List of tallest structures in Ireland explained

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

data-sort-type="number"	Rank	Name	Location	County	Type	Year completed	Height	Picture
1	St Colman's Cathedral	Cobh		cathedral	1914	91.4m (299.9feet)
2	St Macartan's Cathedral	Monaghan	Monaghan	cathedral	1893	88m (289feet)
3	St Mary's Cathedral	Killarney	Kerry	cathedral	1912	86.8m (284.8feet)
4	St Patrick's College Church	Maynooth	Kildare	church	1891	83m (272feet)
5	St John's Cathedral	Limerick	Limerick	cathedral	1861	81m (266feet)^[1]
6	St Anne's Cathedral	Belfast	Antrim	cathedral	1904	80m (260feet)^[2]
7	St Eugene's Cathedral	Derry	Londonderry	cathedral	1903	78m (256feet)
8	St Finbarre's Cathedral	Cork	Cork	cathedral	1879	73m (240feet)
9	St Eunan's Cathedral	Letterkenny		cathedral	1900	73m (240feet)
10	Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim	Cavan		cathedral	1942	70m (230feet)^[3]
11	St Peter and St Paul Cathedral	Ennis		cathedral	1874	69m (226feet)
12	Sacred Heart Church	Omagh		church	1899	68.6m (225.1feet)
13	Church of Saints Augustine and John	Dublin		church	1874	68m (223feet)
14	St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda	Drogheda		church	1884	67.66m (221.98feet)
15	St Columb's Cathedral	Derry	Londonderry	cathedral	1633	67m (220feet)
16	St Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland)	Dublin	Dublin	cathedral	1191	66m (217feet)
17	St Patrick's Cathedral (Roman Catholic)	Armagh		cathedral	1904	64m (210feet)
18	St Patrick's Church (Roman Catholic)	Belfast	Antrim	church	1877	63m (207feet)^[4]
19	St George's Church	Dublin	Dublin	church	1813	61m (200feet)
20	St. Marys Church of Ireland	Carlow	Carlow	church	1834	59.5m (195.2feet)^[5]

Tallest structures

data-sort-type="number"	Rank	Name	Location	County	Year completed	Pinnacle height	Pinnacle height	Type	Coordinates	Remarks
1		Legfordrum (near Strabane)	Tyrone	1963	305.5 m	1,002 ft
2	Black Mountain transmitting station		Antrim	1959	228.6 m	750 ft	Guyed mast	54.5869°N -6.0222°W
3	Mullaghanish transmitter	Mullaghanish mountain	Cork	1962	225 m	738 ft	Guyed mast	51.9834°N -9.1442°W
4	Moneypoint Power Station Chimneys	Moneypoint	Clare	1985	218 m	715 ft		;
5	Poolbeg power station, Chimney 2		Dublin	1978	207.8 m	682 ft	Chimney	)
6	Poolbeg power station, Chimney 1	Poolbeg	Dublin	1970	207.48 m	681 ft	Chimney
7	Kilroot power station chimney	Kilroot (near Carrickfergus)	Antrim	1981^[6]	198 m	650 ft	Chimney
8			Cavan	2017	169 m	554 ft	wind turbine	53.8516°N -7.2049°W
9				1962	167.64 m	550 ft	Guyed mast
10			Antrim	1955 (replaced and made taller in 2011)	166 m	545 ft			Was 141.7 m but replaced in 2011Note these are a pair of twin masts.
11	Three Rock transmitter	Dublin	Dublin	2002	152.4 m	500 ft	Guyed mast
12	Aghada Power Station Chimney		Cork	?	152 m	499 ft	Chimney
13	Tarbert Power Station, Chimney of Unit 3 and 4		Kerry	1975	151 m	497 ft	Chimney
14		Magherageery (near Lisburn)		1936	145 m	476 ft	Guyed mast		It was 145 m when built, but has since been lowered in height to 99m
15	Greystones Wind farm			?	139.29 m	457 ft	Wind turbines
16	Great Island Power Station Chimney			?	138 m	453 ft	Chimney	52.2788°N -6.9938°W ; 52.2788°N -6.9933°W
17		Kippure mountain	border of Dublin and Wicklow	1961	127 m	416 ft	Guyed mast		^[7]
18	Ballylumford Power Station Chimneys		Antrim	1974	126 m	413 ft	Chimney	54.845 n5.787w
19	Kinnegad Cement Factory Chimney	Killaskillen (close to Kinnegad)	Meath	?	125.3 m	411 ft	Chimney
20		Wicklow	Wicklow	?	124 m	407 ft	Wind turbines		Offshore wind farm
21	Mount Leinster transmitter	Mount Leinster	border of Carlow and Wexford	?	122 m	400 ft	Guyed mast		^[8]
22		Maghera	Clare	?	121.92 m	400 ft	Guyed mast		^[9]
23		Cairn Hill		?	121.92 m	400 ft	Guyed mast		^[10]
24	Cork mediumwave transmitter	Cork	Cork	1970	121.92 m	400 ft	Guyed mast	51.8825°N -8.3996°W	Insulated against ground, used for broadcasting on 729 kHz until 2008
25	Tarbert Power Station, Chimney of Unit 1 and 2		Kerry	1969	121 m	397 ft	Chimney
26	Kilgarvan Wind farm		Kerry	?	120 m	394 ft	Wind turbines
27		Dublin	Dublin	2003	120 m	394 ft		)
28	Donnybrook Mast	RTÉ campus	Dublin	1961	109.7 m	360 ft
29	Moanvaun Wind farm			?	107.3 m	352 ft	Wind turbines
30	Aughinish Alumina Plant Chimney		Limerick	?	107 m	351 ft	Chimney
31	Kiln of Limerick Cement Factory	Limerick	Limerick	?	107 m	351 ft	Chimney
32		Belfast	Antrim	1974	106 m	348 ft
33	Kiln of Platin Cement Factory	Platin (close to Drogheda)	Meath	?	103.9 m	341 ft	Klin
34		Wexford	Wexford	?	103 m	338 ft	Wind turbines
35			Westmeath	1933	100 m	328 ft	Guyed Mast	;	Two guyed masts insulated against ground carried a T-antenna for broadcasting on 612 kHz. One of the two masts dismantled in 2011
36	Codling Banks Mast	Wicklow	Wicklow	?	100 m	328 ft	Guyed Mast		Offshore structure
37	Coreen Wind farm		Cavan	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines
38	Snugborough Wind farm	Cavan	Cavan	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines
39	Gartnaneane Wind farm	Cavan	Cavan	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines
40	Coomatallin Wind farm	Cork	Cork	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines
41	Meentycat Wind farm	Cork	Cork	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines
42	Beal Wind farm	Kerry	Kerry	?	100 m	328 ft	Wind turbines
43	Beam Wind farm	?	Donegal	?	99 m	325 ft	Wind turbines
44		Belfast	Antrim	1969	96 m	315 ft	Crane
45	Mount Eagle Wind farm		Donegal	?	95.7 m	314 ft	Wind turbines
46	Mweelin TV Mast			?	91.44 m	300 ft	Guyed mast
47	Dún Laoghaire Cranes	Dublin	Dublin	?	91.4 m	300 ft	Crane
48	Bealadangan Radio Mast			?	91.4 m	300 ft	Partially guyed tower		Was used for RTÉ RnaG, now dismantled
49	Cark Wind farm	Donegal	Donegal	?	91.1 m	299 ft	Wind turbines
50	Greenoge Wind farm	Wexford	Wexford	?	90.2 m	296 ft	Wind turbines
51	Dublin Airport ATC Tower		Dublin	2019	86.9 m	285 ft	Air traffic control tower

