Anyone ever cycle The Táin Trail?

dermur

Passed through a village called Fore at the weekend and discovered this cycle trail...



Looks like a great excuse to get out and tackle a 585km ride (according to the link below). Logistics might be a bit of a problem since it's probably a three day job!

http://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/the-tain-cycling-trail/10529

mal1

Never realised the Tain Trail was so long. I've only ever cycled the bit around the Cooley Pennisula and I thought that was the guts of the trial.

Straatvark

I'm very interrested to cycle this trail. Can someone maybe confirm if this is statement is true for the entire route: "The trail is fully signposted with distinctive Brown Bull finger post signs" on http://www.longford.ie/longford_content.aspx?id=264&linkidentifier=id&itemid=264 ? I know the signs exist around Drogeda.


This is also nice information:
http://orieltrail.com/?p=225

petethedrummer

Straatvark wrote: »

I'm very interrested to cycle this trail. Can someone maybe confirm if this is statement is true for the entire route:

I know they exist on the Cooley Peninsula. Over Christmas I did a drive around the area to check the signs went where I thought and it seems well sign posted. The only confusing bit might be in Carlingford where they have added 3 or 4 new walking loops which go in different directions from the Tain trail itself. Though they are white signposts.

I never got round to cycling it.

ThisRegard

Straatvark wrote: »

"The trail is fully signposted with distinctive Brown Bull finger post signs" on http://www.longford.ie/longford_content.aspx?id=264&linkidentifier=id&itemid=264 ? I know the signs exist around Drogeda.


This is also nice information:
http://orieltrail.com/?p=225

I've seen them in Longford and always wondered what it was, I've also seen signs saying "Tain Trail" too.

feck sake lads

probably the worst signed trail on the planet you might come across one in drogheda but try and find the next one same in the coolies i think its around 350 miles in lenght but it goes round in circles all over the bloody place.:(

dnme

Is it all off road? if so, is it tarmac or gravel?

feck sake lads

i have no idea but theres the tain trail which i think is on road and then theres the tain way, god knows what that is:rolleyes:

petethedrummer

dnme wrote: »

Is it all off road? if so, is it tarmac or gravel?

Cooley Peninsula bit has both on and off road sections. Don't know about the rest.

feck sake lads

when i was heading towards enniskillen last year i seen a sigh for the tain trail i just laughted to myself these signs pop up willie nillie all over the place.mystery tour :D

Straatvark

brilliant, seems a Edge 800 is a requirement

dermur

Any part of the trail that I've seen in Westmeath is all on "normal" road and signposted pretty well.

Would be nice to have a gpx file of the entire route for the ol' garmin.