List of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland

The following is a list of Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland known as SPA, as listed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The Special Protection Areas are designated areas of protection under the European Union Birds Directive and are in place to protect rare and vulnerable bird species, migratory bird species, and wetlands that are deemed to be internationally important.^[1]

Connacht

Name	County	Land area (hectares)	EU Code
Connemara Bog Complex	Galway	19201.5	IE0004181
Coole-Garryland Complex	Galway	519.95	IE0004107
Cregganna Marsh	Galway	167.86	IE0004142
Cruagh Island	Galway	292.44	IE0004170
High Island, Inishshark and Davillaun	Galway	1216.95	IE0004144
Illaunnanoon	Galway	19.78	IE0004221
Inishbofin, Omey Island and Turbot Island	Galway	171.47	IE0004231
Inishmore	Galway	1917.63	IE0004152
Inner Galway Bay	Galway	13261.57	IE0004031
Lough Corrib	Galway, Mayo	18623.94	IE0004042
Lough Cutra	Galway	386.72	IE0004056
Lough Derg (Shannon)	Galway	12709.47	IE0004058
Lough Mask	Galway, Mayo	8735.65	IE0004062
Lough Rea	Galway	365.41	IE0004134
Middle Shannon Callows	Galway, Roscommon	5814.85	IE0004096
Rahasane Turlough	Galway	372.30	IE0004089
River Suck Callows	Galway, Roscommon	3182.03	IE0004097
Slieve Aughty Mountains	Galway	59457.16	IE0004168
Slyne Head to Ardmore Point Islands	Galway	3377.68	IE0004159
Sligo/Leitrim Uplands	Leitrim, Sligo	1733.55	IE0004187
Bills Rocks	Mayo	149.66	IE0004177
Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven	Mayo	8535.68	IE0004037
Carrowmore Lake	Mayo	965.52	IE0004052
Clare Island	Mayo	1005.74	IE0004136
Cross Lough (Killadoon)	Mayo	26.74	IE0004212
Doogort Machair	Mayo	116.43	IE0004235
Duvillaun Islands	Mayo	529.80	IE0004111
Illanmaster	Mayo	164.94	IE0004074
Inishglora and Inishkeeragh	Mayo	381.89	IE0004084
Inishkea Islands	Mayo	1329.76	IE0004004
Killala Bay/Moy Estuary	Mayo, Sligo	3202.02	IE0004036
Lough Carra	Mayo	1760.27	IE0004051
Lough Conn and Lough Cullin	Mayo	6457.58	IE0004228
Mullet Peninsula	Mayo	325.55	IE0004227
Owenduff/Nephin Complex	Mayo	25692.83	IE0004098
Stags of Broad Haven	Mayo	136.38	IE0004072
Termoncarragh Lake and Annagh Machair	Mayo	405.98	IE0004093
Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog	Roscommon	1355.67	IE0004101
Bellanagare Bog	Roscommon	1233.78	IE0004105
Four Roads Turlough	Roscommon	99.6	IE0004140
Lough Arrow	Roscommon, Sligo	1337.91	IE0004050
Lough Croan Turlough	Roscommon	151.26	IE0004139
Lough Gara	Roscommon	1689.78	IE0004048
Lough Ree	Roscommon	12347.98	IE0004064
Ardboline Island and Horse Island	Sligo	148.29	IE0004135
Aughris Head	Sligo	54.8	IE0004133
Ballintemple and Ballygilgan	Sligo	235.41	IE0004234
Ballysadare Bay	Sligo	2129.06	IE0004129
Cummeen Strand	Sligo	1731.69	IE0004035
Drumcliff Bay	Sligo	1842.68	IE0004013
Inishmurray	Sligo	234.66	IE0004068

