Clonee to Citywest????

kellie_or

Hi, Theres a possibility that I could be changing jobs to a company in Citywest. However, I have just bought a house in Clonsilla. Does anyone know how easy...or difficult....it is to get from Clonsilla/Clonee area over to Citywest? I would be planning to drive... Any info would be great.K

Victor

http://www.dto-journeyplanner.ie/dtojp/jsp/journeyplanner/content/route.do

This suggests the below, but I suspect the M50 might be quicker off peak click link. Alternatively Clonee-Leixlip-Celbridge-Rathcoole.

Journey Directions
Tip for Pedestrians: Make use of available walking facilities e.g. footpaths, zebra crossings etc.

1  Depart On  Navan Road  for 763(m)  
2  Turn Left Onto  R149  for 4804(m)  
3  Continue Straight On  Unknown  for 1748(m)  
4  Turn Left Onto  Barnhill Cross Road  for 406(m)  
5  Turn Right Onto  Lower Lucan Road  for 166(m)  
6  Turn Right Onto  The Mall  for 147(m)  
7  Continue Straight On  Main Street  for 151(m)  
8  Bear Left Onto  Sarsfield Terrace  for 20(m)  
9  Continue Straight On  Main Street  for 172(m)  
10  Continue Straight On  Newcastle Road  for 673(m)  
11  Continue Straight On  Beaumont Cottages  for 77(m)  
12  Continue Straight On  Newcastle Road  for 154(m)  
13  Bear Left Onto  Roundabout  for 17(m)  
14  Bear Right Onto  Newcastle Road  for 421(m)  
15  Continue Straight On  Roundabout  for 14(m)  
16  Bear Right Onto  Lock Road  for 1551(m)  
17  Continue Straight On  Newcastle Road  for 1365(m)  
18  Turn Left Onto  Nangor Road  for 250(m)  
19  Turn Right Onto  Unknown  for 3622(m)  
20  Turn Right Onto  Naas Road  for 827(m)  
21  Bear Right Onto  Citywest Business Park  for 219(m)  
22  Turn Left Onto  Roundabout  for 17(m)  
23  Continue Straight On  Citywest Business Park  for 249(m)  
24  Bear Left Onto  Roundabout  for 26(m)  
25  Continue Straight On  Citywest Business Park  for 326(m)  
26  Bear Left Onto  Roundabout  for 44(m)  
27  Bear Left Onto  Citywest Business Park  for 300(m)  
28  Continue Straight On  Roundabout  for 25(m)  
29  Continue Straight On  Citywest Business Park  for 424(m)  
30  Continue Straight On  Roundabout  for 24(m)  
31  Bear Right Onto  Citywest Road  for 523(m)  
32  Arrive at Destination On  Citywest Road  for 0(m)

http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/routes/ suggests

Travel
(miles) and
then to
take total
(miles) 
0.00 Start out at Clonee,Meath R156 0.00 
0.53 Turn left Unclassified  0.53 
0.07 Turn right, then merge onto Blanchardstown Bypass - N3 N3 0.60 
2.98 At Blanchardstown Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Navan Road - N3 (signposted Dublin)  N3 3.58 
0.28 At roundabout take the 3rd exit, then join the M50 motorway (signposted Southbound)  M50 3.86 
1.67 West Link Bridge (Toll) M50 5.53 
2.98 Leave the M50 at junction 9 (signposted N7 City Centre), then at Red Cow Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the N7 (signposted The South (N8, N9)  N7 8.51 
1.51 At Newlands Cross traffic signals continue forward on the N7 N7 10.03 
2.51 Turn left Unclassified  12.54 
0.09 Continue forward. Entering Saggart  Unclassified  12.63 
0.68 Arrive at Citywest Golf Course,Dublin Unclassified  13.31 
- Section time 0:25, Total time 0:25

smurfbaby

Hi Kellie
I used to do this trip every day. It took me 45 minutes driving, sometimes less. The M50 isn't an option though, unless maybe at the weekends. Neither is Lucan-Newcastle, I sometimes got badly caught in traffic there. The best way is Clonee-Leixlip-Celbridge rd-Newcastle-Rathcoole. It's mostly smaller back roads so you wont be travelling very fast but there are no real places to get stuck in heavy traffic. I found it was the only route that got me consistently in on time, it never took more than 45 minutes.
I found it no problem travelling to Citywest every day, when driving it takes you less time to get over there than it would into town

Mailman

I travel Blanch\Citywest everyday and it's a pain. M50 is out of the question.
I drive the backroads over to Lucan and accross the M4. No slower than the M50, most often faster and no road toll to pay.
Allow 45 minutes each way, perhaps more in the evening.

It will get worse before it gets better:
M50/N3 is being upgraded so God help us while the upgrade is in process.
There is a road being built all the way from Citywest to connect with the M4 beside Liffey Valley but that won't be available until the end of 2006 at the earliest.
The crossroads at the M4 beside the Superquinn in Lucan is going to be upgraded to a grade seperated interchange before this road at Liffey Valley is complete according a guy I phoned in the Roads dept. of SDCC.
Once the M50 and these two interchanges are done then the trip will be nice but things look grim for the next year at least. Journey times will go up by maybe a quarter of an hour before they drop down to an acceptable journey time of 30 mins.

kellie_or

Many thanks for all your replies and info on this. Much appreciated...Kellie