🇮🇪 Cities in Ireland — API & JSON data

Ireland has 1,970 cities in the Geomelon dataset. The most populous is Dublin in Dublin City, at 592,713 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 25 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Ireland cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Dublin	Dublin City	592,713
Dublin City	—	506,211
Cork	—	222,333
Galway	Galway City	83,456
Limerick	—	62,702
Waterford	—	48,369
Drogheda	—	40,956
Swords	Fingal	40,776
Dundalk	—	39,004
Blackrock	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	28,557

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=ie&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "c25d4b15-5b8b-4e81-a2b5-b87ddfa81ec0",
    "name": "Dublin",
    "population": 592713,
    "countryName": "Ireland",
    "countryCode": "IE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇪",
    "regionName": "Dublin City"
  },
  {
    "id": "ea8e7272-3816-46ce-8f06-35765cb2618b",
    "name": "Dublin City",
    "population": 506211,
    "countryName": "Ireland",
    "countryCode": "IE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇪",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "e2d6585d-be55-4fe7-a51d-85487af3feb4",
    "name": "Cork",
    "population": 222333,
    "countryName": "Ireland",
    "countryCode": "IE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇪",
    "regionName": null
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ie&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=ie&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Ireland are available in 25 languages.

en: Dublin
zh: 都柏林
ru: Дублин

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 208 Ireland cities as JSON (28 KB, no API key) from the Ireland cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Ireland does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 1,970 cities in Ireland across 9 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Ireland city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Ireland are available in 25 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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