Directions From Arklow To Galway

admiralofthefleet

Hi lads,
could anyone help me with the best route from arklow to galway this sunday coming?

thanks a mil

LXFlyer

Surely N11-M11-M50-N4-M4-M6?

SeanW

Yeah, that's pretty much your only (sensible) option.

lottpaul

lxflyer wrote: »

Surely N11-M11-M50-N4-M4-M6?

Definitely the only route - 3+ hours at most

admiralofthefleet

thanks lads, i was thinking that route but was wondering if there was a route through the midlands

Losty Dublin

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

thanks lads, i was thinking that route but was wondering if there was a route through the midlands

Last time I checked, the M 4/M 6 still indeed go through the midlands

If you mean is there a cross country route from Arklow avoiding the M 50 then that means cutting across the Wicklow mountains via Glendalough. Eventually, this will take you only as far as Hollywood or Blessington and then back to the M 50 or via Naas. If anything it's longer, less direct, slower, hillier and worse roads.

Carawaystick

Back before the M6/4/50 was built I used to go
Arklow-Aughrim-Tinahealy-Hacketstown-Carlow-Swan-Spink-Abbeyleix-Ballycolla-Borris-Roscrea-Birr-Riverstown-Portumna-Loughrea-Galway

On a very good day I may have done it in 3:15, but speed limits have been reduced on most of the way since. The Motorway via Dublin is the only way now, unless sightseeing