Templeogue to Leinster House route

Dandelion6

Can anyone advise the best route to cycle from Templeogue College to Leinster House? I don't know the southside at all and the DTO site says it can't find a route for me.

Will be going in during morning rush hour ... prefer as few right turns as possible :eek:

thanks

Dandelion6

Dandelion6 wrote: »

Can anyone advise the best route to cycle from Templeogue College to Leinster House? I don't know the southside at all and the DTO site says it can't find a route for me.

Will be going in during morning rush hour ... prefer as few right turns as possible :eek:

thanks

Leinster House eh?

Can't comment for all the route but I've always enjoyed the bit from Terenure into town as detailed here, although the roads in Rathmines are a pile of crap these days. But there's a buslane/cycle lane almost all of the way in. There's a right turn at the Bleeding Horse but it's usually quite easy to get into the right lane, either at stopped traffic or before.

Note this route brings you straight onto St. Stephen's Green - I used to walk the bit which brought you head first onto ongoing traffic at the Luas stop there, but rejoin traffic at the lights. Lots of people cycle this bit though.

Another option for you might be going over the Harold's Cross bridge but I've never enjoyed going over it, especially when trying to turn right at Leonard's Corner after.

Why not print out a map and just try out different routes to see what suits you? That's what I do.

mockler007

0.00Start out on Lakelands Park
N81
0.11Turn left onto Templeogue Road - N81 0.69
At traffic signals bear right onto Terenure Place - N81
0.79
At traffic signals turn left onto Terenure Road North - N81
1.82
At traffic signals continue forward onto Harold's Crossroad - N81
2.75
At war memorial bear right onto Harold's Crossroad - N81
2.75Harold's Cross R111
3.09
Junction 57, at traffic signals turn right onto Grove Road - R111 (signposted N11)
3.85
Junction 56, at traffic signals continue forward onto Canal Road - R111 (signposted N1, N11)
4.14
Junction 55, at traffic signals continue forward onto Grand Parade - R111 (signposted N1, N11)
N11
4.65
Junction 54, at traffic signals turn left onto Lower Leeson Street - N11 (signposted City Centre)
4.76
At Junction 45 continue forward onto Lower Leeson Street - N11
5.21
At Junction 13 turn right onto Saint Stephen's Green - N11
5.75
At Junction 11 turn right onto Dawson Street - N11
5.89Mansion House 6.13
At Junction 8 turn right onto Nassau Street - N11 (signposted The North N1, N2, N3)
6.36Turn right onto Kildare Street - N11 6.68Arrive on Kildare Street



if thats too hard go to aarouteplanner and the map will show you, its very basic, and if thats to hard get the bus;)

Doctor Bob

DTO JP suggests this:



I used Fortfield Road as your origin. Templeogue Road to Harold's Cross Road would join this route at the park in Harold's Cross.

If it were me, I'd prefer Dónal's suggestion.

If you're looking for a more traffic calmed route, say so and I'll have another look. Rathmines/Ranelagh used to be my part of town, so I know the back roads pretty well.

BeerNut

This used to be my commute, more or less. It depends on which side of Leinster House you're going to. When I parked on the Leinster Lawn side I followed mockler007's route, except pulling a pedestrian u-turn at the north-east corner of the Green, down Merrion Row and left onto Merrion Street. I always hated Leeson Street at both ends.

Mostly, though, I parked in the National Library because it was sheltered. That meant turning off the canal at Portobello, right at the Bleeding Horse, down Harcourt Street, Stephen's Green West, Dawson Street and Molesworth Street.

Harold's Crossroad

Every time I see this on Google Maps I have an image of someone in the mapping office seeing "Harolds Cross Road" and helpfully correcting it.

Dandelion6

Thanks for the info everyone. I can go to either side of LH, whichever is easier to get to. I'm only doing this once though so it's not a matter of trying out different routes to see which I prefer!

SerialComplaint

Dandelion6 wrote: »

Can anyone advise the best route to cycle from Templeogue College to Leinster House?s

Well, first you need to join up your local branch of one of the political parties. Avoid FF or the Greens if you are keen to get to Leinster House within the next decade. Work in the local branch, and see about getting nominated to run for the local council at the next elections....

ednwireland

Those td wage cuts must be biting hard

seamus

Dandelion6 wrote: »

Thanks for the info everyone. I can go to either side of LH, whichever is easier to get to. I'm only doing this once though so it's not a matter of trying out different routes to see which I prefer!

In that case, for the ease of navigation I'd go with Dónal's route. The Harold's X route has more "churn" of the traffic in it and the roads are worse.