List of tallest structures in Ireland

This is a list of the tallest structures on the island of Ireland. Those in Northern Ireland are marked with an asterisk. The rest are in the Republic of Ireland.

Tallest structures

Name	Location	Year completed	Pinnacle height	Pinnacle height	Type	Coordinates	Remarks
Strabane transmitting station	Legfordrum (near Strabane), County Tyrone*	1963	305.5 m	1,002 ft	Guyed mast	54°47′58″N 7°23′19″W
Tullamore radio mast	Tullamore, Co. Offaly	1975	290 m	998 ft	Guyed mast	53°16′42.29″N 7°22′18.44″W	insulated against ground, used for broadcasting on 567 kHz
Clarkstown radio transmitter	Summerhill, Co. Meath	1988	245 m	804 ft	Guyed mast	53°27′45.53″N 6°40′39.32″W	insulated against ground, used for broadcasting on 252 kHz
Mullaghanish transmitter, new mast	Mullaghanish mountain, Co. Cork	1962	220 m	722 ft	Guyed mast	51°59′0.27″N 9°8′39.14″W
Moneypoint Power Station Chimneys	Moneypoint, Co. Clare	1985	218 m	715 ft	Chimney	52°36′29.16″N 9°25′31.85″W ; 52°36′27.68″N 9°25′24.7″W
Poolbeg power station, Chimney 2	Poolbeg	1978	207.8 m	682 ft	Chimney	53°20′24.84″N 6°11′19.38″W)
Poolbeg power station, Chimney 1	Poolbeg	1970	207.48 m	681 ft	Chimney	53°20′24.82″N 6°11′23.79″W
Kilroot power station chimneys	Kilroot (near Carrickfergus), County Antrim*		198 m	650 ft	Chimney	54°43′28.25″N 5°46′2.15″W
Mullaghanish transmitter, old mast	Mullaghanish mountain, Co. Cork	1962	170 m	558 ft	Guyed mast	51°58′59.26″N 9°8′38.21″W
Truskmore transmitter	Co. Sligo	?	167.64 m	550 ft	Guyed mast	54°22′22.57″N 8°22′15.32″W
Three Rock transmitter	Dublin	?	152.4 m	500 ft	Guyed mast	53°14′39.98″N 6°14′17.33″W
Aghada Power Station Chimney	Cork	?	152 m	499 ft	Chimney	51°50′6.05″N 8°14′9.41″W
Tarbert Power Station, Chimney of Unit 3 and 4	Tarbert	1975	151 m	497 ft	Chimney	52°35′24″N 9°21′46″W
Lisnagarvey transmitting station	Magherageery (near Lisburn), County Down*	1936	145 m	476 ft	Guyed mast	54°29′22″N 6°3′37″W	It was 145 m when built, but has since been lowered in height
Greystones Wind farm	Wicklow	?	139.29 m	457 ft	Wind turbines	53°10′18.10″N 6°01′30.00″W
Great Island Power Station Chimney	Co. Wexford		138 m	450 ft	Chimney	52°16′43.82″N 6°59′37.76″E ; 52°16′43.71″N 6°59′35.95″E
Arklow Bank Wind Park	Wicklow	?	128 m	420 ft	Wind turbines	52°47′28.00″N 5°56′48.00″W	offshore wind farm
Ballylumford Power Station Chimneys	Islandmagee Larne	1974	126 m	413 feet	Industrial	54.845 n5.787w
Kinnegad Cement Factory Chimney	Meath	?	125.3 m	411 ft	Chimney	53°25′52.84″N 7°08′33.78″W
Maghera transmitter	Maghera mountain	?	121.92 m	400 ft	Guyed mast	52°58′6.9″N 8°43′6.89″W	[1]
Cairn Hill transmitter	Cairn Hill	?	121.92 m	400 ft	Guyed mast	53°48′28″N 7°42′52″W	[2]
Tarbert Power Station, Chimney of Unit 1 and 2	Tarbert	1969	121 m	397 ft	Chimney	52°35′24″N 9°21′46″W
