Inventory of Irish coastal lagoons 2007
type: Dataset
description: Before the Habitats Directive, only four lagoons were at all well known in Ireland (Lady’s Island Lake, Tacumshin Lake, Lough Murree, Furnace Lough) and very few biological studies had been published. Under the obligations of the Directive, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Ir...
description: This dataset presents a national inventory of coastal lagoons in Ireland, compiled in 2007 to support obligations under the EU Habitats Directive. Prior to the Directive, only a handful of lagoons—such as Lady's Island Lake, Tacumshin Lake, Lough Murree and Furnace Lough—were well documented, with limited published biological research. The inventory was produced by Ireland's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to identify and characterise lagoon sites across the country, providing baseline information on their location, extent and ecological features. It serves as a reference resource for habitat conservation, monitoring and reporting under national and EU nature protection frameworks.
landing page: https://data.gov.ie/dataset/inventory-of-irish-coastal-lagoons-2007
spatial: IRL
access rights: PUBLIC
distribution: Zip file containing shapefile download
distribution: ESRI Web Application
distribution: ESRI Rest
distribution: WFS
issued: 2026-07-02T12:53:44.176Z
modified: 2026-08-16T18:07:05.325Z
is part of: catalog

Zip file containing shapefile download
type: Distribution
access URL: https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/inventory-of-coastal-lagoons.zip
download URL: https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/inventory-of-coastal-lagoons.zip
media type: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/zip
format: shp / zip

ESRI Web Application
type: Distribution
access URL: https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html
format: html

ESRI Rest
type: Distribution
access URL: https://services-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/rest/services/InventoryofIrishCoastalLagoons2007/FeatureServer
format: esri rest

WFS
type: Distribution
access URL: https://dservices-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/services/InventoryofIrishCoastalLagoons2007WFS/WFSServer
format: wfs