Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland is a submarine cable landing point in Ireland (coordinates 53.3480°, -6.2483°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Ireland's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city, including suburbs, had a population of 1,263,219, and County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Dublin, Ireland

Cables landing at Dublin, Ireland are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including EXA Infrastructure, Virgin Media Business. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Dublin, Ireland, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Canada, United Kingdom, United States.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Dublin, Ireland in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• CeltixConnect-1 (CC-1) (2012) — CeltixConnect-1 (CC-1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Ireland and United Kingdom. Landing at Dublin, Holyhead, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• EXA North and South (2001) — EXA North and South is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States. Its 5 landing points at Coleraine, Dublin, Halifax, Lynn, Southport bridge the networks of Europe, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Sirius South (1999) — Sirius South is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Ireland. Landing at Blackpool, Dublin, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.