Cork mediumwave transmitter	Cork	1970	121.92 m	400 ft	Guyed mast	51°52′57.05″N 8°23′58.46″W	insulated against ground, formerly used for broadcasting on 729 kHz, now defunct
Kilgarvan Wind farm	Kerry	?	120 m	394 ft	Wind turbines	51°55′58.80″N 9°19′20.95″W
Spire of Dublin	Dublin		121 m	394 ft	Tower	53°20′59″N 6°15′37″W)	Monument
Aughinish Alumina Plant Chimney	Limerick	?	107 m	350 ft	Chimney	52°37′53.64″N 9°03′32.37″W
Kiln Cement Factory	Limerick	?	107 m	350 ft	Factory	52°38′33.92″N 8°41′23.72″W
Kippure transmitter	Kippure mountain	?	106.7 m	350 ft	Guyed mast	53°10′40.93″N 6°19′53.82″W	[3]
Donnybrook transmitter	Dublin	?	109.7 m	360 ft	Lattice tower	53°18′53.13″N 6°13′24.88″W
Moanvaun Wind farm	Tipperary	?	107.3 m	352 ft	Wind turbines	52°38′44.80″N 8°08′54.44″W
Mount Leinster transmitter	Mount Leinster	?	106.7 m	350 ft	Guyed mast	52°36′59″N 6°46′30″W	[4]
Samson	Harland and Wolff, Belfast*		106 m	348 ft	Crane	54°36′29″N 5°54′29″W
Platin Cement Factory Chimney	Meath	?	103.9 m	341 ft	Chimney	53°41′6.58″N 6°23′19.85″W
Ballywater Wind farm	Wexford	?	103 m	338 ft	Wind turbines	52°32′25.92″N 6°13′40.29″W
Athlone transmitter	Athlone	1933	100 m	328 ft	Guyed Mast	53°25′14.14″N 7°52′45.87″W ; 53°25′14.09″N 7°52′58.43″W	2 guyed masts insulated against ground carrying a T-antenna for broadcasting on 612 kHz
Codling Banks Mast	Wicklow		100 m	328 ft	Guyed Mast	53°07′44.87″N 5°50′49.54″W	Offshore structure
Coreen Wind farm	Cavan	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines	54°08′32.27″N 7°38′38.60″W
Snugborough Wind farm	Cavan	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines	54°08′21.27″N 7°36′38.14″W
Gartnaneane Wind farm	Cavan	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines	53°56′43.67″N 6°56′08.24″W
Coomatallin Wind farm	Cork	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines	51°39′03.62″N 9°5′38.87″W
Meentycat Wind farm	Cork	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines	54°51′46.19″N 7°51′12.62″W
Beal Wind farm	Wicklow	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines	52°33′47.33″N 9°37′55.73″W
Beam Wind farm	Kerry	?	99 m	325 ft	Wind turbines	55°11′51.98″N 7°26′16.32″W
St John's Cathedral, Limerick	Limerick	1861	93 m	308 ft	Church	52°39′45.37″N 8°37′1.83″W
Cobh Cathedral	Cobh	1868–1915	91.4 m	300 ft	Church	51°51′5.01″N 8°17′39.04″W
Dun Laoghaire Cranes	Dublin	?	91.4 m	300 ft	Cranes	53°17′40.87″N 6°7′53.73″W
Bealadangan Mast	Galway	?	91.4 m	300 ft	Tower? Guyed mast?	53°18′36.84″N 9°36′30.23″W
Mount Eagle Wind farm	Donegal	?	95.7 m	314 ft	Wind turbines	52°14′33.15″N 9°19′26.22″W
Cark Wind farm	Donegal	?	91.1 m	299 ft	Wind turbines	54°53′06.20″N 7°51′33.12″W
Mweelin Mast	Achill Island	?	91.44 m	300 ft	Guyed mast	53°57′19″N 10°1′42.45″W
Greenoge Wind farm	Wexford	?	90.2 m	296 ft	Wind turbines	52°39′28.23″N 6°43′31.69″W

