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List of tallest structures in Ireland

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This is a list of the tallest structures on the island of Ireland.

Those in Northern Ireland are denoted by a light blue background, the rest are in the Republic of Ireland.

Tallest churches[edit]

Rank	Name	Location	County	Type	Year completed	Height	Picture
1	St Colman's Cathedral	Cobh	Cork	cathedral	1914	91.4 m (300 ft)
2	St Macartan's Cathedral	Monaghan	Monaghan	cathedral	1893	88 m (289 ft)
3	St Mary's Cathedral	Killarney	Kerry	cathedral	1912	86.8 m (285 ft)
4	St Patrick's College Church	Maynooth	Kildare	church	1891	83 m (272 ft)
5	St John's Cathedral	Limerick	Limerick	cathedral	1861	81 m (266 ft)[1]
6	St Anne's Cathedral	Belfast	Antrim	cathedral	1904	80 m (260 ft)[2]
7	St Eugene's Cathedral	Derry	Londonderry	cathedral	1903	78 m (256 ft)
8	St Finbarre's Cathedral	Cork	Cork	cathedral	1879	73 m (240 ft)
9	St Eunan's Cathedral	Letterkenny	Donegal	cathedral	1900	73 m (240 ft)
10	Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim	Cavan	Cavan	cathedral	1942	70 m (230 ft)[3]
11	St Peter and St Paul Cathedral	Ennis	Clare	cathedral	1874	69 m (226 ft)
12	Sacred Heart Church	Omagh	Tyrone	church	1899	68.6 m (225 ft)
13	Church of Saints Augustine and John	Dublin	Dublin	church	1874	68 m (223 ft)
14	St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda	Drogheda	Louth	church	1884	67.66 m (222.0 ft)
15	St Columb's Cathedral	Derry	Londonderry	cathedral	1633	67 m (220 ft)
16	St Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland)	Dublin	Dublin	cathedral	1191	66 m (217 ft)
17	St Patrick's Cathedral (Roman Catholic)	Armagh	Armagh	cathedral	1904	64 m (210 ft)
18	St Patrick's Church (Roman Catholic)	Belfast	Antrim	church	1877	63 m (207 ft)[4]
19	St George's Church	Dublin	Dublin	church	1813	61 m (200 ft)
20	St. Marys Church of Ireland	Carlow	Carlow	church	1834	59.5 m (195 ft)[5]

Tallest structures[edit]

Other categories[edit]

Entries in the list that are in Northern Ireland are denoted by an asterisk, the others being in the Republic of Ireland.

Sculptures

Spire of Dublin, 120 m (390 ft)

Spire of Hope, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast*, 40 m (130 ft)

Gantry Cranes

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

Bridges

River Suir Bridge, Waterford, 112 m (367 ft)

Boyne River Bridge, 95 m (312 ft)

Windmills

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

Obelisks

Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, 62 m (203 ft) (Tallest in Europe)

Lighthouses

Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, 54 m (177 ft)

Stadiums

Croke Park, 35 m (115 ft)

Air traffic control towers

Dublin Airport ATC Tower, 87 m (285 ft)

Moving sculptures

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

Round towers

Kilmacduagh monastery, 32.5 m (107 ft)

Castles

Nenagh Castle Keep, 31 m (102 ft)

Standing stones

Punchestown, 6.5 m (21 ft)

High crosses

Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 5.8 m (19 ft)

Former[edit]

• Tullamore transmitter, 290 m (952 ft), demolished 2023
• Clarkstown radio transmitter, 248 m (814 ft) demolished 2023
• Bellacorick Cooling Tower, 89 m (290 ft), demolished 2007
• Arrol Gantry, 70 m (228 ft), demolished 1969
• Churchill House, Belfast, 66 m (215 ft), demolished 2004
• Boyne Obelisk, 53 m (174 ft), destroyed 1923
• Ballymun Flats, 42 m (136 ft), demolished 2004-2015
• Nelson's Pillar Monument, 41 m (134 ft), destroyed 1966
• Walker's Monument, 32 m (105 ft) destroyed 1973
• Craigyhill Bonfire, 61 m (203 ft) destroyed 2022

See also[edit]

• List of tallest buildings in Ireland
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Dublin

References[edit]

Other sources[edit]

• Tallest structures in Ireland
• Galloway, Peter; Cormac Simms (1992). The Cathedrals of Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Irish Studies. ISBN 0-85389-452-3.
• "Punchestown Standing Stone Standing Stone / Menhir – The Modern Antiquarian.com". Themodernantiquarian.com. 14 January 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
• "Irish Wave". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original (XML) on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
• "Diagrams". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
• "Dublin City Council". Dublincity.ie. Retrieved 13 June 2017.