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Dublin to Roscommon cycle

skeegan · 2006-08-14 14:53:27

Hi: I'm planning on cycling to Roscommon and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for a suitable, quiet route (avoiding major roads like the N4/N61)... I have been considering cycling along the Royal Canal to Mullingar or Longford. Has anybody done this?

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14-08-2006 3:53pm

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skeegan

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Hi: I'm planning on cycling to Roscommon and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for a suitable, quiet route (avoiding major roads like the N4/N61)...

I have been considering cycling along the Royal Canal to Mullingar or Longford. Has anybody done this?

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#2 15-08-2006 11:52am
daymobrew

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Buy a few Ordnance Survery 'Discovery' series maps. They are e8 each but very detailed.
I bought a few recently for random cycling north & west of Clonsilla. There are a ton of quiet roads with decent surfaces.

The towpath along the canal may not be suitable over a long distance.
Between Clonsilla and Castleknock it is a dirt track but after that it is (mostly) paved. I suspect dirt track west of Clonsilla.

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