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Tallaght to Maynooth

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  • 22-07-2008 9:59am
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    bigpinkelephant
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    MYOB wrote: »
    The general experience on here so far is that the two light / part-roundabout system is actually pushing traffic through faster than the single lights ever did....


    Maybe in the mornings but I am an hour getting from Tallaght to Maynooth in the evenings (leaving at 5.30) and it is only half an hour when I leave at 8am in the morning. I have tried M50>N4, I have tried Belgard Road>Fonthill Rd>N4, also Belgard Rd>N7>Outer Ring Road>Lucan, and can't get home any faster!


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    L1011
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    Its only 45 minutes from Tallaght to Maynooth if you go N7 to Kill, L2007 to Straffan and R406 to Maynooth, at 5:30pm... it is, however, significantly longer - about 30km. Fuel consumptions much the same as you're constantly rolling though.

    You've also not mentioned going through Newcastle & Celbridge, which also avoids the N4 entirely, but can be a bad choice at times (Celbridge sometimes backlogs).

    Theres about ten distinct ways to get from Tallaght to Maynooth, avoiding then N4 entirely, the N7 entirely, etc, etc as you want!


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    bigpinkelephant
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    MYOB wrote: »
    Its only 45 minutes from Tallaght to Maynooth if you go N7 to Kill, L2007 to Straffan and R406 to Maynooth, at 5:30pm... it is, however, significantly longer - about 30km. Fuel consumptions much the same as you're constantly rolling though.

    You've also not mentioned going through Newcastle & Celbridge, which also avoids the N4 entirely, but can be a bad choice at times (Celbridge sometimes backlogs).

    Theres about ten distinct ways to get from Tallaght to Maynooth, avoiding then N4 entirely, the N7 entirely, etc, etc as you want!


    I have tried through Newcastle as well. It seems to be that whatever way I go I will get caught at either Newland's Cross for the N7, or the N4!!!

    I might try going through Straffan maybe but that means Newland's Cross.


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    L1011
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    N81, ORR, N7, L2007, R406 - no Newlands but you've got the N81 to deal with then...


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    bazzer
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    bigpinkelephant wrote: »
    I might try going through Straffan maybe but that means Newland's Cross.

    Have you tried going through Brookfield/Jobstown? It'll bring you on to the main Citywest Road and from there onto the N7.

    Or continue westbound along the N81 and link up with the Outer Ring Road (I understand that section is now fully open).


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