data.gov.ie (Ireland)

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data.gov.ie MCP — Ireland's national open-data portal (CKAN API).

5 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_datasets

Search Ireland's national open-data catalogue (data.gov.ie, CKAN package_search). Returns matching datasets from government departments, state agencies, and local councils, with titles/descriptions an

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dataset_details

Full dataset record by id or slug (CKAN package_show), including its resources. Each resource has a download "url" (often PDF/CSV/XLSX) and a "datastore_active" flag; resources with datastore_active=t

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datastore_query

Read actual table rows from a resource via CKAN datastore_search. Works only for resources with datastore_active=true (get the resource_id from dataset_details).

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list_organizations

List publishing organizations (government departments, state agencies, county/city councils) on data.gov.ie (CKAN organization_list).

No parameters required.

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list_groups

List thematic groups/categories on data.gov.ie (CKAN group_list).

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datagov-ie/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datagov-ie/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_datasets","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_datasets", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("data");