List of tallest buildings in Ireland

This is a list of the tallest habitable buildings on the island of Ireland (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and churches). The island of Ireland has relatively few tall buildings. As of 2017, there were several proposals to change this,[1][2][3] with developments proposed for Cork,[4] Limerick,[5] Galway,[6] and Dublin.[7] The island's first tall building was Liberty Hall, built in 1965, which stands at 59.4 metres (195 ft). The current tallest habitable building on the island of Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland at 88.31 metres (289.7 ft).[8][9] The tallest storied building in the Republic of Ireland is Capital Dock in Dublin, at about 79 metres (259 ft).[10][11]

Obel Tower in Belfast

Tallest habitable buildings

Northern Ireland

Rank	Name	Location	Type	Year completed	Floors (above ground)	Height	Picture
1	Obel Tower	Belfast	Residential	2010	28	88.31 m (289.7 ft)
2	Grand Central Hotel	Belfast	Hotel	1975	23	80 m (260 ft)
3	Belfast City Hospital	Belfast	Hospital	1986	15	76 m (249 ft)
4	Belfast Hilton Hotel	Belfast	Hotel	1998	16	63 m (207 ft)
5	Royal Victoria Hospital	Belfast	Hospital	2012	12	63 m (207 ft)
6	The Boat	Belfast	Residential, Office	2010	15	62 m (203 ft)
7	BT Riverside Tower	Belfast*	Office	1998	14	61 m (200 ft)
8	Divis Tower	Belfast	Residential	1966	20	61 m (200 ft)
9=	Linium Square	Belfast	Office	2005	13	55 m (180 ft)
9=	Causeway Tower	Belfast	Office	2004	13	55 m (180 ft)
9=	Great Northern Tower	Belfast	Office	1992	13	55 m (180 ft)
12	Belfast City Hall	Belfast	Government building	1906	N/A	53 m (174 ft)
13	Grainne House	Belfast	Residential	1968	17	52 m (171 ft)
14	Europa Hotel	Belfast	Hotel	1971	13	51 m (167 ft)
15	Lanyon Place	Belfast	Office	2014	12	50 m (160 ft)

Republic of Ireland

Rank	Name	Location	Type	Year completed	Floors (above ground)	Height	Picture
1	Capital Dock	Dublin	Mixed-use	2018	22[11]	79 m (259 ft)[12]
2	The Elysian	Cork	Mixed-use	2008	17[13]	71 m (233 ft)[13][14]
3=	Google Docks	Dublin	Office	2010	15[15]	67 m (220 ft)
3=	Cork County Hall	Cork	Office	1968	17	67 m (220 ft)[16]
5	Millennium Tower	Dublin	Residential	1998	16	63 m (207 ft)
6	Liberty Hall	Dublin	Office	1965	17	59.4 m (195 ft)
7	One George's Quay Plaza	Dublin	Office	2002	13	59 m (194 ft)
8	Riverpoint	Limerick	Mixed use	2008	15	58.5 m (192 ft)
9	Crowne Plaza	Dundalk	Hotel	2007	14[17]	58 m (190 ft)
10	Clayton Hotel	Limerick	Hotel	2002	17	57 m (187 ft)
11	Boland's Quay	Dublin	Mixed use	2020	13	54 m (177 ft)
12	Metro Hotel, Ballymun	Dublin	Hotel	2005	15[18]	52.1 m (171 ft)[19]
13	Alto Vetro	Dublin	Residential	2008	16	51 m (167 ft)

Tallest buildings by city

• Only includes cities with buildings taller than 50m
• Cities in light blue are in Northern Ireland

City	Building	Height	Floor count	Completed
Belfast	Obel Tower	88 m (289 ft)	28	2010
Dublin	Capital Dock	79 m (259 ft)	22[11]	2018
Cork	The Elysian	71 m (233 ft)	17	2008
Limerick	Riverpoint	58.5 m (192 ft)	15	2008

Under construction

Name	Location	Type	Floors (above ground)	Height	Notes
City Quays 3	Belfast	Office	16[20]	74.5 m	Construction commenced in June 2019.[21] As of September 2020, the building was reputedly "on schedule for completion at the end-2021".[22]
The Exo Building	Dublin	Office	17[23]	73 m	Topped out August 2020[24]
Bedford Square	Belfast	Mixed use	17[25]	72.7 m	"The £85m Bedford Square project started late [2018] and [is to be] completed in 2021"[26]
Opera Center	Limerick	Mixed use	14[27]	60m	Site clearance and enabling works began in November 2020[27]
Ulster University Campus	Belfast	University	12	55.6 m	Construction halted from March to June 2018.[28][29] Reportedly "topped out" before June 2020.[30]

See also

• List of tallest structures in Ireland
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Dublin

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