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  • 11-05-2007 10:29pm
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    PDD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I was wondering if people knew where I might find out if there is a towpath or right of way for sections of the grand canal?

    Dave


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    annieoburns
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭annieoburns


    I think there is a right of way all along going back to the day when the horses had to pull the boats along before they were given engines. Many sections are in good order but in rural areas have become overgrown. There is a new bikeway on Dublin City section I think starting at Leeson St Bridge.


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    homer911
    Registered Users Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭homer911


    It should be possible to walk all along the Grand Canal - an email to Waterways Ireland
    or the Inland Waterway Association would confirm this

    http://www.waterwaysireland.org/Pages/Contact%20Us/Contact-Us.aspx
    http://www.iwai.ie/faq.php3

    This FAQ covers cycling and walking on towpaths..

    http://www.iwai.ie/1faq.php3?id=14


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    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    I cycled the Grand canal two years ago from Maynooth to the Shannon. It's a mixture of really bad field and gravel. I only had to leave the tow path once for about .5k if I remember.


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    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    Lads OP was over 6 years ago

    21/25



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    L1011
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    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    I cycled the Grand canal two years ago from Maynooth to the Shannon. It's a mixture of really bad field and gravel. I only had to leave the tow path once for about .5k if I remember.

    The Grand Canal doesn't go anywhere near Maynooth. Wrong canal.


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    shrapnel222
    Registered Users Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    uch wrote: »
    Lads OP was over 6 years ago

    +1 can people stop bumping old threads!!:mad:


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    schemingbohemia
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    It's the same person bumping them all


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    RosieJoe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭RosieJoe


    shrapnel222 wrote: »
    +1 can people stop bumping old threads!!:mad:
    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    It's the same person bumping them all

    If I had a Mod hat and was wearing it, I'd be typing in bold and telling you to use the Report Post button :P


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