River Basin Districts Information
Inland Fisheries Ireland is divided into seven regional River Basin Districts(RBDs) according to river and lake catchment areas. Each RBD comprises a number of counties, or can include parts of other counties.
Eastern RBD:
Counties covered: Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin, Meath, Westmeath, Offaly, Louth, Monaghan, and Cavan.
South Eastern RBD
Counties covered: Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford, Tipperary, Laois, Kildare, Offaly, Wicklow and a small part of Limerick and Cork.
South Western RBD
Counties covered: Cork, Kerry, parts of Waterford.
Shannon RBD
Counties covered: Clare, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Cavan, Sligo, and parts of Mayo, Cork, Laois, and Meath.
Western RBD Galway
Counties covered: Galway, and parts of Mayo
Western RBD Ballina
Counties covered: Most of Mayo & Sligo, parts of Leitrim
North Western RBD
Counties Covered: Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Longford, Monaghan, and Sligo