Galway to Gorey, Co Wicklow - best route?

ErnieBert

I need to get to Gorey at the weekend. What is my best route? I looked at the map and am still confused. Will I take the easy option of M6/M4 Motorway to Dublin and then down the M50 towards Bray and beyond?

Or should I go cross county via some place like Tullamore?


Thanks in advance.

smithwicks

Use the motorways pain in the ass through tullamore. You will do it stress free in about 3 hrs 15

desaparecidos

Gorey in Wicklow?

Good look with finding that.

amandaf675

Gorey is WEXFORD thank you very much

And Motor ways are the best bet

paulgalway

Have gone to Rathdum, wicklow which is same general area.

Having tried both Tullamore and the M6/M4 routes, I would definately take the latter.

mitsuko045

Going to assume you mean Gorey in Wexford.
M6/m4 would be an easier & probably faster drive than going off at Tullamore to go down to Wexford.

Also sticking to the motorway means you won't be going through towns. Much nicer

ErnieBert

Whooops. Yes, I meant Wexford.

carmex21

Would second and third the other Motorway suggestions. Esp at the weekend when you can get stuck in the 'shopping' traffic around the smaller towns.

Unless you happen to prefer a cross country Irish Town adventure! Would be kinda like using the old Galway Dublin route instead of the Motorway - a trip down memory lane:)

apoeiguq3094y

Galway-> Portumna-> Birr-> Roscrea->-Portlaoise->Carlow->Gorey

http://goo.gl/maps/cRxN (google maps says there's a toll on the M6 but you turn off before it)

The M50 can be nasty with traffic and if the road works are still going in athlone i'd avoid it. If you don't mind secondary roads its not too bad. I'd know that route as I travel a lot of it fairly often, so if you're not used to any of it at all it might be easier to go the motorway.

dafunk

I took the above cross country route the last time I went that way and it took forever due to the traffic in the small towns, ended up taking five and a half hours, would defo take the motorway, I reckon it'd be much quicker, about three and a half hours.

stevecrow74

it depends on time of day.. used to travel cross country to Courtown (just past Gorey) and it would take about 3 hrs at best.. and that was after getting to know the roads well going the motor way can be done quicker (but there is less places to stop if you need to :eek:) but if you get stuck in traffic either way you could be looking at a 4 hour journey

apoeiguq3094y

I find going that far on the motorway to be a bit boring and monotonous. I usually endup saying to myself - "Maybe I could set the cruise control 1mph faster - surely I'm still within the +- error on the clock" After I've said this every 5 minutes i end up going at 140+ and I'm going to end up with points. Much prefer the midlands where I have options for stopping for fuel or a cup o tea.

If its just a one off trip, OP is probably better taking the motorway. Or at least N roads through tullamore. If its something you will be doing a few times, you might as well get to know the midlands.

Meteoric

Speaking as someone who has been living in Gorey for the past 6+ years but is from Galway and go back frequently, I pretty much always take the motorway now. It's dual carriageway from Galway to Gorey apart from the stretch between Jack Whites and the Beehive on the N11. Before they finished the N4/N6 I used to do the cross country route, used to take 3.5 to 4 hours if you don't get stuck, on the motorway it's just over 3 hours depending on traffic.
If you will hit Dublin rushhour traffic or will be trying to head down the M/N11 on Friday evening go cross country but otherwise I advise motorway.

Edit: Galway-> Portumna-> Birr-> Roscrea->-Abbyleix->Carlow->Gorey is the cross country route I take, the road to Abbyleix is classified lower than the one to Portlaoise is not much worse in my opinion and you save on going up to come down again, it is possible to get horribly lost in a few places like Carlow I found first few times I did it

apoeiguq3094y

Meteoric wrote: »

Edit: Galway-> Portumna-> Birr-> Roscrea->-Abbyleix->Carlow->Gorey is the cross country route I take, the road to Abbyleix is classified lower than the one to Portlaoise is not much worse in my opinion and you save on going up to come down again, it is possible to get horribly lost in a few places like Carlow I found first few times I did it

Whats that road from abbeyleix to the swan and on to carlow like? Similar to Mountrath to abbeyleix? I go from galway to abbeyleix to a mechanic the odd time, but never any further EAST.

Google also says 3 hours via M50, and you would do very well to beat that across the midlands (i.e drive like a lunatic), but I seem to attract traffic jams and road works when I go near dublin perhaps they sense my culchieness.

biko

Hehe

lottpaul

Definitely motorway 100% and if you can avoid the south end of the M50 from between 4 and 6 pm you'll avoid anu traffic hold ups too.
The traffic will also slow coming up to the Beehive-Tap single carriageway section at around the same times too, but other than that you won't get held up anywhere and can "admire" the countryside from a distance instead of having to slog your way through it like many of us did for years and years and .......

The Real B-man

M6/M4/M11/N11 No time at all and theres going to feck all traffic on a Saturday compared to weekly commuting.