Ireland

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Ireland Bollards

Green and white bollards can be a useful clue for Ireland. They are not entirely unique to the country, but they can help in 50-50s with the UK.

License Plates

Ireland uses license plates on both the front and back of vehicles.

Ireland Licence Plates

Ireland has long white licence plates with the standard European blue strip on the left.

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Yellow-Topped Signposts

Black and white signposts with a yellow bulb on top are often seen instead of pedestrian signs. They are a recognizable road sign feature in Ireland.

Pedestrian Crossing Signs

Pedestrian crossing signs are somewhat rare in Ireland. They are yellow and diamond-shaped, like other road signs.

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Yield Sign Text

Irish yield signs feature the word “YIELD”.

Irish on Signage

Irish language is somewhat less common on non-official signage.

Bilingual Irish Signage

Irish signage is often bilingual, with English in a regular font and Irish in italics. Place names, regular words, and phrases are translated.

Double Yellow Lines

In and around urban areas, marked roads may have double yellow lines on the sides. These indicate a no parking zone.

Road Line Colors

Outside road lines are yellow. Inside road lines are white.

Small Road Markings

This meta applies only to the smallest roads: thin roads without road lines, sometimes with grass in the middle. It is not exclusive to Donegal, though it is likely to appear there.

British-Style Brick Buildings

British-style brick buildings can still be found in Ireland. This is a useful architecture clue for identifying the country.

Irish Architecture

Ireland usually has cream white buildings with black roofs. Some buildings also have grey corner stones, and cities typically have row buildings.

Street Suffix: Grove

Look for street names ending in Grove. Copse also points to Grove.

Hill Street Suffix

Street suffixes such as Hill and Mount can appear in place names. Hill is the key form to watch for.

Meadow Street Suffix

Street names may use Meadow as a suffix. This fits the vegetation theme.

Quay Street Suffix

Street names may use Quay as a suffix. It can indicate an embankment, quay, or dike.

Square / Plaza

Street suffixes may appear as Square or Plaza. Use this as a vegetation-category clue for Ireland.

Court / Yard

Street suffix: Court. Also appears as Yard.

Green Street Suffix

Street suffixes may include Green. In Ireland, Green can appear as a place-name element.

Heath Street Suffix

A street suffix of Heath points to heath vegetation. Use it as a clue for Ireland.

Donegal Rural Terrain

Very small rural roads with Generation 4 coverage in unusually hilly landscapes point to Donegal. Use the terrain and road type together as a location clue.

West Coast Terrain

Ireland’s west coast has a rugged, hilly landscape with steep hills and low mountains. Neat eastern fields give way to wild grass and moorland, often with brownish-yellow tones and exposed rocks.

Green Agricultural Landscape

Most of Ireland is marked by a very green, agricultural landscape. Hedgerows are common along roads and between fields.

Left-Hand Terrain

Ireland drives on the left, but that alone is not enough to identify it. Use the landscape to separate it from other left-driving European countries.

Wicklow Mountains

A noteworthy area in eastern Ireland is the Wicklow Mountains, just south of Dublin. They can look very similar to the western coastal mountains and may be hard to tell apart.

Ireland Region Mnemonic

A mnemonic for the rough location of each region is that the numbers go in an anti-clockwise direction around the island, starting in Dublin.

Burren Limestone Terrain

The area around Burren National Park is known for a karst landscape of exposed grey limestone rocks.

Tabletop Mountains

Distinctive tabletop mountains can be found in the north of counties Sligo and Leitrim.

Wicklow Mountains Inland

The coast is not visible from the Wicklow Mountains. This terrain clue points to an inland mountain area.

Yellow Warning Stickers

Yellow warning stickers on utility poles can help distinguish Ireland from the UK. Look for this detail when identifying Ireland.

Wooden Utility Poles

Ireland uses wooden utility poles. Pole steps bolted to the side are very common and appear as a series of thin horizontal metal rods.

Driving Side

Traffic drives on the left in Ireland. This is the standard driving side for the country.

Irish Area Codes

Irish phone numbers begin with a two-digit area code. These area codes are grouped geographically by first digit.

Road Number Patterns

Roads starting with 8 or 9 are newer roads and are mostly not limited to a certain region. About half of the 8s are in the Dublin metro area.

Ireland Smallcam Coverage

Ireland has Generation 4 smallcam coverage mounted lower than regular Generation 4. It has a relatively big circular blur with a small protrusion at the front, and the blur can also be fully transparent.

Crossbar Signposts

These crossbars are also common in Sweden and Finland.

Left-Side Driving

Ireland drives on the left side of the road. The UK does too.

Boreen Rural Roads

Tiny rural roads in Ireland are often called boreens and may have a strip of grass down the middle. This can be a useful clue in a close Ireland-versus-UK decision.

Rounded Metal Gates

Rural metal gates with rounded corners are very common in Ireland. Use this as a country clue in rural areas.

Rounded Gate Corners

Gates in Ireland typically have rounded corners. This can help distinguish them from the UK, where similar gates typically have square corners.

Yield Sign Wording

UK yield signs use the phrase “GIVE WAY”.

Irish Sticker Markers

Irish stickers usually have a lightning bolt and do not show the guy getting zapped. They often also have a second rectangular sticker with a black outline below the lightning bolt.

Irish Chevrons

Irish chevrons are yellow on black. Both single and multiple arrows are common.

Yellow Warning Signs

Ireland is the only European country that uses yellow diamond-shaped warning signs.

Warning Signs Only

This applies only to warning signs. Regulatory signs, including circles and upside down triangles, use the normal red border and white background.

Irish Road Markings

Yellow outside dashes are very common on Irish roads. This is a useful visual clue for identifying Ireland.

Dash Markings

These dashes are essentially never found in the UK. They can also be seen in New Zealand.

Irish Plate Clues

The white backplate helps distinguish Ireland from the UK, which uses yellow backplates and white fronts. Most UK vehicles also lack the blue strip on the left.

EU Domain

Ireland uses the .eu country domain. This is the country domain listed for the entry.

Ireland Domain

Ireland uses the country domain .ie. This is the national internet code for Ireland.

Regional Road Numbers

Irish regional roads use 3-digit road numbers. The first digit gives a general region within the country.

Dublin Coverage Note

Not all Generation 4 coverage in and around Dublin uses this car. A considerable amount still uses the regular blue Generation 4 car.

EV Coverage Marker

A Generation 4 EV covered most of Eastern Ireland and parts of the Northwest. The back of the EV is visible in this coverage and is grey with a black semicircle.

Cork's Hilly Terrain

Cork is notably hillier than the other major Irish cities. This makes it stand out among Ireland's big urban areas.

Ireland Road Coverage

Ireland’s small roads are mostly covered with Generation 4. This matches Donegal, rather than the Generation 2 more typically associated with small roads in the west.