Dublin to Cork with no motorways?

Same Same

Hi folks,

I'm on a learner permit and going to be driving from Dublin to Cork tomorrow. What do you think is the best route to take since I can't use the motorways?

Cheers

lycan238

Same Same wrote: »

Hi folks,

I'm on a learner permit and going to be driving from Dublin to Cork tomorrow. What do you think is the best route to take since I can't use the motorways?

Cheers

Hi there, where in Cork and where in Dublin?

SimonLynch

Go on AA routeplanner http://www.theaa.ie/routes/ and tick avoid motorways in route options.

Same Same

lycan238 wrote: »

Hi there, where in Cork and where in Dublin?

I guess Dublin city centre to Cork City. I'll have a look an the AA site now thanks!

redarmy1929

Same Same wrote: »

Hi folks,

I'm on a learner permit and going to be driving from Dublin to Cork tomorrow. What do you think is the best route to take since I can't use the motorways?

Cheers

Try google maps, there is an option on get directions to avoid highway and tolls.

twowheelsonly

OP, you'll basically be travelling on the 'old' Dublin road which for long stretches runs pretty well parallel to the Motorway.

Glanmire -Watergrasshill-Rathcormac-Fermoy-Michelstown-Cahir-Cashel-Horse & Jockey-Littleton-Urlingford-Johnstown-Cullahill (You veer away from the Motorway round here) -Durrow-Abbeyleix-Portlaoise (Back in touch with the motorway here)-Ballybrittas-Monasterevin-Kildare-Newbridge-Naas and onto the 'Motorway' then.
If you do get directed onto the motorway at any stage don't panic and just stay on until the next slip road and come off there again. (Some of the signs for the 'next town' can be confusing or can send you on to the motorway)

The biggest laugh about this is that you can come back onto the 'main road' at Naas and legally drive the rest of the way in as it's classified as an N road with a 100km/h limit despite being one of the best stretches of Motorway in the country IMO. Always amazes me that you're coming off a 2 lane motorway onto a 3 lane wide open N road and you have to drop your speed despite being on a better road.

Interestingly, I was on that road during the week the day after being on the Killarney to Kenmare road and believe it or not both roads have the same speed limit. On the Kenmare road it would be an achievement to even reach or exceed 50km/h for most of it.

Crazy country!!

Victor

Note major road works at Newlands Cross, just west of the M50.

Same Same wrote: »

I'm on a learner permit and going to be driving from Dublin to Cork tomorrow. What do you think is the best route to take since I can't use the motorways?

Is it appropriate to be making such a long trip, with presumably limited driving experience?

twowheelsonly wrote: »

OP, you'll basically be travelling on the 'old' Dublin road which for long stretches runs pretty well parallel to the Motorway.

Glanmire -Watergrasshill-Rathcormac-Fermoy-Michelstown-Cahir-Cashel-Horse & Jockey-Littleton-Urlingford-Johnstown-Cullahill (You veer away from the Motorway round here) -Durrow-Abbeyleix-Portlaoise (Back in touch with the motorway here)-Ballybrittas-Monasterevin-Kildare-Newbridge-Naas and onto the 'Motorway' then.
If you do get directed onto the motorway at any stage don't panic and just stay on until the next slip road and come off there again. (Some of the signs for the 'next town' can be confusing or can send you on to the motorway)

Actually, it is much easier to follow the R639 and then the R445 (both slightly memorable numbers).

The biggest laugh about this is that you can come back onto the 'main road' at Naas and legally drive the rest of the way in as it's classified as an N road with a 100km/h limit despite being one of the best stretches of Motorway in the country IMO.

It is not a motorway. There a large numbers of substandard junctions at a much higher frequency than most motorways with field entrances, conventional petrol stations, etc. You can encounter all types of traffic, including pedestrians, cyclists and stopping buses. It is one of the busiest roads in the country and one where there is a disproportionate absence of careful / considerate driving and lane discipline

Always amazes me that you're coming off a 2 lane motorway onto a 3 lane wide open N road and you have to drop your speed despite being on a better road.

It's not a better road. O'Connell Street was also a dual 3-lane dual carriageway. Was that also 'a better road' for doing at 100 km/h?

Interestingly, I was on that road during the week the day after being on the Killarney to Kenmare road and believe it or not both roads have the same speed limit. On the Kenmare road it would be an achievement to even reach or exceed 50km/h for most of it.

Then that speed limit should be decreased.

tuxy

Victor wrote: »

It is not a motorway. There a large numbers of substandard junctions at a much higher frequency than most motorways with field entrances, conventional petrol stations, etc. You can encounter all types of traffic, including pedestrians, cyclists and stopping buses. It is one of the busiest roads in the country and one where there is a disproportionate absence of careful / considerate driving and lane discipline

I agree, it's a much more difficult road to drive on that any motorway in the country. Why is this road deemed by law to be suitable for someone on a learner permit yet a motorway which is substantially easier to navigate is off limits.