List of caves in Ireland

See also: Category:Caves of Ireland

This is a list of caves in Ireland as a whole, including those in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as information on the largest and deepest caves in Ireland.

## Overview

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Typical County Fermanagh stream passage in Marble Arch Caves. At 11.5 km (7.1 mi), the system is the longest in Northern Ireland and second longest in Ireland.

* The deepest cave in Ireland is Reyfad Pot in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 193 metres (633 ft) deep.
* The longest cave system in Ireland is Pollnagollum–Poulelva in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, with at least 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) of passageways.

## Search by region

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* Caves of the Tullybrack and Belmore hills

## List of caves

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Caves that lie partly or wholly within Northern Ireland are marked with an asterisk (*).
Mythological caves are marked with a dagger (†).

* Ailwee Cave, County Clare
* Badger Pot, County Fermanagh*
* Ballymaglancy Cave, County Galway
* Boho Caves, County Fermanagh*
* Cloyne Cave, County Cork
* Crag Cave, County Kerry
* Dunmore Cave, County Kilkenny
* Fintan's Grave, County Tipperary†
* Kelly's Cave, County Mayo
* Killavullen Caves, County Cork
* Marble Arch Caves, County Fermanagh*
* Mitchelstown Cave, County Tipperary
* Noon's Hole, County Fermanagh*
* Pol an Ionain, County Clare
* Pollatoomary, County Mayo
* Pollnagollum–Poulelva, County Clare
* Portbraddon Cave, County Antrim*
* Shannon Cave, County Cavan and County Fermanagh*

## See also

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* Geography of Ireland
* List of caves
* Category:Caves of Ireland

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caves in Ireland.

* UK Caves – UK and Ireland cave listing

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Cave topics

Outline of caves

Main topics|

* Biospeleology
* Cave conservation
* Cave painting
* Cave survey
* Caving
* Diving
* Equipment
* Fauna
* Stygofauna
* Troglofauna
* Karst
* Speleogenesis
* Speleology

Types and formation
processes|

* Anchihaline cave
* Breathing cave
* Cave-in
* Cenote
* Estavelle/Inversac
* Foiba
* Glacier cave
* Ice cave
* Karst spring
* Lava cave
* Pit cave
* Ponor
* Salt cave
* Sea cave
* Solutional cave
* Show cave
* Sinkhole
* Spring
* Suffosion
* Sump
* Talus cave
* Underground
* Lake
* River
* Waterfall

Speleothems
and Speleogens
(Cave formations)|

* Anthodite
* Boxwork
* Calcite rafts
* Cave pearl
* Cave popcorn
* Dogtooth spar
* Flowstone
* Frostwork
* Helictite
* Moonmilk
* Rimstone
* Shelfstone
* Snottite
* Soda straw
* Speleoseismite
* Stalactite
* Stalagmite
* Stalagnate

Dwellings|

* Cave dweller
* Cave monastery
* Kome Caves
* Nok and Mamproug Cave Dwellings
* Yaodong

Popular culture|

* Diving into the Unknown
* Cave of Forgotten Dreams
* The Underground Eiger

Incidents|

* List of UK caving fatalities
* Alpazat cave rescue
* Riesending cave rescue
* Tham Luang cave rescue

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