Free Public Bicycle Pumps in Ireland

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1Dublin16 stations · 9 repair
2. 2Galway7 stations · 3 repair
3. 3Limerick5 stations · 4 repair

Bike pumps in Ireland at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 206 public stations in Ireland in 68 towns and cities: 120 compressed-air pumps and 86 bike repair stations, 46 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 166 stations let you inflate a tire.

Repair stands with hand pumps and compressed-air pumps are roughly balanced in Ireland, so larger towns usually offer both.

14% of the stations are in the 3 cities with their own page below; the other 178 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

77 stations in Ireland carry fee information: 43 are marked free and 34 paid (56% free). Most are free, but keep a coin ready for compressor pumps. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

8 stations list their valve types: 5 fit Presta, 8 fit Schrader, and 5 fit Dunlop (Woods) valves.

Of all stations, 3 have a pressure gauge, 3 are covered, and 6 are lit at night.

26 stations are open 24/7 and 27 have opening hours listed. Pumps inside shops or fuel stations follow their opening hours.

Example stations in Ireland

A selection of well-documented stations from different towns. The live map shows all of them with directions.

• Pittman

  John Street Lower, Kilkenny

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta

• Turvec

  Orchard Road, Clondalkin-Monastery DED 1986

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Cork City Council

  The Marina, Dundanion, Cork

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Dublin City University

  Chuck Feeney Way, Whitehall A Ward 1986, Dublin

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Fingal County Council

  Portmarnock to Baldoyle Greenway, Baldolye DED 1986, Fingal

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Ibombe

  Lucan Road, Lucan-Heights DED 1986

  Repair station · free · 24/7 · Presta

• Limerick City and County Council

  Catherine Street, Shannon B, Limerick

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Pittman

  James's Street, Kilkenny No.1 Urban, County Kilkenny

  Repair station with pump · free · Presta · covered

Who runs the stations

The most common operators and brands in Ireland in OpenStreetMap:

• Pittman6
• Circle K4
• Turvec4
• MANTIS3

More towns with stations

These places have stations but no page of their own yet. You find them on the live map:

• County Cork9
• Cork7
• County Kildare7
• Kilkenny7
• County Kilkenny6
• County Wexford6
• County Wicklow6
• South Dublin6
• Blackrock5
• Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown5
• Fingal5
• County Laois4
• County Waterford4
• Tallaght4
• County Clare3
• County Galway3

How public bike pumps work

Public bike pumps come in two kinds. Bike repair stations are posts with a hand or floor pump, often with tools on steel cables and a hanger to hold the bike. They stand in parks, at train stations, on campuses and along cycle routes, and they almost never cost anything. Compressed-air pumps are electric compressors, mostly at gas stations, car washes and bike shops. They fill a tire in seconds but are built for car tires.

Before you pump, check your valve. Most repair-station heads fit both Presta and Schrader; gas-station air chucks fit Schrader only, so a small Presta adapter is worth carrying. With a compressor, add air in short bursts and check the pressure, because a narrow road tire can burst well below car pressure. The right pressure is printed on the tire sidewall.

All stations on this site come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers add and update them. If a pump is broken, gone or missing from the map, fix it directly in OpenStreetMap or use the report button on the map. The change appears here after the next data update.

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