List of submerged places in the Republic of Ireland
This is a list of submerged places in Ireland. Sometimes, entire villages are submerged under the waters of a reservoir. When the level of waters is low, the structures can emerge and be visible.
Submerged villages and municipalities
A large area of countryside, about 5,000 acres (20 km2), was evacuated to create the Poulaphouca Reservoir in the 1930s and 1940s, including the village of Poulaphouca.[1] 76 houses were also destroyed.[2]
Submerged landmarks
An ancient forest stood in the area between Bray, County Wicklow and Killiney before being submerged by rising sea levels c. 4000 BC. Under the Irish Sea is a "prehistoric palaeolandscape of plains, hills, marshlands and river valleys, in which evidence of human activity is expected to be preserved"; it has been compared to Doggerland in the North Sea.[3]
Rosslare Fort was submerged by a storm in 1924–25; a fort had stood on the promontory in Wexford Harbour since the 17th century.[2]
Other submerged sites, according to the National Monuments Service, include "landscapes, harbours, jetties, landing places, fish traps, kelp grids, bridge sites, crannogs and tidal mills."[5]