Megalithic Tombs of Ireland: map and guide by county
1,847 megalithic tombs on one map, county by county.
Illustrative image
Megalithic tombs - court, portal, passage and wedge tombs - are the oldest standing monuments in Ireland, built by farming communities between about 4000 and 2000 BC.
Every megalithic tomb with a reliable location in the Republic is on the map below. The best-documented ones have a page of their own.
6 of these pages quote recorded folklore - see folklore and traditions.
Where they are
Darker = more recorded. Most in Sligo, Clare, Mayo.
Types recorded
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb522 recorded
- Megalithic tomb - unclassified339 recorded
- Megalithic structure331 recorded
- Megalithic tomb - court tomb304 recorded
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb201 recorded
- Megalithic tomb - portal tomb150 recorded
Map of megalithic tombs
Sites you can visit
Listed by the National Monuments Service or promoted by Fáilte Ireland as visitor attractions.
Visitor site National MonumentBrowneshill Megalithic Tomb
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb · Kernanstown · Carlow
Visitor site National MonumentKilmashogue Megalithic Tomb
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb · Kilmashogue · Dublin
Visitor site National MonumentProleek Megalithic Tombs
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb · Proleek · Louth
Visitor site National MonumentLoughcrew Megalithic Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Corstown (Fore By.) · Meath
Visitor site National MonumentKnowth Passage Tomb Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Knowth · Meath
Visitor site National MonumentNewgrange Passage Tomb
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Newgrange · Meath
Visitor site National MonumentCarrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Carrowmore (Carbury By.) · Sligo
Featured megalithic tombs
Visitor site National MonumentBrowneshill Megalithic Tomb
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb · Kernanstown · Carlow
Visitor site National MonumentKilmashogue Megalithic Tomb
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb · Kilmashogue · Dublin
Visitor site National MonumentKnowth Passage Tomb Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Knowth · Meath
Visitor site National MonumentNewgrange Passage Tomb
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Newgrange · Meath
Visitor site National MonumentProleek Megalithic Tombs
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb · Proleek · Louth
Visitor site National MonumentCarrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Carrowmore (Carbury By.) · Sligo
Visitor site National MonumentLoughcrew Megalithic Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Corstown (Fore By.) · Meath
National MonumentAghnaskeagh Cairns
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb · Aghnaskeagh · Louth
National MonumentAltar Wedge Tomb
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb · Altar · Cork
National MonumentBallyedmonduff Wedge Tomb
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb · Ballyedmonduff · Dublin
National MonumentBallynageeragh Portal Tomb
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb · Ballynageeragh · Waterford
National MonumentCarrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb · Carricknahorna East · Sligo
Megalithic Tombs by county
| County | On the map | Named, with notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sligo | 272 | 20 |
| Clare | 233 | 8 |
| Mayo | 228 | 5 |
| Donegal | 218 | 5 |
| Cork | 150 | 2 |
| Galway | 99 | 3 |
| Kerry | 94 | 2 |
| Leitrim | 84 | 5 |
| Cavan | 66 | 7 |
| Meath | 65 | 8 |
| Monaghan | 48 | 2 |
| Tipperary | 48 | 1 |
| Dublin | 40 | 4 |
| Limerick | 33 | 2 |
| Kilkenny | 32 | 5 |
| Roscommon | 28 | 1 |
| Waterford | 25 | 3 |
| Louth | 22 | 6 |
| Wicklow | 18 | 4 |
| Carlow | 12 | 3 |
| Longford | 10 | 1 |
| Laois | 7 | 0 |
| Wexford | 7 | 0 |
| Westmeath | 4 | 0 |
| Kildare | 2 | 0 |
| Offaly | 2 | 0 |
Source: Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR, 1 December 2025), National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; names from NMS, Wikidata and Fáilte Ireland. Records without a mapped location are not shown.