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Seaports in Ireland
Ireland has 21 portsin the World Port Index — 1 large deep-water port, 3 medium and 17 smaller harbours. They sit on North Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea; North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.
PORTS21
LARGE · MEDIUM1 · 3
ONNorth Atlantic Ocean
By harbour size
Large1 · 5%
Medium3 · 14%
Small3 · 14%
Very small14 · 67%
Biggest ports in Ireland
The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.
largeFoynesNorth Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · IE FOV
mediumCorkCeltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · IE ORKmax 340 m
mediumDublinIrish Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · IE MTLmax 200 m
mediumCobhCeltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · IE COB
smallRosslareIrish Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · IE ROEmax 200 m
smallNew RossCeltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · IE NRSmax 110 m
smallLimerickNorth Atlantic Ocean · River (Tide Gates) · IE LMK
very smallWaterfordCeltic Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · IE WATmax 200 m
very smallDroghedaIrish Sea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Basins) · IE DROmax 130 m
very smallBantryNorth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · IE BTH
very smallCastletown BearhavenNorth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · IE CTB
very smallFenitNorth Atlantic Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · IE FEN
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