The Placenames Database of Ireland was created by the [Gaois research group](https://www.gaois.ie/) in collaboration with The Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht). This is a comprehensive management system for data, archival records and Placenames research conducted by the State. It is a public resource for Irish people at home and abroad, and for all those who appreciate the rich heritage of Irish Placenames. The database has been accessible via the [logainm.ie](https://www.logainm.ie/en/) public website since 2008. The data is now available via a web-based Application Programming Interface (API) that exposes the database contents to programmatic queries.
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Operation and development of APIs are currently fully funded by company Apitalks and its usage is for free.
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All important information such as time of last update, license and other information are in response of each API call.
In case of major update that would not be compatible with previous version of API, we keep for 30 days both versions so you will have enough time to transfer to new version. We will inform you about the changes in advance by e-mail.