# Ireland MCP (remote · mcp.irishopendata.ie)

Read-only Irish public data for AI assistants: stats, weather, transport, law, property and maps.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `func-ireland-mcp-aofsjpwgy4hva.azurewebsites.net`: 88/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/func-ireland-mcp-aofsjpwgy4hva.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/func-ireland-mcp-aofsjpwgy4hva)
- remote · `mcp.irishopendata.com`: 86/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp)
- remote · `mcp.irishopendata.ie`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp-2.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp-2)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.4`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 3461 tokens (~70/item across 49 items; 9 tools + 40 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 87/100
  - Stability observed for 26 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 85% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Ireland MCP server?

Ireland MCP is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http c-mongan-ireland-mcp 'https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "c-mongan-ireland-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "c-mongan-ireland-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.c-mongan-ireland-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "c-mongan-ireland-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add c-mongan-ireland-mcp --url 'https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  c-mongan-ireland-mcp:
    url: "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "c-mongan-ireland-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add c-mongan-ireland-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "c-mongan-ireland-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 83, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “ireland_call” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 63 → 70
- [functional] New tool “ireland_query”

### 2026-10-28 (score 83, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “ireland_describe” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “nearby” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “ireland_catalogue” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “ireland_call” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100% → 86%
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 53 → 63
- [functional] New resource “eu-law”
- [functional] New resource “civic-directory”
- [functional] New resource “cib”
- [functional] New tool “ireland_resolve_place”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_catalogue” added an optional parameter “topic”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_catalogue” added an optional parameter “text”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_catalogue” added an optional parameter “join_key”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_catalogue” added an optional parameter “has_time_series”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_catalogue” added an optional parameter “geo_level”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_describe” reworded the description of “operation”
- [cosmetic] “ireland_describe” made “operation” optional
- [cosmetic] Tool “ireland_describe” changed its title: Describe an operation → Describe a source or operation

### 2026-10-27 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 82, 0)

- [security] Tool “ireland_call” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 2085 → 2332
- [functional] New resource “paygap”
- [functional] New resource “logainm”
- [functional] New resource “lobbying”
- [functional] New resource “gsi”
- [functional] New resource “failte-ireland”
- [functional] New resource “council-budgets”
- [functional] New resource “tfi-static”
- [functional] Server version: 1.1.4 → 1.2.0

### 2026-10-24 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (9)

### `ireland_catalogue` (~250 tokens)

Catalogue of Irish data sources

List sources and their operations, grouped by domain: stats, transport, environment, energy, economy, law/politics, places/property. Start here. Filter by topic, geo_level (national, nuts2, nuts3, county, local_authority, constituency, lea, ed, small_area, town, point), join_key, has_time_series or text to get matching operations with compact dataset cards (geography, time coverage, cadence, join keys).

Input parameters:

- `domain` (string): Only this domain.
- `geo_level` (string): Geography level the data is broken down by, e.g. county, local_authority, lea, ed, small_area, constituency, point.
- `has_time_series` (boolean): true: data over several periods; false: current or single-period data.
- `join_key` (string): Key the results expose for joining, e.g. county_name, lea_name, ed_code, member_code, eli, lat_lon.
- `text` (string): Words that must all appear in the source, operation or card.
- `topic` (string): Topic, e.g. housing, population, labour, transport, law. Related topics also match.

### `ireland_describe` (~98 tokens)

Describe a source or operation

With source only: the full dataset card (topics, geography levels, time coverage, cadence, dimensions, join keys, freshness, licence, auth, example questions). With operation too: its argument JSON schema, an example and its card.

Input parameters:

- `operation` (string): Operation, e.g. 'cso_get_data'. Omit for the source's card.
- `source` (string, required): Source id, e.g. 'cso'.

