walks dublin 2

This walk links the Slieve Bloom Way to the Grand Canal Way and includes mountain, riverside, and access to a number of sites of interest including Turraun Wildlife Park, Boora Mesolithic Site, Kilcormac 16th century Pieta, St. Managhan's Shrine, Boher, Esker Riada and Silver River plus panoramic views of the midlands.

Walkers are requested to obey directional and warning signs on bog trails.

Route Details:

Cadamstown, Ballyboy, Kilcormac, Grand Canal at Turraun, F...

Let's go for a walk around town! "Around" in the true sense of the word. We can either join one of the organised walking tours or else follow the programme specially drawn up here. Either is fine but it's more fun to join a walking party with different nationalities and to have, at your disposal, a real Dublin guide from whom you can ask any question you like....

The Royal Canal Way will eventually link Dublin with the River Shannon at Clondra in Co Longford along the towpath of the Royal Canal. The Royal canal was closed in 1960, and the towpath and the channel both became overgrown.

Today they are being restored for recreation, including walking. Until the restoration is completed, the Royal Canal Way will end in Mullingar.

Being a canal bank walk, the gradient is never steep, making it an ideal introduction to long distance wal...