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Description
An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Ireland. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.
Use Cases
Map cultural tourism density based on the concentration of tourism-tagged features.
Analyze the distribution of heritage sites for protection planning based on historic and heritage tags.
Identify gaps in cultural infrastructure based on amenity-tagged locations like theatres and galleries.
Strengths
Covers multiple cultural feature types including museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
Data is provided under the open ODbL-1.0 license.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 16:36:43.936974; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Ireland
Users must comply with the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0). Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as data completeness varies.