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How long on a Friday Evening until Red Cow clears?

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  • 30-01-2014 6:16pm
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    Pepp1989
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    Hi,

    Does anybody know at what time traffic at the red cow eases on a Friday evening? I need to go to Cork Fri night but have no intention of hitting the red cow at rush hour! I was thinking of leaving Dundrum at around 18.30. Will it have cleared up by then? Thanks!


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    theteal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    come off the m50 at ballymount, up through kingswood/kilnamanagh, continue straight out the back roads of tallaght until you're back on the naas road avoiding most of it - leave it a bit later and you'll avoid all of it


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    corktina
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    isn't it freeflow now and Newlands Cross the only remaining obstacle?


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    Pepp1989
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    So if i left at 19.00 - 19.30 it should be ok? I left at 17.00 once and was bumper to bumper until cars left the M7 for the M9. Crazy stuff


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    omicron
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    I presume you were asking for this evening, but I left UCD at 6.10, was on the m50 by about 6.35. Newlands only took about 10-15 mins but huge delays from about 2 miles before it goes to 2 lanes right up to the M9 junction.


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    Pepp1989
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭Pepp1989


    omicron wrote: »
    I presume you were asking for this evening, but I left UCD at 6.10, was on the m50 by about 6.35. Newlands only took about 10-15 mins but huge delays from about 2 miles before it goes to 2 lanes right up to the M9 junction.

    Ya I left roebuck rd at 18.45. Was home for 21.35. So 2hrs 50m in bad conditions. M7 was busy until the toll really. But the journey usually takes 2hr30m so not bad at all.


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    No Pants
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    Aren't they doing roadworks there now?


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    Carawaystick
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    theteal wrote: »
    come off the m50 at ballymount, up through kingswood/kilnamanagh, continue straight out the back roads of tallaght until you're back on the naas road avoiding most of it - leave it a bit later and you'll avoid all of it

    Kingswood had backed up across the M50 to the Roundabit at tv3 at 5pm on Friday.
    I'd take the N81 out through Tallaght and the ORR to the N7


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    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users Posts: 5,858 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Lets break out the 'man or mouse' routes.

    Via Firhouse, Blessington and Naas.

    http://goo.gl/maps/fSsTq


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