All along the banks of the Royal Canal Greenway: Longford to benefit from new greenway route
Reporter:
);
The Royal Canal Greenway, a scenic 130km walking and cycling amenity stretching alongside the historic 225-year-old canal, was officially launched last Wednesday morning, ahead of the summer 2021 season.
The €12 million project co-ordinated by Waterways Ireland is the country’s longest Greenway, traversing through Kildare, Meath, Westmeath and Longford.
The newest outdoor adventure tourism attraction for the country, the Royal Canal Greenway is a former towpath for barges featuring 90 bridges, 33 locks, 17 harbours and four aqueducts.
Greenway users can choose to complete the entire 130km flat, off-road trail in one visit or explore the shorter designated routes ranging from 6km to 15km between the 14 connecting access points and towns.
Huge tourism boost for Longford with Royal Canal Greenway longfordleader.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from longfordleader.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Top: Carlingford, Co. Louth, the main town on the Cooley Peninsula, with Slieve Foy in the background.
Bottom: Deirble s Twist, Fallmore, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo. Images: Tourism Ireland.
By Darina Molloy
Mayo on the west coast and Louth on the east, boast some of the most historic sites in Ireland, and now locals living in the area of the Cooley Peninsula and Ballina can expect many the curious traveler on the trail of President Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors.
(All images: Tourism Ireland).
Wee Louth and Mighty Mayo – what do they have in common? Well, certainly not their size nor their location in Ireland, but as it happens, they share one very important son: President Joseph Biden. With his mother’s Blewitt ancestors hailing from Ballina, County Mayo, and her Finnegan family traced back to the Cooley Peninsula, Co. Louth, the 46