### `ireland_call` (~714 tokens)

Call an operation

Run a source operation with args. Bad args return the expected schema and an example. Operations by source: cso: cso_search_tables, cso_get_table_metadata, cso_get_data, cso_area_profile; lobbying: lobbying_search_returns; paygap: paygap_search_reports; council-budgets: council_budgets_list_years, council_budgets_get; ncse: ncse_search_datasets, ncse_get_dataset, ncse_query_datastore; world-bank: worldbank_get_indicator, worldbank_ireland_profile; eurostat: eurostat_search_datasets, eurostat_get_data, eurostat_compare_ie_eu; ecb: ecb_get_series, ecb_interest_rates, ecb_exchange_rate; pobal: pobal_deprivation_search; oireachtas: oireachtas_search_members, oireachtas_search_bills, oireachtas_get_bill, oireachtas_get_debates, oireachtas_search_questions, oireachtas_get_votes; geohive: geohive_boundaries_at_point, geohive_locate, geohive_list_layers, geohive_query_layer; wikidata: wikidata_place, wikidata_entity; data-gov-ie: datagov_search_datasets, datagov_get_dataset, datagov_query_datastore; cro: cro_search_datasets, cro_get_dataset, cro_query_datastore; kohesio: kohesio_search_projects, kohesio_get_project; smart-dublin: smartdublin_search_datasets, smartdublin_get_dataset, smartdublin_query_datastore; met-eireann: met_get_forecast, met_get_observations, met_get_warnings; nta: nta_get_realtime_summary, nta_get_trip_updates; legislation: legislation_list_acts, legislation_get_act, legislation_get_section, legislation_get_act_effects, legislation_list_sis, legislation_get_si, legislation_get_constitution_article; eu-law: eu_law_lookup; ppr: ppr_search_sales, ppr_price_stats; irish-rail: rail_find_station, rail_get_departures; luas: luas_get_forecast, luas_list_stops; eirgrid: grid_get_status; marine: marine_get_buoys; opw-water: water_find_stations, water_get_level; planning: planning_search, planning_stats, planning_get; census-areas: census_small_area_at; epa: epa_wfd_search, epa_wfd_waterbody, epa_bathing_locations, epa_bathing_alerts, epa_bathing_measurements; h…

Input parameters:

- `args` (object): Operation arguments.
- `arguments` (object): Alias of args.
- `max_tokens` (integer): Result budget in tokens (default 2000).
- `operation` (string, required): Operation name.
- `source` (string, required): Source id.

### `ireland_query` (~418 tokens)

Query tables on the server

Filter, join, aggregate, rank and sort whole tables on the server; returns only the answer rows, each input's provenance and the query echo. tables: {alias, table_id} (from an ireland_call result) or {alias, source, operation, args}, each with optional own steps (no joins); put source filters (council, dates, codes) in args. No steps: columns, row count and preview per table. Steps run in order: {"filter": ["col", ">", 0]} (= != > >= < <= in not_in contains starts_with is_null not_null; {"and"|"or": [..]}, {"not": ..}); {"join": "alias", "on": "col"|["l","r"], "type": "left", "normalize": true}; {"union": "alias"}; {"derive": {"rate": "a / [Col B] * 1000"}} (round abs min max coalesce if lower norm concat substr split_part replace number year pct_change …); {"aggregate": {"n": "count", "u": "sum:units", "d": "weighted_avg:score:pop"}, "group_by": ["county"]} (count count_distinct sum avg min max median weighted_avg first); {"select": [..]|{"new": "old"}}; {"sort": "-n"}; {"limit": 10}; {"rank": {"by": "n"}}; {"pct_of_total": {"col": "n"}}; {"distinct": [..]}. Limits: 4 tables, 10,000 rows each, 50,000 rows after a join, 20 steps. Partial tables are an error, never computed.

Input parameters:

- `from` (string): Start alias (default first).
- `limit` (integer): Rows out (default 50).
- `max_tokens` (integer): Token budget (default 3000).
- `steps` (array): Steps, in order.
- `tables` (array, required)

### `ireland_about` (~22 tokens)

About this server

Licence, attribution, status URL and how to enable typed toolsets.

