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Best route from Donegal Town to Maynooth

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  • 05-11-2011 11:10pm
    #1
    quigg
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Can anyone tell me what is the best way to NUI Maynooth from Donegal Town on Friday and from Donegal Town to NUI Maynooth on Sunday


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    #2
    overshoot
    Registered Users Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭overshoot


    never driven to maynooth but looking at a map it looks shorter going...
    donegal,
    pettigo,
    enniskillen,
    either way to cavan little difference in it. lisnaskea has less traffic, but derrylin is shorter
    virginia, (either side of this town you will find speed guns)
    m3 to dunboyne and cut across

    the sligo, carrick on shannon etc road is better but there is so much more traffic on it until the duel carrigways start proper in longford means it is impossible to make good time... what i would aim for... if you arent in a rush go sligo, for time go via enniskillen. id expect half an hour in the difference if you know the pettigo road

    just to say if your not driving, most seem to get McGeehans to/from Dublin and the train to Maynooth. (sunday @ 3 from donegal, Fridays 1 & 5 from dublin. if your not on one of these it will take over a hour longer).... if you can drive, take the car... the eco approach really isnt worth bus eireann's torture


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    #3
    O-Deazy
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭O-Deazy


    After doing the journey for three years I would definitely recommend the Sligo route. The roads are much better the entire way down and as to traffic, you might hit a bit in Sligo but that's about the height of it.


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    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    O-Deazy wrote: »
    After doing the journey for three years I would definitely recommend the Sligo route. The roads are much better the entire way down and as to traffic, you might hit a bit in Sligo but that's about the height of it.

    No way Enniskillian is much shorter and less fuel


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    #5
    O-Deazy
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭O-Deazy


    Hootanany wrote: »
    No way Enniskillian is much shorter and less fuel

    But you don't have to travel that god awful road between Donegal town and Pettigoe. I wouldn't say its much shorter, the Sligo route has better roads and also has a drive through KFC along the way! Beats that Mc Donalds in Cavan any day.


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    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    O-Deazy wrote: »
    But you don't have to travel that god awful road between Donegal town and Pettigoe. I wouldn't say its much shorter, the Sligo route has better roads and also has a drive through KFC along the way! Beats that Mc Donalds in Cavan any day.

    I found I went much harder on the Sligo way just to do it in the same time as the North, But thats just me


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    overshoot
    Registered Users Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭overshoot


    O-Deazy wrote: »
    But you don't have to travel that god awful road between Donegal town and Pettigoe. I wouldn't say its much shorter, the Sligo route has better roads and also has a drive through KFC along the way! Beats that Mc Donalds in Cavan any day.
    there is a drive thru kfc in cavan. if you swing into cavan town at the dublin roundabout its 100m down the road.
    ya can also go to enniskillen via ballyshannon, better road very little time difference... i just enjoy driving the pettigo road for some reason but it is awful if your in something like a vw bora or a 4x4 that rolls.... or hungover.
    Enniskillian is much shorter and less fuel
    wouldnt bet on it being less fuel, lots of braking and accelerating back to speed where most fuel is used. you would sit at a constant speed on the sligo route (and i find usually behind someone which will also boost your fuel efficency)


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    #8
    North_West_Art
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭North_West_Art


    If you go by Enniskillen, be sure to go by Derrylin and Bellturbet to Cavan rather than by Lisnaskea which can be a botlleneck (as can Enniskillen if you take the Belfast road), then take the new M3 from Kells to Dublin, and get off at Dunboyne, then take the R157 from Dunboyne the Maynooth.. thats the best way in my experience


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    #9
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Donegal
    Co. Donegal, Ireland

    1. Head southeast on The Diamond toward Main St


    110 m
    2. Turn left onto Main St


    150 m
    3. Continue onto Upper Main St


    600 m
    4. Turn right onto Árd Eskin


    2.2 km
    5. Turn right


    1.6 km
    6. Turn left


    1.2 km
    7. Turn right toward Pettigoe Rd/R232


    1.4 km
    8. Turn left onto Pettigoe Rd/R232
    Continue to follow R232



    19.6 km
    9. Turn right onto The Diamond
    Entering United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)



    96 m
    10. Continue onto Pettigoe Rd/A35
    Continue to follow A35



    8.6 km
    11. Slight right onto Irvinestown Rd/A35


    18 m
    12. Slight right to stay on Irvinestown Rd/A35
    Continue to follow A35



    1.7 km
    13. Continue onto Killadeas Rd/B82
    Continue to follow B82



    16.0 km
    14. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Irvinestown Rd/A32
    Continue to follow Irvinestown Rd



    3.0 km
    15. Turn right onto Drumcoo Rd


    120 m
    16. Turn left onto Derrygore Rd


    41 m
    17. Turn right onto Cornagrade Rd/A32


    1.5 km
    18. At Queen Elizabeth Roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Cornagrade Rd/A32
    Continue to follow A32



    350 m
    19. Turn right onto Ann St/A46


    120 m
    20. Turn left onto Henry St/A46
    Continue to follow Henry St



    250 m
    21. Continue onto Sligo Rd/A4
    Continue to follow A4



    1.1 km
    22. Turn left onto Old Rossory Link


    81 m
    23. Turn right onto Old Rossorry Rd


    1.0 km
    24. Turn left onto Derrylin Rd/A509
    Continue to follow A509
    Entering Ireland



