Ireland license plates

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Type any Ireland registration — valid plates render below, on their real designs.

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Everything on this page — formats, validity, colours, the renders themselves — is one request away.

GET /v1/plates/ie/match?plate=…

GET /v1/plates/ie/match?plate=

{ "plate": null,
  "valid": true, "exact": true,
  "matches": [{ "id": "ie-standard-2013",
    "render_url": "…svg?serial=" }] }

the default series issued to private road vehicles

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

1921–1987 issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

1987–1990 issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~1991 → today documented from 1991 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~2013 → today documented from 2013 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~1991 → today documented from 1991 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~2013 → today documented from 2013 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico)

In the sample, 9 for any digit; the other characters are fixed.

~1993 → today documented from 1993 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~1993 → today documented from 1993 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

short-validity plates (transit, awaiting registration)

In the sample, 9 for any digit; the other characters are fixed.

1993 → today issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle