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Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude connect to external data sources and tools. Instead of copying data into your prompt, your AI queries live data directly — realtime train times, current weather, live energy stats.

IrishMCP hosts MCP servers built specifically for Ireland's public APIs and open data sources, so you don't need to run anything yourself.

The fastest way to use an IrishMCP server is to add it to Claude Desktop. Find the MCP you want, click the detail page, and copy the Claude Desktop config.

Then add it to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Example config for Irish Rail:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "irishrail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@irishmcp/rail"]
    }
  }
}

Every live MCP on this platform is also available as a remote HTTP endpoint — no local installation needed. This is useful for production deployments, CI environments, or any MCP client that supports Streamable HTTP transport.

Each MCP's endpoint follows the pattern:

https://[mcp-name].irishmcp.workers.dev/mcp

# Example: Irish Rail
https://irish-rail-realtime.irishmcp.workers.dev/mcp

Every live MCP has an in-browser playground on its detail page. You can type natural language queries and see the raw response from the MCP server — useful for testing before integrating into your own project.

Don't see the Irish data source you need? Use the Request MCP page to suggest it. We review all requests and prioritise based on community interest. If the data is openly available, we'll build and host it.