List of submerged places in the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of submerged places in Ireland. Sometimes, entire villages are submerged under the waters of a reservoir. When the level of waters is low, the structures can emerge and be visible.

Submerged villages and municipalities

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A large area of countryside, about 5,000 acres (20 km2), was evacuated to create the Poulaphouca Reservoir in the 1930s and 1940s, including the village of Poulaphouca.[1] 76 houses were also destroyed.[2]

Submerged landmarks

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An ancient forest stood in the area between Bray, County Wicklow and Killiney before being submerged by rising sea levels c. 4000 BC. Under the Irish Sea is a "prehistoric palaeolandscape of plains, hills, marshlands and river valleys, in which evidence of human activity is expected to be preserved"; it has been compared to Doggerland in the North Sea.[3]

Lough Nahaltora. County Mayo, contains a submerged forest from c. 2000 BC.[4]

Rosslare Fort was submerged by a storm in 1924–25; a fort had stood on the promontory in Wexford Harbour since the 17th century.[2]

Other submerged sites, according to the National Monuments Service, include "landscapes, harbours, jetties, landing places, fish traps, kelp grids, bridge sites, crannogs and tidal mills."[5]

Moved landmarks

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References

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  1. ^ "Many families who lived at Poulaphouca Reservoir moved to Kildare". www.leinsterleader.ie.
  2. ^ a b "The Sunken Towns of Ireland". 14 January 2004.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Tim. "Undersea hunt begins for 'lost landscapes' off Irish coast". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ Sites (www.communitysites.co.uk), Community. "Srahwee Wedge Tomb and Submerged Forest - Places - Louisburgh-Killeen Heritage". www.louisburgh-killeenheritage.org.
  5. ^ "Underwater Archaeology - National Monuments Service". www.archaeology.ie.
  6. ^ Montgomery, Bob. "Haunting tales of submerged villages and steam trams in the Ghost's Hole". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ "Demolition of St. Lua's Church, Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland · Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland".
  8. ^ "Transportation of St. Lua's Church, Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland · Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland".