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]
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
metres | feet | Coordinates | County | ||
Bennaunmore[2] | 454 | 1490 | Kerry | +358 mya | |
Bohaun[3] | - | - | 53.7°N -9.4°W | Mayo | - |
Cnoc An Duin[4] [5] | 67 | 220 | 53.4149°N -10.1152°W | Galway | +58 mya |
Croghan Hill[6] | 234 | 768 | 53.3467°N -7.2775°W | Offaly | ±350 mya |
- | - | 51.9736°N -9.4713°W | Kerry | +358 mya | |
- | - | Kerry | +358 mya | ||
- | - | 53.5267°N -8.3528°W | Dublin | - | |
Limerick volcanic basin[7] | 220 | 782 | 52.523°N -8.404°W | Limerick | - |
25 | 82 | 53.5778°N -9.5481°W | Galway | ±490 mya | |
Vinegar Hill[8] | 122 | 400 | 52.5021°N -6.5659°W | Wexford | - |
Westmeath-Offaly volcano[9] | - | - | 53.416°N -7.296°W | Offaly and Westmeath | ±330 mya |