The Land Registry (now part of Tailte Éireann) is a system that provides a State-guaranteed title to property in Ireland. It is a separate system from the Registry of Deeds, which records the existence of deeds and conveyances affecting unregistered property.
Registered Land: The title to the property has been officially registered in the Land Registry, meaning there is no need to consult the Registry of Deeds
Unregistered Land: The title is not yet registered in the Land Registry. Property transactions for unregistered land are recorded in the Registry of Deeds, and failure to register a document there may result in a loss of priority
A Land Registry folio (also known as a Title Folio) is the official record of a property held by the Irish Land Registry. It confirms who legally owns the property and outlines important information such as mortgages, rights of way, or other burdens registered against it.
You can obtain a certified copy of a Folio, which contains the property's ownership details and any burdens or charges on the title. You can also obtain a certified copy of a Folio with an official Title Plan (map) attached, which shows the property outlined and may include special features like appurtenant rights of way
No. The Land Registry operates under a non-conclusive boundary system. This means that the description of the land in the register and its identification on the Title Plan are not legally conclusive as to the exact boundaries or extent of the land
The National Land Register can be searched using a variety of methods to find a property, including by Address, Street, Townland, Coordinates, or Eircode or you can use our map search facility.
If a property has not been registered in the Land Registry, it will not have a folio number and falls under the Registry of Deeds system.
Compulsory registration was rolled out in stages across Ireland—for instance, Longford, Roscommon, and Westmeath in 2006, Clare, Kilkenny, Louth, Sligo, Wexford, and Wicklow in 2008, and Cork and Dublin in 2011.
If your property has not changed hands since compulsory registration was introduced in your county, it may still be unregistered.