Killala, Ireland

Killala, Ireland is a submarine cable landing point in Ireland (coordinates 54.2068°, -9.2322°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Ireland's international connectivity infrastructure.

Killala is a village in County Mayo in Ireland, north of Ballina. The railway line from Dublin to Ballina once extended to Killala. To the west of Killala is the townland of Townsplots West, which contains a number of ancient forts. Historically associated with Saint Patrick, and the seat of an episcopal see for several centuries, evidence of Killala's ecclesiastical past include a 12th-century round tower and the 17th century Cathedral Church of St Patrick. As of the 2016 census of Ireland, the village had a population of 562. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Killala, Ireland, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include United States. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Killala, Ireland in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• AEC-1 (2016) — AEC-1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Ireland and United States. Landing at Killala, Shirley, 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.