    27.5 km
    25. Continue onto N3


    2.4 km
    26. Turn left toward The Lawn/N3 (signs for Cill an Churraigh/Kilconny/L5516)


    1.2 km
    27. Turn left onto The Lawn/N3
    Continue to follow N3



    500 m
    28. Turn right onto Bank Ln


    180 m
    29. Turn left onto Fairgreen


    160 m
    30. Turn right onto N3


    2.9 km
    31. Turn right to stay on N3


    7.3 km
    32. Turn right


    350 m
    33. Slight left


    1.1 km
    34. Turn left at Loreto Rd


    850 m
    35. Turn right onto Keadue Ln


    2.0 km
    36. Turn right onto Farnham St


    16 m
    37. Slight left onto Church St


    350 m
    38. Continue onto Main St


    350 m
    39. Continue onto James Connolly St


    170 m
    40. James Connolly St turns slightly left and becomes Dublin Rd


    550 m
    41. Slight right onto Ballinagh Rd


    800 m
    42. Turn left to stay on Ballinagh Rd


    140 m
    43. Slight right onto Ballyjamesduff Rd


    14.1 km
    44. Continue onto Rassan Rd


    1.4 km
    45. Continue onto Glenview


    110 m
    46. Continue onto Cavan Rd


    400 m
    47. Continue onto Cusack Estate


    75 m
    48. Continue onto Dublin St


    62 m
    49. Slight right onto Market St


    130 m
    50. Continue onto Chapel St


    140 m
    51. Continue onto Oldcastle Rd


    6.2 km
    52. Turn right toward Virginia Rd


    3.3 km
    53. Continue straight onto Virginia Rd


    400 m
    54. Turn right onto Cavan Rd


    110 m
    55. Turn left onto Stoney Rd


    1.5 km
    56. Turn left to stay on Stoney Rd


    110 m
    57. Turn left onto Kells Rd/R154
    Continue to follow R154



    7.5 km
    58. Turn right to stay on R154


    11.2 km
    59. Turn left to stay on R154


    5.5 km
    60. Turn left onto Main St/N51
    Continue to follow N51



    500 m
    61. Turn right onto Trim Rd/R154
    Continue to follow R154



    11.2 km
    62. Turn right onto Kells Rd


    280 m
    63. Slight right onto St Loman's St


    500 m
    64. Continue onto Watergate St


    110 m
    65. Continue onto Emmet St


    300 m
    66. Continue onto Summerhill Rd/R158
    Continue to follow R158
    Go through 1 roundabout



    5.3 km
    67. Turn right toward R158


    2.5 km
    68. Turn right onto R158


    1.9 km
    69. Slight left onto Main St


    170 m
    70. Turn left onto Elm Grove


    79 m
    71. Turn right to stay on Elm Grove


    84 m
    72. Turn left to stay on Elm Grove


    190 m
    73. Continue onto R156


    600 m
    74. Slight right onto R158


    9.3 km
    75. Turn left onto Church St


    850 m
    76. Continue onto Bridge St


    130 m
    77. Slight left onto Harbour St/R148
    Continue to follow R148



    5.0 km
    78. Slight left onto Kilcock Rd


    68 m
    79. Turn left to stay on Kilcock Rd


    56 m
    80. Turn left to stay on Kilcock Rd
    Destination will be on the left


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    #10
    firemansam4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭firemansam4


    As someone who often drives to north kildare a lot from Letterkenny I would find the Eniskillen route a bit faster and less consumption on petrol than the Sligo route although I have to agree with posters saying the road through Sligo is far better road.


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    #11
    quigg
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭quigg


    Thanks everybody for your help. will probably try the sligo way.


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    #12
    overshoot
    Registered Users Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭overshoot


    god had to go the sligo way today seen as i was going nearish mullingar. exact same milage to dublin but took me a hour longer to cover the distance. il be slagging this road even more from now on! just too much traffic on it for single carrigeway, especially along longford


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    firemansam4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭firemansam4


    overshoot wrote: »
    god had to go the sligo way today seen as i was going nearish mullingar. exact same milage to dublin but took me a hour longer to cover the distance. il be slagging this road even more from now on! just too much traffic on it for single carrigeway, especially along longford

    Well i head down to Carbury Co Kildare alot, I have to pass through Mullingar to get to it. I still would normally go the Eniskillen route. Usually at Cavan I take the road down past Granard and then to Edgesworthstown, then on to Mullingar.
    There is also another road you can take that misses Granard and Edgesworthstown that takes you through Castleplollard, but i find both these routes almost identical in time.


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    #14
    donalfo
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭donalfo


    I live in Ballyshannon and have been driving to Maynooth for a good few years. The sligo route is much better, hassle free, not likely to get caught behind a caravan for an hour. Better again if you want to save 20 mins and liven up a bit of a boring drive is to turn off at Bundoran through Kinlough, Manorhamilton (R280), Leitrim village and you pop out the other side of Carrick on Shannon. Lovely drive but only in good weather and daytime.


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