Leinster

Name	County	Land area (hectares)	EU Code
Baldoyle Bay	Dublin	262.65	IE0004016
Dalkey Islands	Dublin	83.04	IE0004172
Howth Head Coast	Dublin	207.73	IE0004113
Ireland's Eye	Dublin	214.43	IE0004117
Lambay Island	Dublin	599.3	IE0004069
Malahide Estuary	Dublin	764.63	IE0004025
North Bull Island	Dublin	1943.47	IE0004006
Rockabill	Dublin	5227.09	IE0004014
Rogerstown Estuary	Dublin	645.35	IE0004015
Skerries Islands	Dublin	217.12	IE0004122
South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary	Dublin	2193.17	IE0004024
Poulaphouca Reservoir	Kildare, Wicklow	2009.5	IE0004063
River Nore	Kilkenny, Laois	414.57	IE0004233
Slieve Bloom Mountains	Laois, Offaly	21774.46	IE0004160
Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog	Longford	1355.67	IE0004101
Glen Lough	Longford, Westmeath	82.27	IE0004045
Lough Kinale and Derragh Lough	Longford, Westmeath	287.8	IE0004061
Lough Ree	Longford, Westmeath	12347.98	IE0004064
Boyne Estuary	Louth, Meath	593.43	IE0004080
Carlingford Lough	Louth	595.12	IE0004078
Dundalk Bay	Louth	13237.9	IE0004026
River Boyne and River Blackwater	Louth, Meath, Westmeath	460.14	IE0004232
Stabannan-Braganstown	Louth	251.89	IE0004091
Lough Sheelin	Meath, Westmeath	1900.92	IE0004065
River Nanny Estuary and Shore	Meath	229.68	IE0004158
All Saints Bog	Offaly	322.64	IE0004103
Dovegrove Callows	Offaly	124.51	IE0004137
Middle Shannon Callows	Offaly, Westmeath	5814.85	IE0004096
Mongan Bog	Offaly	129.33	IE0004017
River Little Brosna Callows	Offaly	1100.92	IE0004086
Garriskil Bog	Westmeath	324.11	IE0004102
Lough Derravaragh	Westmeath	1130.09	IE0004043
Lough Ennell	Westmeath	1397.66	IE0004044
Lough Iron	Westmeath	933.35	IE0004046
Lough Owel	Westmeath	1118.64	IE0004047
Ballyteigue Burrow	Wexford		IE0004020
Bannow Bay	Wexford	1363.32	IE0004033
Cahore Marshes	Wexford	191.52	IE0004143
Keeragh Islands	Wexford	80	IE0004118
Lady's Island Lake	Wexford	478.6	IE0004009
Saltee Islands	Wexford	870.62	IE0004002
Tacumshin Lake	Wexford	476.17	IE0004092
The Raven	Wexford	4204.63	IE0004019
Wexford Harbour and Slobs	Wexford	5979.34	IE0004076
The Murrough	Wicklow	940.78	IE0004186
Wicklow Head	Wicklow	195.05	IE0004127
Wicklow Mountains	Wicklow, Dublin	30014.31	IE0004040

