Address Guidelines for Ireland
Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about the Ireland postal system, see the An Post website: http://www.anpost.ie.
- Required fields—Addresses must contain a city. IRL has very limited postal code data.
- Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types (pre and post thoroughfare types) and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output. Following is a partial list of recognized thoroughfare types. Many others are also recognized.
Table 1. Thoroughfare Types in Ireland Pre-Thoroughfare Types
Post Thoroughfare Types
Áirse
Street (Also: St.,ST,STR)
Ard
Terrace (Also: TCE)
Arda
Third
Ardán
Track (Also: TRK,TCK)
Ascaill
Vale
Barra
Valley
Bealach
View
Bogha
Village
Bóithrín
Walk (Also: WK)
Bóthar
Way (Also: WY)
Brí
Wood(s)
Bruach
Yard (Also: Yd.)
Búlbhard
- Common words and directionals—The geocoder recognizes common words and directionals used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully. This is a partial list of common words and directionals that are understood by the geocoder. Many other common words are also handled.
an, na, a
Cuar, Circular
Cros, Cross
Thoir, East
Tosaigh, Front
Laistigh, Inner
Beag, Little
Lower
Main
Middle
Military
Nua, New
Thuaidh, North
Sean, Old
Lasmuigh, Outer
ear
Dara, Second
Theas, South
Third
Uachtarach, Uacht, Upper
Thiar, West
Iartharach, Western
Saint, St, Naomh
retail, park, business, center, centre, shopping, office, mills,
shop, service, outlet
saint, station
The
Park
House
Building, Blgs
House, Hse, Hses
branch - Directionals—The geocoder recognizes the following directionals: North, N, Nth, South, S, Sth, East, E, Est, West, W, Wst, NE, NW Sea SW Lower, LW, LR, Upper, UP, Upp, Uppe, upr, Thuaidh, Thoirm, Thiar, Theas
- Common abbreviations—The geocoder recognizes common abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully. This is a partial list of abbreviations that are understood by the geocoder. Many other common abbreviations are also handled.
Table 2. Common Abbreviations Word
Abbreviation
saint
st., st
great
gt., gt
north
n, nth
south
s, sth
east
e, est
west
w, wst
northeast
ne
northwest
nw
southeast
se
southwest
sw
lower
lw, lr
upper
up, upp, uppe
mount
mnt, mt
and
&
football
f
club
c
limited
ltd
park
pk
estate
est
gardens
gdns
building
bld
industrial
ind
industries
ind
number
num
center
cnt, centre
centre
cnt, center
country
co
market
mrkt
square
s
o+connell
oconnell
- Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses. For example, the following are all recognized in an input address: um, first, one, 1st, primera, primeiras, primeiro dois, second, two, 2nd, segunda, segundos.