Irish Greenways

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Ireland's greenways are off-road routes for walkers, cyclists and other non-motorised transport in Ireland, which are often created from abandoned Irish rail networks. This is a booming area with new Greenways been funded in Ireland by state bodies. In Northern Ireland they are collectively part of the British National Cycle Network (NCN).^[1]

Examples[]

There are a number of Greenways in Ireland. Examples include:

• the Waterford Greenway, which opened in March 2017
• the Boyne Greenway,
• Great Western Greenway^{[2][better source needed]}
• Royal Canal Greenway,^[3]
• Grand Canal Cycleway ^[4]
• Great Southern Trail (West Limerick and Kerry)
• Ardee - Whitemills Greenway^[5]
• Carlingford - Omeath Greenway.^[6][7]

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Ireland[]

• The Déise Greenway (Clonea to Durrow, Co. Waterford),
• Tralee to Fenit Greenway,^[8]
• Galway to Moycullen Greenway,^[9]
• Connemara Greenway,^[10]
• Glenbeigh to Cahirciveen Greenway (Ring of Kerry),
• Sutton to Sandycove (S2S) cyclepath - Dublin City and County,
• Mullingar to Athlone Greenway^[11] Received funding in May 2014:^{[12][needs update]}
• West Clare Greenway^{[citation needed]}
• Clonmel to Carrick-on-Suir^{[citation needed]}
• Monasteries of the Moy project (between Ballina and Killala towns)^{[citation needed]}
• Cahersiveen to Reenard Point greenway (links Cahersiveen and Valentia Island)^{[citation needed]}
• link between Boyle and Lough Key Forest Park^{[citation needed]}
• between Patrickswell and Limerick City^{[citation needed]}
• 'Arthurs Day' trail (linking Leixlip to Oughterard via Celbridge/Castletown)^{[citation needed]}
• Kilmeaden to Bilberry, Waterford^{[citation needed]}
• Dublin-Galway Greenway.^[13]
• A locally funded walkway has been undertaken by a group in Ailt an Chorráin,^[14][15] (formerly known as Burtonport), Co. Donegal.

Northern Ireland[]

In 2016, Derry City and Strabane District Council in partnership with Donegal County Council, and the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) secured funding to construct 46.5 km of greenway and segregated cycling routes linking Derry to Muff and Buncrana in County Donegal, and Lifford to Strabane.^[16] The project team was established in 2017^[17] and the plan is to complete construction works by 2021. The project is funded by INTERREG VA and administered by the Special European Union Programmes Body. It is known as the North West Greenway Network.

Proposed[]

Among proposals for the future are:

• the Wee Greenway Initiative in Inishowen and Derry,^{[18][better source needed]}
• the Connemara Greenway,^{[19][better source needed]}
• the South Kerry Greenway.^{[20][better source needed]}
• the Limerick - Scariff Greenway.^[21]

See also[]

• Lists of long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland
• Lists of mountains in Ireland

References[]

External links[]

• Initiative by researchers in the Department of Civil Engineering at NUI Galway
• European Greenway Association and Greenways Inc (archived)
• information on sustainable transport policy in Ireland
• Website about the Deise greenway
• Tralee Fenit Greenway
• Cycling along the active Irish Waterways and Navigations in Ireland
• Existing Cycling Facilities Maps National Transport Authority of Ireland (09-2013)
• Proposed Greenways
• Cycle Network Plan (nationaltransport.ie)