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Cork to Carlow

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  • 20-12-2008 11:31am
    #1
    Maximus82
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭


    Anyone know whats the best route to take when travelling from Cork to Carlow and how long it takes?
    Thanks.


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    Tom10
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    Well I know that the Carlow - Cahir - Cork route takes about an hour and a half depending on traffic, Carlow - Waterford - Cork takes about the same really because the road from carlow to waterford is absolutely cat, no overtaking on it at all, not that the carlow to cahir road is any better but there's dual carrage way's most of the way from cahir to cork so you can floor it,


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    patrickc
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    it takes approx 2 and a half hours , maybe 2 if traffic is light, i always go carlow, cahir , cork myself.

    1 hour approx to clonmel, 15 mins to cahir to join motorway and then an hour to an hour an a quarter to jack lynch tunnel from there.


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    byhookorbycrook
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    Tom10 wrote: »
    Well I know that the Carlow - Cahir - Cork route takes about an hour and a half depending on traffic, Carlow - Waterford - Cork takes about the same really because the road from carlow to waterford is absolutely cat, no overtaking on it at all, not that the carlow to cahir road is any better but there's dual carrage way's most of the way from cahir to cork so you can floor it,
    an hour and a half???NOT possible, about 2.5 hrs, there is also a toll to bypass Fermoy.


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    bottletops
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    just did it today!!

    Going down:
    Carlow - Castlecomer - ballyragget - Durrow - Cork (2hrs)

    Coming back
    Cork - Abbeyleix - Carlow (2:15)

    You can also go Carlow - Kilkenny - Cashel - Cork but I hate that road

    Waterford is just a joke with traffic + new motorway to Mitchelstown from Cullahill is brilliant!!!


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    aynon
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    Carlow - Kilkenny - Cashel - Cork road....shudder to think doing that road....god, i dont think they updated that road since my granfathers day....as a child....


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    byhookorbycrook
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    Cashel to Mitchelstown is a new road.


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    aynon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭aynon


    is that the one that open last month?


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    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,883 ✭✭✭patrickc


    aynon wrote: »
    is that the one that open last month?

    yes it is, i did carlow-cahir-mitchelstown in 1hr 45 today, and coming back went mitchelstown-new motorway to near abbeyleix and then carlow, that took 1hr 30mins.


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    aynon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭aynon


    ah right, havent journeyed that for a few weeks now, must go if its going to take as long as it does to dublin now....havent been to cobh for ages....
    love cobh


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