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

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)