List of volcanoes in the Republic of Ireland explained

Ireland has no active volcanoes. Volcanic activity in the country occurred primarily between 480–430 mya (million years ago), during the Ordovician geological age.[1]

List

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metresfeetCoordinatesCounty
Bennaunmore[2] 4541490 Kerry +358 mya
Bohaun[3] - - 53.7°N -9.4°WMayo -
Cnoc An Duin[4] [5] 67 220 53.4149°N -10.1152°WGalway +58 mya
Croghan Hill[6] 23476853.3467°N -7.2775°WOffaly ±350 mya
- - 51.9736°N -9.4713°WKerry +358 mya
- - Kerry +358 mya
- - 53.5267°N -8.3528°WDublin -
Limerick volcanic basin[7] 220 782 52.523°N -8.404°WLimerick -
25 82 53.5778°N -9.5481°WGalway ±490 mya
Vinegar Hill[8] 122 400 52.5021°N -6.5659°WWexford -
Westmeath-Offaly volcano[9] - - 53.416°N -7.296°WOffaly and Westmeath ±330 mya

References

  1. News: Rodriquez . Carla . Ireland is surrounded by volcanoes . 24 May 2021 . Irish Central . 16 May 2019.
  2. The Lough Guitane Volcanic Complex, County Kerry: A Preliminary Survey . Irish Journal of Earth Sciences . 30002468 . 24 May 2021. Avison . Mark . 1984 . 6 . 2 . 127–136 .
  3. Book: Brown . Dennis . Ryan . Paul D . Arc-Continent Collision . 29 June 2011 . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 9783540885580 . 24 May 2021.
  4. Mohr . Paul . A Paleocene Dolerite Intrusion Newly Discovered from Loch Ána, Clifden, Connemara . The Irish Naturalists' Journal . 1992 . 24 . 1 . 21–23 . 25539679 . 26 May 2021.
  5. Book: Robinson . Tim . Connemara - The Last Pool of Darkness . 25 September 2008 . Penguin . 9780141889726 . 26 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Croghan Hill . Ireland Byways . 15 August 2019.
  7. Book: Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland . 1877 . 24 May 2021.
  8. Book: Nature in Ireland - A Scientific and Cultural History . 1998 . McGill-Queen's University Press . 9780773518179.
  9. News: Gorey . Colm . South of Mullingar there lies a 330m-year-old volcano . 24 May 2021 . Silicone Republic . 23 September 2015.