diff --git a/files/mirrors/distfiles.xml b/files/mirrors/distfiles.xml
index 4dd8f40fdb..1062c301ed 100644
--- a/files/mirrors/distfiles.xml
+++ b/files/mirrors/distfiles.xml
@@ -322,6 +322,14 @@ vim: ft=xml et ts=2 sts=2 sw=2:
       <uri protocol="http" ipv4="y" ipv6="n" partial="n">http://gentoo.jss.hu</uri>
     </mirror>
   </mirrorgroup>
+  <mirrorgroup region="Europe" country="IE" countryname="Ireland">
+    <mirror>
+      <name>HEAnet - Ireland's National Education and Research Network</name>
+      <uri protocol="https" ipv6="y" ipv4="y" partial="n">https://ftp.heanet.ie/gentoo.org/</uri>
+      <uri protocol="http" ipv6="y" ipv4="y" partial="n">http://ftp.heanet.ie/gentoo.org/</uri>
+      <uri protocol="rsync" ipv6="y" ipv4="y" partial="n">rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/gentoo.org/</uri>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrorgroup>
   <mirrorgroup region="Europe" country="IT" countryname="Italy">
     <mirror>
       <name>GARR</name>