Learn MCP
Learn the protocol behind grounded Irish AI.
IrishMCP turns Ireland's public data into tools that AI can actually use. Start simple with the guide, browse the library, or go straight to the developer docs.
AI and MCPs, in plain English
A practical short guide to how AI assistants call live tools, why MCP matters, and where Irish public data fits.
Connect your own product
Use hosted MCP endpoints directly, or stream structured decision-agent runs through the IrishMCP API.
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The IrishMCP library
Blog
Product updates, approachable explainers, and technical deep dives.
Complete ebook
The longer guide to LLMs, MCP, and the IrishMCP ecosystem.
Docs
Hosted MCP endpoints, agent API guidance, and practical integration notes.
Live status
Check the health of the hosted MCP data sources.
Changelog
See what has shipped across the platform.
Request an MCP
Tell us which Irish data source should join the platform next.
Latest writing
From the blog
How MCPs work — explained like you are 5
A plain-English tour of what an MCP actually is, the 6-step recipe we use to build each one on IrishMCP, and a one-line summary of every MCP on the platform.
Deep dive: two Irish MCPs under the hood
How Irish Rail MCP (live XML API) and HSE Service Finder MCP (curated dataset) are implemented on Cloudflare Workers — two contrasting patterns behind the same MCP contract.
Introducing Irish Rail MCP
The first MCP server on IrishMCP.ie is live — bringing real-time Irish Rail train data directly into your AI workflows.