How do I check land boundaries in Ireland?

Checking a land boundary in Ireland usually starts with the paper record: the title deeds (for unregistered land) or the folio and registry filed plan (for registered land, accessible through Tailte Éireann's landdirect.ie). These documents describe the extent of the land and, for registered titles, show a mapped boundary, but that map is a 'general boundary' only, giving an approximate rather than a guaranteed exact line.

The next step is to walk the site and compare the mapped line against physical evidence, such as walls, fences, hedges, ditches or drains, which often (but not always) coincide with the legal boundary, particularly where they are long-established. Older Ordnance Survey historic maps, available through Tailte Éireann's mapping services, can help confirm whether a feature has existed in roughly the same position for a long time.

If the desktop and physical checks are inconclusive, or if the boundary's exact position affects a build, a sale, or a dispute with a neighbour, the accurate route is to commission a chartered geomatics surveyor to prepare a boundary survey, which interprets the deed descriptions and site evidence together and can be relied on in negotiations or, if necessary, legal proceedings.