best route from Limerick to Avoca in Co Wicklow

banjobongo · 10-09-2014 10:36am #1

I will be driving up today from Limerick to Avoca, any ideas on the best route from Limerick to Avoca in Co Wicklow? Via Dublin, with all the traffic, or through the likes of Carlow or Kilkenny?

Special Circumstances · 10-09-2014 10:55am

If you can avoid peak traffic times, go the main roads rather than cross country.
Take a break somewhere and take it easy. Nothing worse than tearing your hair out behind a convoy of 20 cars on a cattletrack when you need to get somewhere (N20 style).
The N11 has a poor reputation (or maybe I imagined that) but still better than the N20 in my experience.

finbarrk · 10-09-2014 11:25am

AA Routefinder suggests that the motorway is the best way. about 3 hours it says.
http://www.theaa.ie/routes/#

con___manx1 · 10-09-2014 11:30am

Special Circumstances wrote: »

If you can avoid peak traffic times, go the main roads rather than cross country.
Take a break somewhere and take it easy. Nothing worse than tearing your hair out behind a convoy of 20 cars on a cattletrack when you need to get somewhere (N20 style).
The N11 has a poor reputation (or maybe I imagined that) but still better than the N20 in my experience.

There is major road works going on the n11 at the moment .

hmmm · 10-09-2014 11:35am

As long as you avoid the M50/N11 at rush hour, you'll have no delays on the motorway. The backroads around Avoca are all very pretty, but if you get stuck behind someone you're goosed.

db · 10-09-2014 11:38am

2 hours 44 minutes going either Newbridge - Kilcullen - Glendalouogh or Portlaoise - Carlow according to Google maps.

banjobongo · 10-09-2014 11:54am

ok thanks guys.
I was initially planning on leaving Limerick around 3pm and going via Dublin but that would mean hitting rush hour so I think I will leaeve now and go via DUblin so hopefully will miss the worst of the traffic around DUblin;
cheers!

Special Circumstances · 10-09-2014 12:07pm

con___manx1 wrote: »

There is major road works going on the n11 at the moment .

Ugh, that changes things so. Been a while since I did that trip.

bazz26 · 10-09-2014 3:33pm

Major road works at Newland's Cross in Dublin too, major delays there daily.

best route from Limerick to Avoca in Co Wicklow

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