Military Sites - Ireland
148 documented abandoned military sites have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Ireland, with the highest concentration around Derrybeg (4), Carndonagh (4), Thomastown (4). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
All locations
- 19th Century Signal Tower Ruins (Bantry)
- 24th Lock Keeper's House (Rathwire)
- Ardmore Watch Tower (Youghal)
- Atlantic Mariner Shipwreck (Farranacoush)
- Babe's Bridge (Navan)
- Bailieborough Castle (Bailieborough)
- Ballyandreen Beach (Cloyne)
- Ballyandreen Viewpoint (Castlemartyr)
- Ballybeg Dovecote (Mallow)
- Ballycallan School (Callan)
- Ballyloo Castle Ruins (Carlow)
- Ballynahinch Seat (Cashel)
- Baltray Bay Beach (Termonfeckin)
- Baltray Beach (Termonfeckin)
- Bannow Island Beach (Dunmore East)
- Barometer (Carndonagh)
- Bath House (Celbridge)
- Bettyfield (Boyle)
- Bonnetstown Smithy (Kilkenny)
- Bunbeg Beach (Derrybeg)
- Bunbeg Beach Shipwreck (Derrybeg)
- Burma Steps (Cobh)
- Bád Eddie (Derrybeg)
- Bád Eddie (Derrybeg)
- Caher Murphy (Dingle)
- Cahergal Ring Fort (Cahersiveen)
- Camlagh House (Ballinasloe)
- Canal Cottage (Leixlip)
- Carrickabraghy Castle (Carndonagh)
- Cashel House (Oughterard)
- Castle Boat House (Virginia)
- Castle of the Weir (Moyross)
- Cathair Sayer (Dingle)
- Chevy Chase Cottage (Gort)
- Church Ruins (Strandhill)
- CliffsNewsHead (Kinsale)
- Clochán Scológ (Dingle)
- Clonleigh Abbey (Leifear)
- Clonsarn School (Ballyconnell)
- Cranna Creamery (Ballina)
- Dartry House (Cootehill)
- Derelict Watertower (Ennis)
- Dough Castle (Kilrush)
- Drombeg Stone Circle (Derry)
- Dromline House (Tipperary)
- Druid's Altar / Dolmen (Longford)
- Drumcoura Creamery (Ballyconnell)
- Dumha na nGiall (Kentstown)
- Dunlough Castle (Farranacoush)
- Dálaí (Dálaigh) house (Derry)
- Edmondstown spring (edmondstown road) (Ballyboden)
- Fairy Lodge (Moate)
- Farmleigh Bridge (Castleknock)
- Fleming's Castle (Kingscourt)
- Florette (Ballina)
- Fort Dunree Military Museum (Buncrana)
- Frankfurter Straße (Kinsale)
- Friar's Barn (ruin) (Thomastown)
- Friarstown Friary (Ruins) (An Muileann gCearr)
- Fullacht Fia ruins (Bearna)
- Gaulstown Dolmen (Tra Mhor)
- Glynn's House (Kilkenny)
- Gortnahorna House (Bandon)
- Gothic Ruins (Abbeyleix)
- Governer's House (Kinsale)
- Hill of Tara (Kentstown)
- Hogg's Lime Kiln (Thomastown)
- Horse Island Mining Complex Ruins (Farranacoush)
- Ice House (Belturbet)
- Ice House (Celbridge)
- Ice House (Thomastown)
- Inner Barbican (Stradbally)
- Kilcheonagh (Kiltamagh)
- Kilduff School (Manorhamilton)
- Killarney Rock - Shipwreck PSS Killarney (1838) (Carrigaline)
- Killermogh Church ruin (Abbeyleix)
- Killoshulan Church ruin (Ballyragget)
- Knightsbrook River (Newtown Trim)
- Knockadoon Signal Tower (Youghal)
- Knockalla Fort (Buncrana)
- Knockgraffon Motte (Cahir)
- Kyleaderry Church (in ruins) (Rathdowney)
- Lacken Corn Mill (Kilkenny)
- Lady Margaret's Tower (Tobercurry)
- Lady's Island (Ballygerry)
- Landsdowne Park (Portarlington)
- Lime Kiln (Dunmore East)
- Lime kiln (Youghal)
- Linn Duachaill (Viking Settlement) (Castlebellingham)
- Lloyd's Tower (Carndonagh)
- Lord Meath's Lodge (Bray)
- MV Alta (Cloyne)
- Magilligan Martello Tower (Moville)
- Maguire's Tower (Granard)
- Marine (Balally)
- Martello Tower (Gaillimh)
- Martello Tower (An Ros)
- Meehambee Dolmen (Athlone)
- Megalithic monument ruins (Ennis)
- Military Barracks (Kingscourt)
- Moat Castle (site of) (Ballyragget)
- Mount Sandford Castle (folly) (Thomastown)
- Obelisk ruins (Tullyallen)
- Octagonal Gazebo (An Muileann gCearr)
- Old Canal House (Newcastle)
- Old Fort (Gaillimh)
- Old Maintanence Building (Portarlington)
- Old Watchhouse (Belmullet)
- Old Windmill (Drogheda)
- Oyster Island (Strandhill)
- Petersville (Mullagh)
- Pigeon House (Caherconlish)
- Pigeon House Fort remains (Sandymount)
- Portmarnock Shipwreck (Baldoyle)
- Portumna Bridge (Portumna)
- Pottlerath Dovecote (Callan)
- Proleek Dolmen (Blackrock)
- Rathcoole Parish Church Ruin (Kilkenny)
- Rathpeacon Hall (Cork)
- Rathregan House (Dunshaughlin)
- Rawhide Loop (Ballymote)
- Ringfort monument ruins (Bearna)
- Ringfort ruins (Bearna)
- Rock Solid Communications (Balally)
- Roman Tower (Dollymount)
- Rowley’s Lock (Navan)
- Ruines (Mountrath)
- Ruins (Leifear)
- Sham Castle (Abbeyleix)
- Shannaclogh (Nenagh)
- Srah Castle (Tullamore)
- Stella House (Trim)
- Sweat House (Manorhamilton)
- Swifts Tower (Skibbereen)
- Temple Folly (Tullow)
- Termonfeckin Beach (Termonfeckin)
- The Apple House / Cider House (Ballygerry)
- The Big Lake (Oughterard)
- The Frenchman's Grave. (Swinford)
- The Hermitage (Ballina)
- The Old House (Athenry)
- Tower of Moher (Kilrush)
- Tuthill's house (ruins) (Ardnacrusha)
- Vernon Mount House (Cork)
- Vernon Mount House (Cork)
- WWII Lookout (Killybegs)
- malin well (Carndonagh)
- ‘The Sydney’ Memorial (Killybegs)
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