This is a list of the tallest structures on the island of Ireland.
Those in Northern Ireland are denoted by a light blue background, the rest are in the Republic of Ireland.
Tallest churches
Tallest structures
Other categories
Entries in the list that are in Northern Ireland are denoted by an asterisk, the others being in the Republic of Ireland.
Nenagh Castle Keep- Sculptures
- Spire of Dublin, 120 m (390 ft)
- Spire of Hope, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast*, 40 m (130 ft)
- Gantry Cranes
- "Samson", Harland and Wolff, Belfast*, 106 m (348 ft)
- Bridges
- River Suir Bridge, Waterford, 112 m (367 ft)
- Boyne River Bridge, 95 m (312 ft)
- Windmills
- Kilgarvan Wind Farm (group of 14 wind turbines), 93 m (305 ft)
- Obelisks
- Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, 62 m (203 ft) (Tallest in Europe)
- Lighthouses
- Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, 54 m (177 ft)
- Stadiums
- Croke Park, 35 m (115 ft)
- Air traffic control towers
- Dublin Airport ATC Tower, 87 m (285 ft)
- Moving sculptures
- Irish Wave, Park West, Dublin, 35.4 m (116 ft) (Tallest in Europe)
- Round towers
- Kilmacduagh monastery, 32.5 m (107 ft)
- Castles
- Nenagh Castle Keep, 31 m (102 ft)
- Standing stones
- Punchestown, 6.5 m (21 ft)
- High crosses
- Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 5.8 m (19 ft)
Former
Former Churchill House, Belfast- Tullamore transmitter, 290 m (952 ft), demolished 2023
- Clarkstown radio transmitter, 248 m (814 ft) demolished 2023
- Bellacorick Cooling Tower, 89 m (290 ft), demolished 2007
- Arrol Gantry, 70 m (228 ft), demolished 1969
- Churchill House, Belfast, 66 m (215 ft), demolished 2004
- Boyne Obelisk, 53 m (174 ft), destroyed 1923
- Ballymun Flats, 42 m (136 ft), demolished 2004-2015
- Nelson's Pillar Monument, 41 m (134 ft), destroyed 1966
- Walker's Monument, 32 m (105 ft) destroyed 1973
- Craigyhill Bonfire, 61 m (203 ft) destroyed 2022
See also
References
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- ^ "Belfast Cathedral". belfastcathedral.org.
- ^ Cavan Cathedral - Kilmore Diocese
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Other sources
- Tallest structures in Ireland
- Galloway, Peter; Cormac Simms (1992). The Cathedrals of Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Irish Studies. ISBN 0-85389-452-3.
- "Punchestown Standing Stone Standing Stone / Menhir – The Modern Antiquarian.com". Themodernantiquarian.com. 14 January 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "Irish Wave". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original (XML) on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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- "Dublin City Council". Dublincity.ie. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
