Which towns in Dublin flood most?

By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Dartry (59), Dublin 14 (59), Churchtown (58), Rathgar Dublin 6 (56), Terenure (52). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.

Is a house in Dublin hard to insure for flood?

It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.

Where do these numbers come from?

The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Flood risk · Dublin

Flood risk in Dublin: 4,709 recorded floods around 278 towns

4,709 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 278 towns in Dublin. 276 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

4,709

recorded flood events within 2 km of 278 town centres (OPW)

276/278

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (955 of 1,065)

Where Dublin has flooded

Across 278 towns in Dublin, the OPW register holds 4,709 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 2318, runoff 317, coastal/estuarine waters 210, low lying land 78, other 50. The towns with the longest record:

Dartry	59 events
Dublin 14	59 events
Churchtown	58 events
Rathgar Dublin 6	56 events
Terenure	52 events
Rathgar	52 events
Milltown	50 events
Dundrum Dublin 14	50 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

Check one house in Dublin

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Dublin

Dublin is in the pyrite belt. Houses built roughly 1997 to 2013 with hardcore from the affected quarries may have heave in floors; the Pyrite Resolution Board ran the remediation scheme. The report flags the build years and the scheme for the exact house.

Questions people ask

Which towns in Dublin flood most?: By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Dartry (59), Dublin 14 (59), Churchtown (58), Rathgar Dublin 6 (56), Terenure (52). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Dublin hard to insure for flood?: It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?: The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.

Flood risk in Dublin: 4,709 recorded floods around 278 towns

Where Dublin has flooded

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Other checks for Dublin

Flood risk by town in Dublin

Other counties

Questions people ask