Ireland Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Ireland Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Ireland. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
Ireland - Address Format
An address format in Ireland contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- House Number and Street Name
- County Name (outside Dublin)
- City Name and Postal Code (7 alphanumeric digits)
- Country – IRELAND (in all caps)
John Smith
75 Grafton Street
Dublin D02 YV32
IRELAND
Ireland Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
38 42 Sráid Tir Conail Townparks
Ballyshannon
Donegal F94 E220
IRELAND
Example 2:
Ireland Post Office
19 – 24 St Andrew’s St
Dublin D02 C966
IRELAND
Postal and Country Information for Ireland
| Country/territory name | Ireland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: IE ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: IRL ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 372 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 4 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Eircode | |||||
| Postal code format | A99 AAAA | |||||
| Population | 5 112 679 | |||||
| Total land area | 70 279km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Ireland Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Ireland addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Ireland, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Counties, Cities, and Postal Codes in Ireland
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Counties, Cities, and Postal Codes in Ireland
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Ireland segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Ireland using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Region 2 column to validate County names
- Locality column to validate City names
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Explore our Ireland address database.