Road Signs in Ireland

The Road signs in Ireland are slightly different from the signs used in the rest of Europe.

In Ireland all signs are bilingual and use kilometres to reference distances. Although most of the signs in Ireland differ in some way to the signs seen elsewhere, their meaning is obvious. Bellow are the warning signs that are common place around Ireland.

Dangerous corner	Dangerous bend	Series of dangerous corners	Series of dangerous bends
Junction at corner with a minor road	Junction at a bend with a minor road	Road works ahead	Junction with side-road of equal importance
T-junction with roads of equal importance	Y-junction with roads of equal importance	Staggered crossroads with roads of equal importance	Staggered crossroads with minor roads
Crossroads with a minor road	Junction with a minor side-road	Crossroads with a major road	T-junction with a major road
Junction with dual-carriageway	Crossroad with dual-carriageway	End of dual-carriageway	Two-way traffic resumes ahead ⁴
Two lanes ahead	Merge to single lane ahead	Single lane only	Two way traffic (Return to two lane road)
Roundabout ahead	Traffic lights ahead	Unguarded level crossing	Level crossing with gates
Level crossing with automatic gates	Height restriction (low bridge)	Sharp rise ahead	Sharp depression ahead
Series of sharp rises or depressions ahead	Steep decline ahead	Steep incline ahead	Road narrows ahead
Slippery surface	Unprotected quay	(School) children crossing	(School) children crossing