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Transportation
39 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
105
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 5 (2010)
total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 21 (2010)
gas 1,550 km (2009)
total: 3,237 km
country comparison to the world: 53
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2008)
total: 96,036 km
country comparison to the world: 48
paved: 96,036 km (includes 423 km of expressways) (2008)
956 km (pleasure craft only) (2008)
country comparison to the world: 68
total: 28
country comparison to the world: 87
by type: cargo 25, chemical tanker 2, container 1
foreign-owned: 5 (Norway 3, US 2)
registered in other countries: 21 (Bahamas 3, Bermuda 2, Cyprus 3, Isle of Man 1, Kazakhstan 1, Malta 1, Netherlands 7, Panama 1, Slovakia 1, Sweden 1) (2010)
Cork, Dublin, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
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