Blank Map of Ireland

Printable map of Ireland with all 29 counties and Dublin council areas, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

SVG (vector)

Any size, editable in Inkscape, Illustrator or Figma.

PNG (image)

PDF (print)

PNG and PDF files are drawn in your browser at the size you pick; nothing is uploaded. No watermark, no sign-up.

About this map: County Dublin is shown as its four council areas (Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin). Cork and Galway city councils are drawn as part of their counties.

Ireland at a glance

Counties and Dublin Council Areas on the map	29
Area of the shapes drawn	69,313 km² · 26,762 mi²
Largest county by area	Cork — 7,247 km²
Smallest county by area	Dublin City — 111 km²
Places on the with-cities version	Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Dundalk, Drogheda, Tralee, Kilkenny, Sligo

Areas are computed here from the full-resolution Natural Earth shapes on a sphere and are approximate; official figures differ, especially where coastlines and islands are generalised. Cities are the largest by Natural Earth's metro population figure (pop_max); squares mark national capitals.

All 29 counties and Dublin council areas of Ireland

County	Area, km² (approx.)	Area, mi² (approx.)
Carlow	905	349
Cavan	1,888	729
Clare	3,230	1,247
Cork	7,247	2,798
Donegal	4,780	1,846
Dublin City	111	43
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	136	53
Fingal	419	162
Galway	6,072	2,344
Kerry	4,791	1,850
Kildare	1,717	663
Kilkenny	2,051	792
Laois	1,701	657
Leitrim	1,614	623
Limerick	2,713	1,047
Longford	1,108	428
Louth	785	303
Mayo	5,541	2,139
Meath	2,340	903
Monaghan	1,272	491
Offaly	2,022	781
Roscommon	2,499	965
Sligo	1,830	707
South Dublin	244	94
Tipperary	4,293	1,658
Waterford	1,833	708
Westmeath	1,858	717
Wexford	2,334	901
Wicklow	1,979	764

Printing and using the map

Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each county.
For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
To colour counties and Dublin council areas by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each county is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The shapes are Natural Earth's 1:10 million first-level administrative units (version 5.1), a public-domain dataset maintained by volunteers and the North American Cartographic Information Society. Where Natural Earth records a lower level of government than the one named here, its units are merged into the parent region, and names are given in common English forms.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so counties and Dublin council areas keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 1682 × 2400 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching counties and Dublin council areas share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small counties and Dublin council areas may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Natural Earth 1:10m Admin 1 – States, Provinces — public-domain boundaries, version 5.1
Natural Earth 1:10m Populated Places — city locations and the population figures used to pick them

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many counties and Dublin council areas are on this map of Ireland?

29. That is the number of shapes after the grouping described under "About the boundaries"; every one of them is listed in the table on this page. County Dublin is shown as its four council areas (Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin). Cork and Galway city councils are drawn as part of their counties.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (Natural Earth) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each county. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from Natural Earth, a public-domain dataset made for small-scale maps, simplified further to suit a 1682 × 2400 pixel drawing. Where borders are disputed, Natural Earth shows the line it considers in de facto use, which may differ from a particular government's position.