Tallest buildings

Name	Location	Type	Year completed	Height	Picture
St John's Cathedral	Limerick	church	1861	93.8 m (308 ft)
St Colman's Cathedral	Cobh	church	1914	91.4 m (300 ft)
St Mary's Cathedral	Killarney	church	1912	86.8 m (285 ft)
Obel Tower	Belfast*	residential	2010	85 m (279 ft)
St Patrick's College Church	Maynooth	church	1891	83 m (272 ft)
The Elysian	Cork	residential, office	2008	81 m (266 ft) [including spire]
Windsor House	Belfast*	office	1975	80 m (260 ft)
St Eugene's Cathedral	Derry*	church	1903	78 m (256 ft)
St Macartan's Cathedral	Monaghan	church	1893	74 m (243 ft)
Belfast City Hospital Tower	Belfast*	hospital	1986	76 m (249 ft)
St Finbarre's Cathedral	Cork	church	1879	73 m (240 ft)
St Eunan's Cathedral	Letterkenny	church	1900	73 m (240 ft)
St Anne's Cathedral	Belfast*	church	1904	72 m (236 ft)
john lane church	Dublin	church	1874	82 m (269 ft)	n
St Peter and St Paul Cathedral	Ennis	church	1874	69 m (226 ft)
Sacred Heart Church	Omagh*	church	1899	68.6 m (225 ft)
St Columb's Cathedral	Derry*	church	1633	67 m (220 ft)
Cork County Hall	Cork	office	1968	67 m (220 ft)
Montevetro	Dublin	office	2010	67 m (220 ft)
St Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland)	Dublin	church	1191	66 m (217 ft)
St Patrick's Cathedral (Roman Catholic)	Armagh*	church	1904	64 m (210 ft)
St Patrick's Church (Roman Catholic)	Belfast*	church	1877	63 m (207 ft)
Millennium Tower	Dublin	residential	1998	63 m (207 ft)
Belfast Hilton Hotel	Belfast*	hotel	1998	63 m (207 ft)
The Boat	Belfast*	residential, office	2010	62 m (203 ft)
BT Riverside Tower	Belfast*	office	1998	61 m (200 ft)
St George's Church	Dublin	church	1813	61 m (200 ft)
Divis Tower	Belfast*	residential	1966	61 m (200 ft)
Liberty Hall	Dublin	Office	1965	59.4 m (195 ft)
Riverpoint	Limerick	Mixed use	2008	59.2 m (194 ft)
One George's Quay Plaza	Dublin	Mostly office use	2002	59 m (194 ft)
Crowne Plaza	Dundalk	Hotel	2007	58 m (190 ft)
Clarion Hotel	Limerick	Hotel	2002	57 m (187 ft)

Other categories

Nenagh Castle Keep

Sculptures

Spire of Dublin, 121 m (394 ft)

Spire of Hope, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast*, 72m (236 ft)

Gantry Cranes

"Samson", Harland and Wolff, Belfast*, 106 m (348 ft)

Bridges

River Suir Bridge, Waterford, 100 m (330 ft)

Boyne River Bridge, 95m (312 ft)

Windmills

Kilgarvan Wind Farm (group of 14 Wind Turbines), 93 m (305 ft)

Obelisks

Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, 82 m (207 ft) (Tallest in Europe)

Lighthouses

Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, 44.5 m (146 ft)

Stadiums

Croke Park, 40 m (131 ft)

Moving sculptures

Irish Wave, Park West, Dublin, 35.4 m (116 ft) (Tallest in Europe)

Round towers

Kilmacduagh monastery, 34 m (112 ft)

Castles

Nenagh Castle Keep, 31 m (102 ft)

Standing stones

Punchestown, 6.5 m (21 ft)

High crosses

Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 6.45 m (21 ft)

Planned

• Dublin Airport New Air Traffic Control Tower, 80m, to be built in tandem with new northern runway
• Heuston Gate, Dublin 134 m (440 ft) (construction postponed in 2008 – 117 m (384 ft) excluding the spire)
• U2 Tower, Dublin 130 m (427 ft) (construction delayed)
• "Watchtower", Point Village, Dublin 120 m (394 ft) (construction delayed for change of use) [5]
• Aurora building, Belfast* 110 m (361 ft) (denied planning permission)
• Ilex Tower, Derry 73 m (240 ft) (part of Fort George regeneration project)

See also

• List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast

References

• Tallest structures in Ireland
• From skyscrapernews:
  • Tallest storeyed buildings in Republic of Ireland including planned ones
  • Tallest storeyed buildings in Northern Ireland including planned ones
• From emporis:
  • Tallest buildings in Belfast
  • Tallest buildings in Cork
  • Tallest buildings in Derry
  • Tallest buildings in Dublin
  • Tallest buildings in Limerick
• Galloway, Peter; Cormac Simms (1992). The Cathedrals of Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Irish Studies. ISBN 0-85389-452-3. 
• Punchestown standing stone
• Irish Wave from The Daily Telegraph.
• Mullaghanish transmitter
• http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=37735326
• http://www.iaa.ie/safe_reg/iaip/Published%20Files/AIP%20Files/ENR/EI_ENR_5_4_en.pdf

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