cycling along canals

edireland

What is best canal to cycle on.
Where a the best start and finish points.
I am looking for a easy / medium level of cycling.

Grassey

Eglinton canal

edireland

Thanks I'll look it up on Google

Carawaystick

Newry Ship Canal
Start : Carlingford Lough
Finish: Newry

edireland

Carawaystick wrote: »

Newry Ship Canal
Start : Carlingford Lough
Finish: Newry

I'll check it put thanks

CapnHex

Royal Canal from Meath/Westmeath border to Ballymahon, Longford is a good surface for cycling. Probably nearly 60km in distance. Mullingar is very good for canal and rail trail cycling. Mullingar to Athlone rail trail is 42km in length, but you can do shorter distances obviously. Mullingar to Ballymahon along the royal canal is also 40km or so, with a few villages along the way (coolnahay, ballynacargy, abbeyshrule) to break up the cycle. Mullingar also has plenty of parking near the canal and rail trail.

edireland

CapnHex wrote: »

Royal Canal from Meath/Westmeath border to Ballymahon, Longford is a good surface for cycling. Probably nearly 60km in distance. Mullingar is very good for canal and rail trail cycling. Mullingar to Athlone rail trail is 42km in length, but you can do shorter distances obviously. Mullingar to Ballymahon along the royal canal is also 40km or so, with a few villages along the way (coolnahay, ballynacargy, abbeyshrule) to break up the cycle. Mullingar also has plenty of parking near the canal and rail trail.

Thanks I try this one.

Macy0161

I ran some of the royal canal spur out of longford town the other week - was definitely road bikable the 6 km I went out - I think it's a decent surface the whole way to clondra?

edireland

edireland wrote: »

What is best canal to cycle on.
Where a the best start and finish points.
I am looking for a easy / medium level of cycling.

Thanks for that

Carawaystick

A Good looping route of 12km or so is the Royal Canal from Mullingar to Ballinea Bridge, and return on the old rail trail.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/53.5137/-7.3862&layers=C

dom_1000

Macy0161 wrote: »

I ran some of the royal canal spur out of longford town the other week - was definitely road bikable the 6 km I went out - I think it's a decent surface the whole way to clondra?

Cycled from Drumcondra to clondra on a Cx bike a few weeks ago, and got the train back from Longford.
The track gets mucky after Ballymahon until before clondra.

el tel

Lagan towpath all the way from Belfast city centre to Lisburn and beyond: 21 miles
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/lagan-and-lough-cycle-way

The Newry canal from Portadown to Newry. 20 miles
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/newry-canal-towpath