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Sligo to Ballina, commutable?

  • 19-10-2014 01:36PM
    #1
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Just looking on Google and it has a 60km, 53 min drive from Sligo to Ballina.

    Is this accurate?

    There doesn't seem to be any bottlenecks on the journey so would this be commutable?


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  • #2
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,271 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    no bottlenecks as such no, but it's a pox of a road. travel time is accurate.


  • #3
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Just looking on Google and it has a 60km, 53 min drive from Sligo to Ballina.

    Is this accurate?

    There doesn't seem to be any bottlenecks on the journey so would this be commutable?
    No problem at all


  • #4
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    it's a pox of a road.
    generally hilly


  • #5
    Ghekko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Ghekko


    From sligo town to ballina takes about 45 mins.


  • #6
    rizzodun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭rizzodun


    I work with someone who does this commute daily but from Ballina to Sligo, definitely doable, but she says she won't enjoy the winter too much.


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  • #7
    drdidlittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 401 ✭✭drdidlittle


    Very doable. Doing it for a few years even through the bad winters a few years back. Road is generally gritted during frosty weather but ive seen some very bad crashes on it over the years and came across some fatal ones. Some mad overtaking and cameravans to watch out for too


  • #8
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    That's great, thanks everyone.


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