK and Ireland � were introduced in the 1970s.

They are not used much in the general run of life these days, and they are not accepted as an address device by either An Post in the Republic or the Royal Mail in Northern Ireland.

However, you may come across them in your genealogy research, so it worth familiarising yourself with the code for the county where your ancestors lived.

Wikipedia has a full list.

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