Roscrea to ennis

sabrina99

Hi there, I was just wondering in order to drive from roscrea to ennis do you need to go right into Limrick city? I'm not familiar with the route, can Limerick be avoided completely or what is the best route? I will be travelling tomorrow morning.

MarkR

You don't have to, but there's no reason to avoid the city. The route through the city is pretty easy. Have a look at the aaroadwatch site's routeplanner for the best route.

0.00 Start out on Main Street
0.10 At crossroads turn right onto Castle Street - R445
N7
1.14 At Limerick Road Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the N7 (signposted Limerick)
8.19 Continue forward onto the N7 Entering Dunkerrin
13.68 Continue forward onto the N7 Entering Moneygall
20.60 Continue forward onto Main Street - N7 Entering Toomevara
M7
26.52 At roundabout take the 1st exit, then join the M7 motorway (signposted Limerick)
62.64 At Junction 28 continue forward onto the M7 motorway to bypass Limerick
67.37 Leave the M7 at junction 29 (Ballysimon Junction), then at traffic signals turn right onto Ballysimon Road - R527 (signposted Limerick)
N24
67.91 Continue forward onto Ballysimon Road - N24
67.98 Continue forward onto Ballysimon Road - R527
68.85 Continue forward onto Ballysimon Road - R527 Entering Limerick
68.93 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Ballysimon Road - R527 (signposted City Centre)
70.52 At Tipperary Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Ballysimon Road - R527 (signposted City Centre N24)
71.79 Limerick Greyhound Stadium
72.23 Continue forward onto Upper William Street - R527 (signposted City Centre)
72.34 At traffic signals turn left onto Upper Gerald Griffin Street - R527 (signposted City Centre, All Routes)
72.52 At traffic signals turn right onto Roches Street - R527 (signposted Foynes N69, Shannon N19)
72.74 At crossroads continue forward onto Roches Street - R527
72.86 At traffic signals turn left onto O'Connell Street - R527 (signposted All Other Routes N18, N19, N20)
N20
72.94 Continue forward onto O'connell Street - N20
73.14 At traffic signals turn right onto Lower Mallow Street - N20 (signposted N18)
73.26 At traffic signals continue forward onto Lower Mallow Street - N20 then immediately
R527
73.37 At Shannonbridge Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Condell Road - R527 (signposted Galway, Shannon Airport N19)
73.55 Shannon Bridge (River Shannon)
76.28 At Clonmacken Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the R527 (signposted Galway, Shannon)
77.39 At Coonagh Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Ennis Road - R445 (signposted Galway, Shannon Airport)
77.92 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Ennis Road - R445 (signposted Galway, Shannon Airport)
78.99 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the R445
N18
80.10 At roundabout take the 2nd exit, then merge onto the N18 (signposted Shannon, Galway)
88.05 Bunratty Castle (on right)
M18
92.88 At Junction 9 (Shannon Airport) continue forward onto the M18 motorway (signposted Galway)
103.09 Rine River
N85
105.69 Leave the M18 at junction 12, then at Killow West roundabout take the 1st exit onto the N85 (signposted Ennis, Ennistimon)
107.10 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the N85
108.61 At Clareabbey roundabout take the 3rd exit onto Limerick Road - R458 (signposted Ennis)
108.92 Continue forward onto Limerick Road - R458 Entering Ennis
109.66 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Limerick Road - R458
111.19 Arrive on Mill Road
Total time 1 hr 40 min