When I started mapping zebra crossings across Ireland it was to highlight that the crossings are in heavier use outside of Dublin than some people think. Thanks to all of the readers who helped give the locations of over 800 zebra crossings that have now been mapped across Ireland.
If when I started this, I didn’t know there were so many. I don’t think I would have started if I had. I thought a few hundred would be the max.
The over 800 figure includes 720 with Belisha beacons (shown in red markers) and 124 without beacons (in blue markers), mostly on public roads or very public areas, such as hospital or university campuses. Many zebras painted in car parks between parking etc were not counted.
I’ve also mapped some of the trial sign-only zebra crossings in Limerick and Dún Laoghaire (green markers). There are also yellow squares to show zebras which have been replaced, sometimes after a street has been narrowed traffic calmed that beacons would be over kill and a raised table works, and in a small number of cases replaced with signalised crossings.
With the zebra crossings, some are raised crossings, many are not. There’s a mix of locations including town centres and suburban roads. Some are well-placed in the desire line and others are offset too much. Most towns could do with more zebras or other crossings.
The map just outlines where zebras are, it doesn’t make any judgement on if the location of the crossings or correct, or if a zebra is the correct choice for the location etc.
Are there many more missing from the map? Please comment below.
Great Work! A few more in Cork city Southside, that I’m aware of that are not on the map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-jO94h6lcogMD_uwUOkBTXHnRTM&ll=51.887714229996135%2C-8.428452884427278&z=19
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-jO94h6lcogMD_uwUOkBTXHnRTM&ll=51.873827948602035%2C-8.438002338793302&z=20
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-jO94h6lcogMD_uwUOkBTXHnRTM&ll=51.8827053934227%2C-8.438159387916707&z=19
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-jO94h6lcogMD_uwUOkBTXHnRTM&ll=51.87872903721597%2C-8.433702968794465&z=20 (other side of junction as point 481)
2 located here in East village https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-jO94h6lcogMD_uwUOkBTXHnRTM&ll=51.87743088517732%2C-8.434559593936006&z=20
There’s a few within Mahon Point shopping centre, and one on the public street also –
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-jO94h6lcogMD_uwUOkBTXHnRTM&ll=51.887069198667284%2C-8.399767827810381&z=19
Thanks — all of those added now.
10 N15
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RiQRbk1P5j6NbrXT6
9 N15
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VzNCVBs2UD5GFmPF9
N15
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PqWxYpneLYjhUyx7A
Chestnut Rd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qWigFPdGEh7nrQn26
Trial crossings, zebras without beacons in Stranorlar/Ballybofey. Probably more that I haven’t come across yet.
Thanks Pauric — I’ve added those.
I put a load in a comment on the original post on 29th November for Waterford City. Take a look back if you can to see please.
Sorry, for missing those — I will take a look when back at my laptop, thanks.
5 in Dunmore East Co Waterford.
52.15558410974541, -6.999516314590368
52.15515400824976, -6.998267347427788
….not appearing on Earth view yet
52.15195056665909, -6.994683751064431
52.15311054159014, -6.995640575293214
52.154943751838594, -6.994387318590815
Thanks Tom — I’ve added those.
Hi Cian,
There’s one in Leap and two in Skibbereen!
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5823693,-9.136017,3a,75y,288.27h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxh30C1q6jrIYyXXFlgExPQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dxh30C1q6jrIYyXXFlgExPQ%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D288.27054%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
The two in Skibbereen have been added post 2019, so there are no google maps photos of them yet.
Thanks Jeff — I added the Leap one and I found one in Skibbereen.
And there’s also one in Schull:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5269945,-9.5442381,3a,75y,263.8h,86.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk-mFHxMBJV3rYmdzKZ1klQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
@Jeff — forgot to reply and say: Thanks, added.
One extra: Greenhills between a creche and a park: https://goo.gl/maps/s5cayCQHnnVoJCwG6
One less: Point 538 in Maynooth was replaced by a signalised pedestrian crossing. I don’t understand why. Streetview hasn’t updated yet though: https://goo.gl/maps/6Thy8s1tKKvo71ra7
@buffaloblah, thanks, added and removed.
One with a Belisha beacon here for the school to a newish footpath into the village
https://maps.app.goo.gl/U4WRXkk28ii2h1Rq7?g_st=ic
@Faz, thanks — added.
Middle Glanmire Road, Cork:
51.906398, -8.440274
Lower Dublin Hill, Cork:
51.925135, -8.458996
Glenheights, Ballyvolane, Cork:
51.921213, -8.459105
51.919357, -8.459626
51.918871, -8.459696
Lower Glanmire Road, Cork:
51.903487, -8.423260
51.902889, -8.428277
Two here in Bettystown:
https://goo.gl/maps/b9faLkb8vzaBJBC27
https://goo.gl/maps/qYXNgZorprYLkfiJ9
@Neil — thanks, I just happened across those and others just the other day when looking at this project: https://irishcycle.com/2023/05/17/it-looks-grand-so-why-wont-some-cyclists-use-this-cycling-infrastructure/
Hi Cian,
I was bored and decided to try and boost the Wexford numbers, along with a few spots from UCD & TCD. Let me know if you need some help adding all of these!
https://goo.gl/maps/AwRZrFRgNxn32wAp9
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@Tony — thank you very much for all of those, that’s some list!
I’ve added most of them. I’ve left one or two out as they were in car parks (I also probably broke my inside car park rule in other cases).
I think Wexford is the maybe the zebra capital of Ireland.
Some more zebra crossings in Cavan:
https://goo.gl/maps/enxg3Tsn6GBfN6556
https://goo.gl/maps/68n77miRzT2R7wEX7
https://goo.gl/maps/uSFyzaZE3bHJFbuQ8
https://goo.gl/maps/xRU2jDW3iGSfeiWVA
Two that are under construction on Street View but are definitely there (standard zebra crossings with beacons):
– https://goo.gl/maps/dawjgjTa8rAMtVVi7
– https://goo.gl/maps/TXsoexBXoxXFHKHB7
Thanks Oisin, added now.
Hi Cian, OpenStreetMap is the natural home for this sort of project rather than Google Maps I think?
Here is a map filtered by both highway:crossing and crossing:marked, which might get you some you have missed:
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1E6C
That also includes e.g. zebra crossings in supermarkets, so here is a more specific one using the crossing_ref:zebra tag which has a specific meaning in the UK (according to https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/64714/how-do-i-tag-a-zebra-crossing-crossing_refzebra-or-crossingzebra/79239 )
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1E6F
I’d suggest that efforts from a project like this be channelled into OSM so that others may maintain and update the data on an ongoing basis, but I appreciate you might wish to freeze your own version of the list.