Planning adventure cycles out Royal Canal or Grand Canal maybe down Barrow sometime.
General geography, navigable waterways of Ireland.
https://www.iwai.ie/irelands-inland-waterways/
https://www.eurocanals.com/Waterways/irelandwaterways.html
Royal Canal from Dublin to Longford
Grand canal from Dublin with branch to Naas and branch to Barrow down to Waterford.
The Slaney at Wexford
The Blackwater at Youghal
The Corrib near Galway
The Shannon Waterway, from the Shannon Estuary and Limerick city, to Killaloe
Lough Derg, Shannon river, Shannon harbour (Grand canal joins)
Shannonbridge and branch to Ballinasloe
Athlone and Lough Ree
Carrick and Boyle
connecting on Shannon - Erne waterway to Lough Erne system
Ulster canal - Lough Neagh
Lower Bann
Lagan canal
Newry canal
The Boyne
https://www.longford.ie/en/visit/trails/royal-canal-greenway/
5378-orni-royal-canal-greenway-guide-st2-copy.pdf
https://www.waterwaysireland.org/greenways/royal-canal
Dublin - Maynooth - Enfield - Mullingar - Longford and Cloondare
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29148589
https://www.longford.ie/en/visit/water/royal-canal/
"The canal passes through Maynooth, Kilcock, Enfield, [Longwood, Kilcullen, McNeads bridge,] Mullingar and enters County Longford 2.4km on the Westmeath side of Abbeyshrule. It menders from the County boundary through the Whitworth Aquaduct, Abbeyshule, Ballybrannigan Harbour, Ballymahon, Keenagh, Killashee and finishes at Richmond Harbour in Cloondara. It also has a spur to Longford. The total length of the main navigation is 145 kilometres (90 mi), and the system has 46 locks. There is one main feeder (from Lough Owel), which enters the canal at Mullingar."
https://royalcanalrunner.com/2020/06/16/walking-on-the-royal-canal-the-longford-branch/
Breakdown of individual sections, photos, description, history.
The Grand Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canal_(Ireland)
132 km 43 locks
The Grand canal greenway is not as developed as the Royal canal one.
Status of different sections Offaly to Kildare to Dublin
.. and Kilbeggan branch Offaly to Westmeath
https://www.waterwaysireland.org/Pages/Development-of-the-Grand-Canal-Greenway.aspx
https://www.sportireland.ie/outdoors/walking/trails/grand-canal-way
overview and 13 maps .pdf
Grand Canal Way - Overview Map.pdf
Lucan Bridge near Adamstown in Dublin - Hazelhatch - Henry Bridge - Sallins near Naas -
- (don't take the) branch 4km to Naas - 10km Corbally branch
- Healy's bridge - Robertstown, Fenton bridge <_ don't take old barrow line branch (see below)
- Hamilton's bridge - Blundell Aqueduct - Edenderry short branch - Trimblestown bridge -
- Killeen bridge - Daingean - Cappyroe bridge <_ Kilbeggan branch
- Tullamore - Henesy's bridge - Pollagh - Derry bridge - Belmont bridge - Shannon Harbour
With Annalise Murphy or Manchan Magan:
https://www.tracksandtrails.ie/waterways
https://www.tracksandtrails.ie/trails/royal-canal
https://www.tracksandtrails.ie/trails/royal-canal-2
https://www.tracksandtrails.ie/trails/royal-canal-mullingar-to-longford
https://www.tracksandtrails.ie/trails/royal-canal-mullingar
The Grand Canal and Barrow
Out and back route: Dublin to Monasterevin following the grand canal.
Back to Dublin by road.
https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NDE2MDkyOA==
http://www.riverbarrow.net/barrow-way.html
Overview and walking stages description
Lowtown, Co. Kildare - Monasterevin - Athy - Carlow - Bagenalstown - Graiguenamanagh - St. Mullins, Co. Carlow
23km + 23km + 19km + 16km + 26km + 6km = 113km
https://www.sportireland.ie/outdoors/walking/trails/barrow-way
Overview and detailed map .pdf for each stage
https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MTc3MTM0OA==?ref=
canoe trip barrow navigation
Hazelhatch grand canal - Sallins - Robertstown <_ grand canal old barrow line -
- Skeic bridge <_ don't take Hubard bridge - Milltown feeder - near Newbridge
- Rathangan - Monasterevin(River Barrow) - Athy(now River Barrow navigable in places) -
- Carlow - Leighlinbridge - Bagenalstown - Graiguenamanagh - St. Mullins, Co. Carlow
end near New Ross where Nore and Barrow meet
149km
https://my.viewranger.com/places/ie/celbridge-walks
a couple of grand canal walks
https://threerockbooks.com/cycling-barrow-way/
https://swordscc.com/2020/07/grand-canal-barrow-way-cycle
Short description of a two day trip: Grand canal at Goldenbridge, Drimnagh, Dublin - Robertstown start of Barrow way - Monasterevin - Graiguenamanagh - Barrow way ending at St. Mullins. 14 hours and 200km to New Ross. Next day New ross to Dublin by roads.
https://rotharroutes.com/tag/the-barrow-way/page/2/
lush photos and drone tagged the barrow way
My previous routes, loops to royal canal at Leixlip:
https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzE4NzU2NQ==
63km Sandyford to Leixlip cycle route rivers/canals
https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzE4NzczOQ==
64km Same route except via Hayden's Lane and Griffeen valley park skipping Lucan
July 2020 ? Jan 2020?
https://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTUwNzIyNDI=
track.
https://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTk0MDQzMjE=
22 May 2021 136km bigish cycle royal and grand canals Kildare Mountain Biking
https://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTk0MjM0MTk=
23 May 2021 55km to hazelhatch on grand canal, and back
Other stuff TODO
http://barrowvalleyactivitieshub.ie/cycling-trails/
Cycling trails around Kilkenny, Thomastown, Graiguenamanagh
Looks like fun
Country roads though.
Sharing roads with cars in alot of places I think probably not cycles for novices.
https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MjU5MDk3Mw==
hike in Slieve Blooms, source of the Barrow
