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Soil Maps

The National Soil Survey (NSS) was based in An Foras Talúntais (forerunner organisation to Teagasc) from which the main outputs consisted of:

  • Mapping individual counties at 1:127,560 scale for 44% of the country
  • General Soil Map of Ireland and National Peatland map, both at 1:575,000 scale

The scale of these maps is an important consideration for their use and therefore can only be considered to provide a reconnaissance overview of the area surveyed. The maps are now available as PDF for free download from the links below:

Soil Maps

Learn about the development of soil mapping in Ireland

The National Soil Survey (NSS) was based in An Foras Talúntais (forerunner organisation to Teagasc) from which the main outputs consisted of:

  • Mapping individual counties at 1:127,560 scale for 44% of the country
  • General Soil Map of Ireland and National Peatland map, both at 1:575,000 scale

The scale of these maps is an important consideration for their use and therefore can only be considered to provide a reconnaissance overview of the area surveyed. The maps are now available as PDF for free download from the links below:

Area – Soil Reports Maps
General (PDF, 5.7MB) General Soil Map (PDF, 14.6MB)
Carlow (PDF, 6.6MB) Carlow Map 1 (PDF, 7.8MB)
Carlow Map 2 (PDF, 1.3MB)
Clare (PDF, 5MB) Clare Map (PDF, 16.6MB)
Kerry (PDF, 4MB) Kerry Map 1 (PDF, 5.3MB)
Kerry Map 2 (PDF, 4.3MB)
Kildare (PDF, 3.9MB) Kildare Map (PDF, 12.6MB)
Laois (PDF, 4.6MB) Laois Map 1 (PDF, 7.2MB)
Laois Map 2 (PDF, 5.7MB)
Laois Map 3 (PDF, 5.4MB)
Leitrim report 1 (PDF, 2.5MB)
Leitrim report 2 (PDF, 4.7MB)
Leitrim report 3 (PDF, 30.7MB)
Leitrim report 3a (PDF, 1.8MB)
Leitrim report 4 (PDF, 1MB)		 Leitrim Map (PDF, 7.6MB)
Limerick (PDF, 2.8MB) Limerick Map 1 (PDF, 7.5MB)
Limerick Map 2 (PDF, 6.4MB)
Limerick Map 3 (PDF, 6.3MB)
Meath (PDF, 2.9MB) Meath Map (PDF, 9.0MB)
North Tipperary (PDF, 5.9MB) North Tipperary Map 1 (PDF, 8.5MB)
North Tipperary Map 2 (PDF, 6.4MB)
Offaly (PDF, 6.2MB) Offaly Map 1 (PDF, 8.9MB)
Offaly Map 2 (PDF, 6.8MB)
Offaly Map 3 (PDF, 6.4MB)
Peatlands of Ireland (PDF, 2.8MB) Peatlands of Ireland Map (PDF, 6MB)
Waterford (PDF, 1.7MB) Waterford Map 1 (PDF, 7.8MB)
Waterford Map 2 (PDF, 8.3MB)
West Cork (PDF, 10.6MB) West Cork Map 1 (PDF)
West Cork Map 2 (PDF)
West Cork Map 3 (PDF)
West Cork Map 4 (PDF)
West Cork Map 5 (PDF, 1.2MB)
West Mayo West Mayo Map (PDF, 12.7MB)
West Donegal report 1 (PDF, 4.6MB)
West Donegal report 2 (PDF, 1.4MB)
West Donegal report 3 (PDF, 1.8MB)
West Donegal report 4 (PDF, 2.4MB)		 West Donegal Map (PDF, 15.8MB)
Westmeath (PDF, 2MB) Westmeath Map 1 (PDF, 6.9MB)
Westmeath Map 2 (PDF, 6.6MB)
Wexford (PDF, 12.4MB) Wexford Map 1 (PDF, 9.2MB)
Wexford Map 2 (PDF, 6.8MB)
Wexford Map 3 (PDF, 6.5MB)