Munster

Name	County	Land area (hectares)	EU Code
Ballyallia Lake	Clare	140.73	IE0004041
Cliffs of Moher	Clare	873.94	IE0004005
Corofin Wetlands	Clare	599.86	IE0004220
Illaunonearaun	Clare	45.95	IE0004114
Inner Galway Bay	Clare	13261.57	IE0004031
Loop Head	Clare	377	IE0004119
Lough Derg	Clare, Tipperary	12709.47	IE0004058
Mid-Clare Coast	Clare	4638.65	IE0004182
River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries	Clare, Kerry, Limerick	32237.6	IE0004077
Slieve Aughty Mountains	Clare	59457.16	IE0004168
Ballycotton Bay	Cork	281.22	IE0004022
Ballymacoda Bay	Cork	586.23	IE0004023
Beara Peninsula	Cork	2612.08	IE0004155
Blackwater Callows	Cork, Waterford	1037.73	IE0004094
Blackwater Estuary	Cork, Waterford	869.8	IE0004028
Clonakilty Bay	Cork	507.76	IE0004081
Cork Harbour	Cork	2660.27	IE0004030
Courtmacsherry Bay	Cork	1298.71	IE0004219
Galley Head to Duneen Point	Cork	416.1	IE0004190
Kilcolman Bog	Cork	56.71	IE0004095
Mullaghanish to Musheramore Mountains	Cork	4975.63	IE0004162
Old Head of Kinsale	Cork	53.63	IE0004021
Seven Heads	Cork	446.85	IE0004191
Sheep's Head to Toe Head	Cork	2500.11	IE0004156
Sovereign Islands	Cork	28.7	IE0004124
Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle	Cork, Kerry, Limerick	56648.85	IE0004161
The Bull and The Cow Rocks	Cork	380.12	IE0004066
The Gearagh	Cork	322.58	IE0004109
Blasket Islands	Kerry	3620.37	IE0004008
Castlemaine Harbour	Kerry	12397.41	IE0004029
Deenish Island and Scariff Island	Kerry	845.35	IE0004175
Dingle Peninsula	Kerry	4153.23	IE0004153
Eirk Bog	Kerry	13.23	IE0004108
Iveragh Peninsula	Kerry	3486.97	IE0004154
Kerry Head	Kerry	961.84	IE0004189
Killarney National Park	Kerry	10328.14	IE0004038
Magharee Islands	Kerry	416.92	IE0004125
Puffin Island	Kerry	349.14	IE0004003
Skellig Islands	Kerry	624.08	IE0004007
Tralee Bay Complex	Kerry	3655.61	IE0004188
Slieve Felim to Silvermines Mountains	Limerick, Tipperary	20913.05	IE0004165
Middle Shannon Callows	Tipperary	5814.85	IE0004096
River Little Brosna Callows	Tipperary	1100.92	IE0004086
Dungarvan Harbour	Waterford	2221.51	IE0004032
Helvick Head to Ballyquin	Waterford	784.32	IE0004192
Mid-Waterford Coast	Waterford	937.06	IE0004193
Tramore Back Strand	Waterford	675.68	IE0004027

Ulster

Name	County	Land area (hectares)	EU Code
Lough Kinale and Derragh Lough	Cavan	287.8	IE0004061
Lough Oughter Complex	Cavan	1972.94	IE0004049
Lough Sheelin	Cavan	1900.92	IE0004065
River Boyne and River Blackwater	Cavan	460.14	IE0004232
Derryveagh and Glendowan Mountains	Donegal	31483.23	IE0004039
Donegal Bay	Donegal	10455.87	IE0004151
Durnesh Lough	Donegal	144.41	IE0004145
Falcarragh to Meenlaragh	Donegal	302.86	IE0004149
Fanad Head	Donegal	136.07	IE0004148
Greers Isle	Donegal	19.13	IE0004082
Horn Head to Fanad Head	Donegal	2385.34	IE0004194
Illancrone and Inishkeeragh	Donegal	419.4	IE0004132
Inishbofin, Inishdooey and Inishbeg	Donegal	601.17	IE0004083
Inishduff	Donegal	46.48	IE0004115
Inishkeel	Donegal	124.41	IE0004116
Inishtrahull	Donegal	474.24	IE0004100
Lough Derg, County Donegal	Donegal	889.88	IE0004057
Lough Fern	Donegal	299.91	IE0004060
Lough Foyle	Donegal	587.67	IE0004087
Lough Nillan Bog	Donegal	4114.34	IE0004110
Lough Swilly	Donegal	8559.56	IE0004075
Malin Head	Donegal	281.07	IE0004146
Pettigo Plateau	Donegal	691.28	IE0004099
Rathlin O'Birne Island	Donegal	153.55	IE0004120
Roaninish	Donegal	145.76	IE0004121
Sheskinmore Lough	Donegal	563.04	IE0004090
Tory Island	Donegal	570.77	IE0004073
Trawbreaga Bay	Donegal	1549.16	IE0004034
West Donegal Coast	Donegal	3376.56	IE0004150
West Donegal Islands	Donegal	1128.80	IE0004230
Slieve Beagh	Monaghan	3455.35	IE0004167