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) |