Ireland/Boundaries
Intro
Administrative Boundaries are defined as relations over ways that are either drawn for this purpose only, or use ways that naturally form the boundary, such as center lines of rivers.
Care must be taken not to join those river segments that are part of a boundary with other segments.
All county relations must be circular loops, i.e. all segments arranged in sequence, which can be checked in the JOSM relation editor.
The layers.openstreetmap.fr map viewer has some handy layers for checking the current state of our admin boundaries.
To Do:
Talk about Irish administrative districts: Provinces, Baronies, Civil Parishes, Townlands etc..
Baronies, Civil Parishes, Townlands details should be on each respective county page, eventually.
Data Sources
GSGS 3906
These maps were scanned by TCD and are the best Ireland-wide maps we currently have available to map townland boundaries. See http://mapwarper.net/layers/101
Boundary Types
refer to boundary=administrative
| Type | Tagging | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| National Border | boundary=administrative admin_level=2 place=country | e.g. between Rep Ireland and Northern Ireland |
| Northern Ireland state | boundary=administrative admin_level=4 place=state | reserved for compatability with UK states |
| Province | boundary=administrative admin_level=5 place=region | e.g. Leinster, Ulster, Munster, Connacht |
| Traditional County | boundary=administrative admin_level=6 place=county | e.g. Dublin, Tipperary, Cork, Kildare |
| County and City Councils (LAU-1) | boundary=administrative admin_level=7 | e.g. Admin counties ( Wexford CoCo, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin, Dublin City), 5 County Cities (Dublin City, Cork City, Limerick City , Waterford City, Galway City) |
| Municipal Districts | boundary=administrative admin_level=8 | see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_district_%28Ireland%29 |
| Electoral Division (LAU-2) | boundary=administrative admin_level=9 | |
| Townland | boundary=administrative admin_level=10 place=locality locality=townland | |
Relation lists
National borders
| Name | Relation |
|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland | 62273 62273 OPEN |
| Northern Ireland | 156393 156393 OPEN |
| United Kingdom | 62149 62149 OPEN |
Traditional provinces
| Name | Relation |
|---|---|
| Leinster Province | 278746 278746 circular linked |
| Munster Province | 278750 278750 circular linked |
| Connacht Province | 278721 278721 circular linked |
| Ulster Province | 278664 278664 circular linked |
Leinster
Administrative counties in Dublin Region (former County Dublin)
| Name | Relation | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin (city) | 1109531 1109531 | http://www.acts.ie/framed/en.act.1985.0007.6.html#sched1 http://achtanna.oireachtas.ie/framed/en.pract.1953.0001.2.html | |
| County Fingal | 1114164 1114164 | ||
| County Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 1115720 1115720 | ||
| County South Dublin | 1117469 1117469 |
Munster
| Name | Relation | Source | 1900 map scan |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Clare | 334885 334885 circular linked | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/wms/1463 and is_in information for Whitegate area | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1463 |
| County Cork | 332631 332631 circular linked | is_in interpolation towards Limerick and Waterford, Atlas towards Kerry | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1462 |
| County Kerry | 332622 332622 circular linked | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/preview/1456 | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1456 |
| County Limerick | 334898 334898 circular linked | neighbor counties | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1452 |
| County Tipperary | 334372 334372 circular linked | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/wms/1443 | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1443 |
| County Waterford | 283426 283426 circular linked | rivers and is_in tags | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1440 |
Connacht
| Name | Relation | Source | 1900 map scan |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Galway | 335444 335444 circular linked | neighbor counties | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1457 |
| County Leitrim | 284368 284368 circular linked | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1453 | |
| County Mayo | 338539 338539 circular linked | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/wms/1449 | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1449 |
| County Roscommon | 335443 335443 circular linked | neighbor counties | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1445 |
| County Sligo | 335330 335330 circular linked | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/wms/1444 | http://warper.geothings.net/maps/1444 |
Ulster