Peatland Map 2020

The dataset is part of the published scientific paper Habib W, Connolly J, A national-scale assessment of land use change in peatlands between 1989 and 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine—a case study of Ireland. Regional Environmental Change, 2023. The overall objective of this study is to understand peatland land use dynamics in Ireland for the periods 1989–1991, 2004-2006 and 2018–2020. The compressed file contains three GIS files (raster), each representing the aforementioned periods.

https://osf.io/v4nsq/

2020 GIS data

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1njLlOWvR9WX7DIlLLJr-2EpsA6QOl55V?usp=sharing

AIE Request – GIS files from the National Landcover Map

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Access to information held by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to requesting a
copy of the following shp files from the National Landcover Map:


250 Burnt Areas
460 Hedgegrows
470 Treelines
610 Raised Bog
620 Blanket Bog
630 Cutover Bog
640 Bare Peat
650 Fens

Blue Dot Catchments Map

AIE015/23

This information is published by the EPA on the EPA Maps site, but don’t publish the shapefile.

LAWPRO has created one for its own use. Blue Dot Scientist has created an up-to-date map and this was provided under AIE (dated 9/6/2023)

To download in shp file (GIS format that you can use in QGIS) click here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_Nhi8SIoBYpXINPCgv9W79enItx9fd-6?usp=sharing