### `search` (~188 tokens)

Search Irish public data

Search across Central Statistics Office (CSO) PxStat, National Council for Special Education open data, World Bank Indicators for Ireland, Eurostat Statistics API, Pobal HP Deprivation Index, Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API, Wikidata Query Service, data.gov.ie (Ireland's open data portal), Companies Registration Office open data, Kohesio EU-funded projects, Smart Dublin open data (Dublin local authorities), Irish Statute Book (eISB) via ELI, EPA Ireland open data, EU Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), Éire Civic Tech Directory (CitizenData.ie). Returns ids like 'cso:F1001' to pass to fetch.

Input parameters:

- `max_tokens` (integer): Result budget in tokens (default 2000).
- `query` (string, required): What to look for, e.g. 'population by county' or 'housing bill 2024'.

### `fetch` (~96 tokens)

Fetch a document by id

Fetch the full text of a search result by its id, e.g. 'cso:F1001', 'oireachtas:bill/2024/12', 'legislation:2018/7/s2' or 'data-gov-ie:moby-bikes'.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Id from search, '<source>:<key>'.
- `max_tokens` (integer): Result budget in tokens (default 2000).

### `nearby` (~152 tokens)

What is at this location

For a WGS84 point in Ireland: county, local authority, LEA, constituency, electoral division, small area and settlement (GeoHive) with crosswalk codes, the nearest Met Éireann station and forecast, recorded monuments within 500 m (SMR) and NPWS protected sites at the point. Not live observations, river levels, buoys, bikes or populations: use ireland_call for those.

Input parameters:

- `hours` (integer): Forecast hours to include.
- `lat` (number, required): Latitude, e.g. 53.3498.
- `lon` (number, required): Longitude, e.g. -6.2603.
- `max_tokens` (integer): Result budget in tokens (default 2000).

### `ireland_resolve_place` (~220 tokens)

Resolve an Irish place to every geography code

All geography codes for an Irish place: county, province, council, LEA, Dáil constituency, NUTS3, electoral division (ED) and, for lat/lon, small area, with population shares where areas straddle. Takes a name (English or Irish, 'Co. Mayo', 'Dublin 8', 'Tallaght Central, South Dublin'), an ED/small-area/NUTS3 code, or lat/lon. list returns the EDs, LEAs, constituencies or councils inside.

Input parameters:

- `lat` (number)
- `level` (string): Only match this level.
- `limit` (integer)
- `list` (string): List areas of this level inside the place.
- `lon` (number)
- `max_tokens` (integer): Result budget in tokens (default 2000).
- `offset` (integer)
- `place` (string): Name or code, e.g. 'Ballymun', 'Galway West', 'IE042', '268015'.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp-2#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 86
- 2026-11-04: 86
- 2026-11-03: 85
- 2026-11-02: 85
- 2026-11-01: 84
- 2026-10-31: 84
- 2026-10-30: 84
- 2026-10-29: 83
- 2026-10-28: 83
- 2026-10-27: 83
- 2026-10-26: 82
- 2026-10-25: 82
- 2026-10-24: 82
- 2026-10-23: 81
- 2026-10-22: 81
- 2026-10-21: 80
- 2026-10-20: 80
- 2026-10-19: 79
- 2026-10-18: 79
- 2026-10-17: 78
- 2026-10-16: 78
- 2026-10-15: 77
- 2026-10-14: 77
- 2026-10-13: 76
- 2026-10-12: 76
- 2026-10-10: 75

## Common questions

### What is the Ireland MCP server?

Ireland MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.c-mongan/ireland-mcp. Read-only Irish public data for AI assistants: stats, weather, transport, law, property and maps. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp).

### Is the Ireland MCP server safe to use?

Ireland MCP scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Ireland MCP server expose?

Ireland MCP exposes 9 tools: ireland_catalogue, ireland_describe, ireland_call, ireland_query, ireland_about, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,158 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Ireland MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Ireland MCP without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Ireland MCP server still maintained?

Ireland MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.irishopendata.ie/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/c-mongan/ireland-mcp
- Website: https://irishopendata.ie/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp-2.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp-2.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/c-mongan-ireland-mcp/mcp-2