Determining the spatial extent of peat soils is essential for measuring soil carbon (C) stocks. The Derived Irish Peat Map (DIPM) estimated the spatial extent of peat soils as 13.8% of the national area. The DIPM was derived from the Peatland Map of Ireland, CORINE land cover database (CORINE) 1990 and the General Soil Map of Ireland. This paper presents an updated version, the Derived Irish Peat Map Version 2 (DIPMV2), using the same rules-based decision tree methodology, but CORINE 2000 and the Indicative Soil Map of Ireland (ISMI) replaced CORINE 1990 and the General Soil Map of Ireland. The DIPMV2, a best-estimate, illustrates that peat soils occur more extensively than previously mapped, especially in the "drumlin belt" of counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth. The producer, user and overall accuracies are 88%, 91% and 85%, respectively. This is an improvement on the DIPM (87%, 84%, and 85%). The DIPMV2, estimates that peat soils cover 1,466,469 ha, or 20.6%, of the national land area. The DIPM methodology may provide a long-term tool for updating national peat soil map data. It can be concluded that data for peat soils will become more important because peat has high carbon density and modifications to peat soils have implications for climate change.

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Connolly, J. and Holden, N. M. (2009) Mapping peat soils in Ireland; updating the Derived Irish Peat Map. Irish Geography, 3, 343-352.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=160
Resource Keywords	Peatlands Ireland
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2008-FS-S-6-S5
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Not Applicable
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	4
Project Start Date	Friday 12th May 2006 (12-05-2006)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Friday 12th May 2006 (12-05-2006)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Saturday 12th April 2008 (12-04-2008)
Published on SAFER	Friday 12th March 2010 (12-03-2010)
Date of Last Edit	Thursday 1st September 2016 at 12:31:44 (01-09-2016)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Friday 22nd October 2010 at 13:52:33 (22-10-2010)

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This map covers peatlands in the Republic of Ireland

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• Summary of Irish Soil Data from Scoping Study View Full Metadata Description
• Towards a National Soil Database View Full Metadata Description
• Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland View Full Metadata Description
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Workshop Series View Full Metadata Description
• Identification, Mapping, Assessment and Quantification of the Effects of Disturbance on the Peat Soil Carbon Stock in Ireland View Full Metadata Description

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