Towpath Tours : A Guide to Cycling Ireland's Waterways

by Dunne, John

• ISBN13: 9781903464755
• ISBN10: 1903464757
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: Dufour Editions

Summary

Guide book to bicycling along Ireland's canals.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
Waterways Miscellany	4	(21)
SECTION A
The Grand Canal	25	(1)
History of the Grand Canal	25	(4)
Grand Canal Route Overview	29	(2)
Tour 1 Grand Canal Basin to Hazelhatch	31	(12)
Tour 2 Hazelhatch to Naas via Sallins	43	(8)
Tour 3 Sallins to Lowtown	51	(5)
Tour 4 Lowtown to Monasterevin, Barrow Line	56	(7)
Tour 5 Monasterevin to Athy, Barrow Line	63	(7)
Tour 6 Lowtown to Edenderry, including Edenderry Branch	70	(6)
Tour 7 Lowtown to The Milltown Feeder and Pollardstown Fen	76	(6)
Tour 8 Edenderry to Tullamore	82	(7)
Tour 9 The Kilbeggan Branch	89	(6)
Tour 10 Tullamore to Shannon Harbour	95	(6)
SECTION B
The River Barrow	101	(1)
History of the Barrow Navigation	101	(2)
River Barrow Route Overview	103	(2)
Tour 1 Athy to Carlow	105	(8)
Tour 2 Carlow to Goresbridge	113	(9)
Tour 3 Goresbridge to St Mullins	122	(12)
SECTION C
The Royal Canal	134	(1)
History of the Royal Canal	134	(6)
Royal Canal Route Overview	140	(2)
Tour 1 Spencer Dock to Leixlip	142	(10)
Tour 2 Leixlip to Enfield	152	(6)
Tour 3 Enfield to Thomastown	158	(7)
Tour 4 Thomastown to Mullingar and Lough Owel Feeder	165	(7)
Tour 5 Mullingar to Ballynacarrigy	172	(6)
Tour 6 Ballynacarrigy to Ballybrannigan Harbour	178	(6)
Tour 7 Ballybrannigan Harbour to Cloonsheerin	184	(7)
Tour 8 Cloonsheerin to Cloondara and Longford Branch	191	(10)
SECTION D
The Shannon-Erne Waterway	201	(1)
History of the Shannon-Erne Waterway	201	(4)
Shannon-Erne Waterway Route Overview	205	(3)
Tour 1 Lough Scur and Lough Marrave Circuit	208	(9)
Tour 2 Castlefore to Garadice Lough	217	(8)
Tour 3 Haughton's Shore to Ballyconnell	225	(6)
Tour 4 Ballyconnell to Upper Lough Erne	231	(6)
SECTION E
The Newry Canal	237	(1)
History of the Newry Canal	237	(5)
Newry Canal Route Overview	242	(1)
Tour Newry to Portadown	243	(11)
SECTION F
The Lagan Navigation	254	(1)
History of the Lagan Navigation	254	(4)
Lagan Navigation Route Overview	258	(3)
Tour 1 Sprucefield to Clarendon Docks, Belfast	261	(13)
Tour 2 Sprucefield to Ellis' Gut, Lough Neagh	274	(9)
SECTION G
The Boyne Navigation	283	(1)
History of the Boyne Navigation	283	(4)
Boyne Navigation Route Overview	287	(2)
Tour Navan to Drogheda	289	(24)
APPENDICES
I: Useful Contacts	313	(2)
II: Website Addresses	315	(3)
III: Distance Table for the Grand Canal	318	(6)
IV: Grand Canal Timeline	324	(2)
V: Distance Table Barrow Navigation	326	(2)
VI: Barrow Navigation Timeline	328	(2)
VII: Distance Table for the Royal Canal	330	(6)
VIII: Royal Canal Timeline	336	(3)
IX: Distance Table for the Shannon-Erne Waterway	339	(3)
X: Shannon-Erne Waterway Timeline	342	(2)
XI: Distance Table for the Newry Canal	344	(2)
XII: Newry Canal Timeline	346	(2)
XIII: Distance Table for the Lagan Navigation	348	(2)
XIV: Lagan Navigation Timeline	350	(2)
XV: Distance Table for the Boyne Navigation	352	(3)
XVI: Boyne Navigation Timeline	355	(1)
Bibliography	355	(4)
Index	359