Other categories

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,

Spire of Hope, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast*,

Gantry Cranes:"Samson", Harland and Wolff, Belfast*,

Bridges:River Suir Bridge, Waterford,

Boyne River Bridge,

Windmills:Kilgarvan Wind Farm (group of 14 wind turbines),

Obelisks:Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, (Tallest in Europe)

Lighthouses:Fastnet Rock Lighthouse,

Stadiums:Croke Park,

Air traffic control towers:Dublin Airport ATC Tower,

Moving sculptures:Irish Wave, Park West, Dublin, (Tallest in Europe)

Round towers:Kilmacduagh monastery,

Castles:Nenagh Castle Keep,

Standing stones:Punchestown,

High crosses:Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice,

Former

• 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

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

Other sources

• Tallest structures in Ireland
• Book: Galloway, Peter . Peter Galloway . Cormac Simms . 1992 . The Cathedrals of Ireland . Institute of Irish Studies. . 0-85389-452-3 .
• Web site: Punchestown Standing Stone Standing Stone / Menhir – The Modern Antiquarian.com . Themodernantiquarian.com . 2006-01-14 . 2017-06-13.
• Web site: Irish Wave. https://web.archive.org/web/20031207233923/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2003%2F10%2F22%2Fbacon22.xml. dead. 2003-12-07. XML. The Daily Telegraph. 2017-06-13.
• Web site: Diagrams . SkyscraperPage.com . 2017-06-13.
• Web site: Dublin City Council . Dublincity.ie . 2017-06-13.

Notes and References

1. Web site: St John's Cathedral Limerick.ie. 2020-11-12. www.limerick.ie.
2. Web site: Belfast Cathedral . belfastcathedral.org.
3. https://www.kilmorediocese.ie/cathedral-of-st-patrick-st-felim/ Cavan Cathedral - Kilmore Diocese
4. Web site: St Patrick's Church, Belfast . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629025153/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=streetpatrickschurch-belfast-unitedkingdom . dead . 29 June 2011 . Emporis.com . 2011-02-22.
5. Web site: Carlow Town Walk . carlowtourism.com . 2020-10-02 .
6. Web site: Chimney of Kilroot power station. Emporis. 2020-09-12.
7. Web site: Irish TV - over forty years of Irish TV History . 2010-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519043010/http://www.irish-tv.com/kippure.asp . 2011-05-19 .
8. Web site: Irish TV - over forty years of Irish TV History . 2010-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215116/http://www.irish-tv.com/mtleinst.asp . 2011-07-26 .
9. Web site: Irish TV - Fifty years of Irish TV History . 2012-11-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315214422/http://www.irish-tv.com/maghera.asp . 2012-03-15 .
10. Web site: Irish TV - over forty years of Irish TV History . 2010-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215018/http://www.irish-tv.com/cairnh.asp . 2011-07-26 .

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