East & North Coasts of Ireland

The Irish Cruising Club's sailing directions for the east and north coasts of Ireland, from Kilmore Quay and Carnsore Point northward via Malin Head to Bloody Foreland. They describe 163 ports, harbours and anchorages.

What's in this edition

The 14th edition draws on a comprehensive revisit of the coast, with updated marina information in a new, easier-to-use format.

• A4, soft cover, 224 pages
• 101 colour plans
• 264 sea-level and 115 aerial photographs, including 61 new drone photographs
• Text completely revised for navigational aids, facilities and shoreside amenities
• New or improved facilities at six harbours
• Latest findings from INFOMAR and other hydrographic surveys, including many previously uncharted dangers
• New and expanded tidal stream charts, and a co-tidal and co-range chart explaining the strong and complex tides of this coast
• Improved passage planning advice
• Sources of diesel identified, following the ban on marked diesel in the Republic of Ireland from January 2020

About the ICC Sailing Directions

The Irish Cruising Club's Sailing Directions, in two volumes, aim to describe every feasible passage, port, harbour and anchorage on the coasts of Ireland. They trace their origins to Harry Donegan's pilotage notes of around 1910 and have been published by the Club since 1929. Amendments are published online between editions, and the aerial photographs by Kevin Dwyer and sea-level photographs by Geraldine Hennigan are chosen for their navigational value.

Praise for the ICC Sailing Directions

"…it is well-nigh perfect. There is no alternative and there is no need for one."

– Cruising magazine

"Approach any port without these navigational directions on board at one's peril."

– The Irish Times

"…a respected and much-used publication here at CIL."

– Captain Robert McCabe, Commissioners of Irish Lights

About the editor

Norman Kean has edited the Sailing Directions since 2005. A Yachtmaster Offshore and Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, he has explored every harbour and anchorage described in this guide.