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Newry Canal Way

The towpath is part of Route 9 National Cycle Network so be aware of the joint use of this path by pedestrians and cyclists. This relaxing walk follows the towpath of the former Newry Portadown Canal, completed in 1742, it was Britain’s first truly summit-level canal. At Knock Bridge take the towpath south towards Newry. The canal is on the left as you walk along this section and the River Cusher and the Belfast to Dublin railway to the right. The towpath was used by the horses which pulled the canal boats, known as lighters, along the canal.

Distance: 32km
Time: 5 hours

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The Barrow Way

Barrow Way follows surviving towpaths and riverside roads from the canal & runs from Co.Kildare to St Mullins in south Co.Carlow. It is a peaceful route with wonderful sight seeing opportunities, going through quiet landscape and viewing constantly expanding river. The trail consists of quiet roads, grassy towpaths and tracks.

Starting Point: Robertstown, Co. Kildare
Finish Point: St Mullins Co.Carlow
Distance: 114km
Time: 4 days

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The Grand Canal Way

Being a canal bank walk, the important feature of this route is that it is flat! Ideal for the beginner to way marked walking; the route passes through a range of small towns and villages, all of them ideal for drop off and pick-up points. Its length also offers a challenge to the more established walker.

Starting Point: Lucan Road Bridge (Dublin)
Finishing Point: Shannon Harbour (Offaly)
Distance: 114km
Time: 5 days

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The Royal Canal Way

Restoration of the canal, initiated by the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland and the Royal Canal Group has been carried on by the State since 1987. The canal is being developed for more than just boating, the heavily overgrown towpath is being opened up for walkers and a fisheries development programme is being carried out. The public amenity role of the canal is promoted and protected.

Starting Point: Ashtown (near Dublin)
Finishing Point: Abbeyshrule
Distance: 79km
Time: 3 Days

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The Connemara Way

This walk extends from Galway city along the shores of Galway Bay through An Spideal (Spiddal), An Cheathru Rua (Carraroe), Ros Muc and Carna, then northwards to Letterfrack and Glen Craff to join up with the Western Way. The Way stretches over the spectacular landscapes of Connemara, through hill and bogland to the north, and along the coast to the south.

Starting Point: Galway City
Finishing Point: Clonbur
Distance: 387km

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The Grand Canal Way

Being a canal bank walk, the important feature of this route is that it is flat! Ideal for the beginner to way marked walking; the route passes through a range of small towns and villages, all of them ideal for drop off and pick-up points. Its length also offers a challenge to the more established walker.

Starting Point: Lucan Road Bridge (Dublin)
Finishing Point: Shannon Harbour (Offaly) & passing through Naas, Co.Kildare
Distance: 114km
Time: 5 days

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The Kildare Way

The Kildare Way which is not so much a long distance walking route as a network of waymarked road, tracks and low paths, each marked with signposts and arrows of a particular colour denoting a particular trail. The Kildare Way runs from Kildare to Edenderry (37km), it is marked out with red arrows. The route follows roads across the Curragh to reach Milltown, then follows the Milltown Feeder past the legendary Hill of Allen. Roads then lead to the Barrow line of the Grand Canal and the town path can be taken if accommodation is required. The town path is followed across the Bog Of Allen before a short spur canal leads into Edenderry.

Starting Point: Kildare
Finishing Point: Edenderry

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Sliabh na Iarainn

Aghacashel is situated between Drumshanbo and Ballinamore on the Sliabh – an – Iarainn Mountain, the beautiful rugged mountain in County Leitrim, which ascends 585m from the eastern shore of Lough Allen. Walkers will stand in awe at the breathtaking panoramic views over the West and Midlands of Ireland, or wonder at the amount and variety of flora and fauna encountered – foxes, hares, rabbits, badgers, ravens and Peregrine Falcons.

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The Westmeath Way

The Westmeath Way is a 33km-long low-level linear walking route from the town of Kilbeggan, famous for its whiskey distilling and horse racing, to the town of Mullingar, the administrative centre of the county. The route follows a section of the River Brosna and then public roads northwards to the town’s land of Lilliput on the shores of Lough Ennell: Jonathan Swift is said to have stayed with friends on the lake’s shore, and used the name for his fantasy island in Gulliver’s Travels. The route then continues by road, fields and woodland path to reach the north end of the lake, and from there it goes by road and canal tow path into Mullingar. Apart from pleasant river-bank stretches (which may be a little wet and overgrown), woodland sections and canal bank, much of this route is on road.

Starting Point: Kilbeggan
Finishing Point: Mullingar
Distance: 33km
Time: 2 days

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