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Local electoral areas that have burned most often in Ireland

Local electoral areas of Ireland with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 34. With two or more: 10. Top of the list is Conamara South LEA-5, which has burned 2 times in 1 year, with 4,252 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Conamara South LEA-5Connacht2×1 year · 4,252 ha
  2. 2Conamara North LEA-4Connacht2×1 year · 745 ha
  3. 3Boyle LEA-6Connacht2×1 year · 568 ha
  4. 4Ballymote-Tobercurry LEA-7Connacht2×1 year · 378 ha
  5. 5Clane LEA-5Leinster2×1 year · 216 ha
  6. 6Bray West LEA-4Leinster2×2 years · 195 ha
  7. 7Firhouse-Bohernabreena LEA-5Leinster2×2 years · 187 ha
  8. 8Trim LEA-6Leinster2×2 years · 183 ha
  9. 9Kinnegad LEA-5Leinster2×1 year · 156 ha
  10. 10Swinford LEA-4Connacht2×2 years · 127 ha
  11. 11Killarney LEA-7Munster1×1 year · 1,682 ha
  12. 12Clonmel LEA-6Munster1×1 year · 1,024 ha
  13. 13Carndonagh LEA-4Ulster1×1 year · 524 ha
  14. 14Roscommon LEA-6Connacht1×1 year · 514 ha
  15. 15Sligo-Drumcliff LEA-5Connacht1×1 year · 434 ha
  16. 16Ballinasloe LEA-6Connacht1×1 year · 431 ha
  17. 17Carrick-on-Suir LEA-5Munster1×1 year · 424 ha
  18. 18Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick LEA-6Leinster1×1 year · 395 ha
  19. 19Loughrea LEA-5Connacht1×1 year · 365 ha
  20. 20Cavan-Belturbet LEA-6Ulster1×1 year · 265 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Conamara South LEA-5Connacht4,252 ha2× · 8.0 %
  2. 2Killarney LEA-7Munster1,682 ha1× · 2.9 %
  3. 3Clonmel LEA-6Munster1,024 ha1× · 4.1 %
  4. 4Conamara North LEA-4Connacht745 ha2× · 0.5 %
  5. 5Boyle LEA-6Connacht568 ha2× · 0.6 %
  6. 6Carndonagh LEA-4Ulster524 ha1× · 1.1 %
  7. 7Roscommon LEA-6Connacht514 ha1× · 0.6 %
  8. 8Sligo-Drumcliff LEA-5Connacht434 ha1× · 1.1 %
  9. 9Ballinasloe LEA-6Connacht431 ha1× · 0.4 %
  10. 10Carrick-on-Suir LEA-5Munster424 ha1× · 0.7 %
  11. 11Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick LEA-6Leinster395 ha1× · 0.4 %
  12. 12Ballymote-Tobercurry LEA-7Connacht378 ha2× · 0.3 %
  13. 13Loughrea LEA-5Connacht365 ha1× · 0.4 %
  14. 14Cavan-Belturbet LEA-6Ulster265 ha1× · 0.4 %
  15. 15Dundalk-Carlingford LEA-6Leinster255 ha1× · 1.3 %
  16. 16Clane LEA-5Leinster216 ha2× · 0.6 %
  17. 17Bray West LEA-4Leinster195 ha2× · 1.6 %
  18. 18Wicklow LEA-6Leinster190 ha1× · 0.4 %
  19. 19Firhouse-Bohernabreena LEA-5Leinster187 ha2× · 3.4 %
  20. 20Trim LEA-6Leinster183 ha2× · 0.4 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Conamara South LEA-5Connacht8.0 %4,252 ha · 532 km²
  2. 2Clonmel LEA-6Munster4.1 %1,024 ha · 250 km²
  3. 3Firhouse-Bohernabreena LEA-5Leinster3.4 %187 ha · 55 km²
  4. 4Killarney LEA-7Munster2.9 %1,682 ha · 578 km²
  5. 5Bray West LEA-4Leinster1.6 %195 ha · 119 km²
  6. 6Dundalk-Carlingford LEA-6Leinster1.3 %255 ha · 198 km²
  7. 7Sligo-Drumcliff LEA-5Connacht1.1 %434 ha · 391 km²
  8. 8Carndonagh LEA-4Ulster1.1 %524 ha · 473 km²
  9. 9Carrick-on-Suir LEA-5Munster0.7 %424 ha · 582 km²
  10. 10Maynooth LEA-5Leinster0.7 %119 ha · 164 km²
  11. 11Roscommon LEA-6Connacht0.6 %514 ha · 845 km²
  12. 12Clane LEA-5Leinster0.6 %216 ha · 377 km²
  13. 13Boyle LEA-6Connacht0.6 %568 ha · 1,003 km²
  14. 14Conamara North LEA-4Connacht0.5 %745 ha · 1,520 km²
  15. 15Wicklow LEA-6Leinster0.4 %190 ha · 433 km²
  16. 16Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick LEA-6Leinster0.4 %395 ha · 906 km²
  17. 17Monaghan LEA-7Ulster0.4 %164 ha · 404 km²
  18. 18Loughrea LEA-5Connacht0.4 %365 ha · 931 km²
  19. 19Cavan-Belturbet LEA-6Ulster0.4 %265 ha · 679 km²
  20. 20Trim LEA-6Leinster0.4 %183 ha · 499 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.