Pulp mills and sawmills in Ireland
WoodComp tracks 10 sawmills in Ireland, with capacity, status and location as open data. Ireland holds 832 850 ha of forest, 12 % of its land area, led by Sitka spruce and Lodgepole pine.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 832 850 ha 12 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 147 M m3 growing stock, over bark
- Yearly increment
- 9.3 M m3/y net annual increment (FAWS), over bark
- Fellings
- 4.3 M m3/y 46 % of yearly increment
- Industrial roundwood
- 3.7 M m3/y production
Forest types
share of forest area- Naturally regenerating 14.1 % · 117 330 ha
- Plantation 85.9 % · 715 520 haone or two species, one age class
Tree species
share of growing stock- Sitka spruce 60.2 %introduced
- Lodgepole pine 7.9 %introduced
- Norway spruce 4.2 %introduced
- Japanese larch 3.7 %introduced
- Ash 3.1 %
- Other species 20.9 %
All 15 reported species
- Sitka spruceintroduced60.2 %88 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesPicea sitchensis
- Lodgepole pineintroduced7.9 %12 M m3Pinus contorta
- Norway spruceintroduced4.2 %6 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesPicea abies
- Japanese larchintroduced3.7 %5 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityLarix kaempferi
- Ash3.1 %5 M m3Fraxinus excelsior
- Beechintroduced2.5 %4 M m3Fagus sylvatica
- Downy birch2.3 %3 M m3Betula pubescens
- Goat willow1.9 %3 M m3furnish of 1 local facilitySalix caprea
- Pedunculate oak1.8 %3 M m3Quercus robur
- Alder1.5 %2 M m3Alnus glutinosa
- Sessile oak1.4 %2 M m3Quercus petraea
- Scots pine1.0 %1 M m3Pinus sylvestris
- Silver birch1.0 %1 M m3Betula pendula
- Holly0.4 %1 M m3Ilex aquifolium
- Hazel0.3 %0 M m3Corylus avellana
Introduced species hold 78.5 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 93.2 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Spruce (4), Sitka Spruce (3), Larch (1), Douglas Fir (1) and Willow (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 69.9 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025). Increment and fellings: Eurostat European Forest Accounts (2023), forest available for wood supply, over bark.
Key figures
- Pulp mills
- 0
- Sawmills
- 10
- Sites
- 11
- Operating
- 12
- Operating pulp capacity
- 0
- Sawn timber capacity
- 110 000 m3/y sawn timber
Sawn timber capacity covers 1 of 10 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-10-22.
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| Mill | Raw material | Status | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coolrain SawmillsSawmillCoolrain Sawmills Ltd | - | Operating | No data yet |
| ECC Timber ProductsSawmillECC Timber Products | - | Operating | 225 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 450 000 m3/y log intake |
| Glennon Brothers FermoySawmillGlennon Brothers | - | Operating | No data yet |
| Glennon Brothers LongfordSawmillGlennon Brothers | - | Operating | No data yet |
| GP Wood (Lissarda/Enniskeane)SawmillGP Wood | Softwood | Operating | 250 000 m3/y |
| Laois SawmillsSawmillLaois Sawmills Ltd | Softwood | Operating | 59 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 118 000 m3/y log intake |
| Laois Sawmills, Green Wood PelletsPellet plantLaois Sawmills Ltd | - | Operating | 33 000 t/y pellets |
| Murray Timber Group BallonSawmillMurray Timber Group | - | Operating | No data yet |
| Murray Timber Group BallygarSawmillMurray Timber Group | Softwood | Operating | 300 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 600 000 m3/y log intake |
| Palfab (GP Wood - Lissarda site)SawmillGP Wood | - | Operating | No data yet |
| Shamrock Renewable Products, Kells/BalrathPellet plantShamrock Renewable Products Ltd | Hardwood | Operating | 100 000 t/y pellets |
| Woodfab TimberSawmillWoodfab Timber Ltd | Softwood | Operating | 110 000 m3/y sawn timber |
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WoodComp (). Pulp mills and sawmills in Ireland. WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/countries/irelandData © WoodComp, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution required.