Favourite Motorway

paddy978

I know the aim of motorways but what motorways do you genuinely like driving on. I like the M7 as there seems to be a lot of life on it with the Curragh and Kildare Village visible but I really do hate the M6.

coylemj

paddy978 wrote: »

I know the aim of motorways but what motorways do you genuinely like driving on. I like the M7 as there seems to be a lot of life on it with the Curragh and Kildare Village visible but I really do hate the M6.

+1 M6 from Kinnegad to Athlone is the most boring stretch of motorway in the country, flat featureless bog, very hard to stay awake. I have to turn the heating down and the radio up to keep myself from nodding off.

Run_to_da_hills

My favourite part of motorway is the section leading on to the Cherrywood turn off because I know I am near home.

SeanW

My favourite is the M4, just wish it was longer. And not tolled.

CIE

paddy978 wrote: »

I know the aim of motorways but what motorways do you genuinely like driving on. I like the M7 as there seems to be a lot of life on it with the Curragh and Kildare Village visible but I really do hate the M6.

M50. Most honest motorway in the country.

spank_inferno

N11 / M11

Nice and scenic.

Think of a very frosty morning, driving northbound through the Glen of the Downs, the thousands of trees climbing above you all blanketed in silver.

Or southbound at Coynes Cross where it climbs allowing a lovely view across fields, then the sea, across to Wicklow Harbour & Wicklow Head.

Losty Dublin

I always had a grá for the old M 7/9 (not the newer extension) and the M 1 north from Monasterboice to Dundalk. I always feel that the older motorway's were better built, designed and laid out on compared to the newer sections.

Aidan1

always feel that the older motorway's were better built, designed and laid out

I'm not sure about that - they do however tend to have far more advanced greenery on them for obvious reasons, which makes them more interesting to drive.

Best: M8 from Junction 8-15. Takes you through the mountains, down into the civilised surrounds of the Blackwater valley. Good contrast of different types of scenery, and a real sense of making progress. The very end of the M8 is good too - particularly at night, given that you drop down through these steep, wooded, very rural curves, and pop out into the lights of the harbour area.

Worst: The 'middle bit' of the M6, as previously mentioned. Flat, boring, and at the end of it you end up at either Kinnegad or Athlone.

corktina

i think the M8 is hot....:rolleyes: hubba hubba

Lennoxschips

Downhill on the Glanmire bypass all the way.

It's like the Spa F1 circuit.

n97 mini

I obviously see things differently. Having a favourite motorway is like having a favourite cardboard box, or favourite pencil. If I want anything other than boredom I go the old road.

bigar

I drove to Galway from Dublin and was amazed at what a nice stretch of motorway the M6 is. It almost felt as not driving in Ireland at all.
OK, it is boring, but most motorways are.

Armada

There are a couple of really nice sections of the M7 where the road rises and falls off in long gradual bends like a Nascar circuit. Love flooring it through those sections.

One is near Nenagh, the other is closer to Dublin, I think it is near Monasterevin.

Funny thing about Motorways is that alot of kids have never heard of a great deal of commuter towns as they never go through them anymore!

positron

Losty Dublin wrote: »

... and the M 1 north from Monasterboice to Dundalk.

+1. The view is just stunning.

runway16

The M8 is a big roide in parts....also N/M11.

amacachi

positron wrote: »

+1. The view is just stunning.

Cresting the hill just North of the Monasterboice junction on a properly clear day is fantastic.

Cookie_Monster

M50 if I'm in the right mood, it's like a racetrack, cars everywhere

**Timbuk2**

amacachi wrote: »

Cresting the hill just North of the Monasterboice junction on a properly clear day is fantastic.

Not technically a motorway, but coming from Newry towards Dundalk on the N1 has fantastic views of Dundalk!

antoobrien

Has to be M6 between Galway & Ballinasloe. Nice mix of woodland, bogs and rockface from where they blasted (if you look closely you can see the bore marks from where they drilled to place the explosives).

ongarboy

I enjoy the view going westbound on the M7 just before Nenagh. There's a lovely rather steep descent with great views of the landscape in the far horizon.

Bear in mind with the newer m-ways as well, the verges look quite barren and exposed because they haven't time for trees/shrubbery/greenery to mature. I imagine in a dozen or so years, the aesthetics will improve.

ardmacha

Not technically a motorway, but coming from Newry towards Dundalk on the N1 has fantastic views of Dundalk!

I prefer the northbound view, around junction 18 (Ballymascanlon) with the ring of Gullion to your left and the Carlingford mountains to your right.

It was magnificent, last December in the snow.

Chris_5339762

M8 Glanmire bypass going southbound, nearly home and its lovely and windy and even is a rush at 100kmh.

M6 Galway - Ballinasloe. Easily the highest specced motorway in the country - smoothest surface by a mile, like an airport runway. Built with D3m in mind from the not-yet-built junction 18 through to Galway.

N11 from Glen of the Downs south to the M part. Really hilly and windy. Great fun to drive.


Most hated:

M7 from Portlaoise to the M7/8 split. Absolutely awful surface.

parsi

Armada wrote: »

Funny thing about Motorways is that alot of kids have never heard of a great deal of commuter towns as they never go through them anymore!

If the motorway being Cork and Limerick ever goes ahead then the kids won't miss not knowing about Charleville, Buttevant, Ballyhea, Mallow or New Twopothouse.

vicwatson

I love the one that runs from Donegal to Wexford across the midlands and the one from Belfast to Kerry across the midlands, they are the best.

n97 mini

bigar wrote: »

I drove to Galway from Dublin and was amazed at what a nice stretch of motorway the M6 is. It almost felt as not driving in Ireland at all.

I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion as half of the M6 is through bog!

highlydebased

I don't mind the M18 at all, and the N18 after Gort is quite an alright road too- aside from Clarinbridge on a Friday...

Flukey

Any motorway with no highway robbery, eh... extortion, ehh... tolls!

-Corkie-

M8 would be my favourite. I detest the M6 its a horrible road..