Time: 2 hr 30 min
Total Distance (Km): 242
| Travel (Km) |
and then |
road to take | total (Km) | ||||
| 0.0 | Start out on Swords Road | Uncl. | 0.0 | ||||
| 0.82 | At roundabout take the 2nd exit (signposted Way Out, Hotels) | Uncl. | 0.82 | ||||
| 0.55 | At Airport Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the M1 SPUR (signposted Dublin, Belfast M1) | M1 | 1.37 | ||||
| 0.82 | At roundabout take the 2nd exit, then join the M1 motorway (signposted Dublin) | M1 | 2.19 | ||||
| 1.9 | Leave the M1 at junction 1 (Junction with M50) then take left-hand lanes, then join the M50 motorway (signposted Other Routes, Southbound) | M50 | 4.09 | ||||
| 9.91 | At Junction 6 continue forward onto the M50 toll motorway (signposted Southbound - Toll) | M50 | 14.0 | ||||
| 3.06 | M50 Toll (eFlow-Barrier-Free Tolling System) | M50 | 17.06 | ||||
| 5.37 | Leave the M50 at junction 9 then take right-hand lanes, then merge onto the N7 (signposted Limerick) | N7 | 22.43 | ||||
| 5.19 | At Junction 3 continue forward onto Naas Road - N7 (signposted Limerick, The South) | N7 | 27.62 | ||||
| 16.03 | At Junction 9 continue forward onto the M7 motorway (signposted Limerick) | M7 | 43.65 | ||||
| 58.95 | At Junction 18 continue forward onto the M7 toll motorway (signposted Limerick) | M7 | 102.6 | ||||
| 3.92 | Portlaoise Main Toll Plaza |
M7 | 106.52 | ||||
| 94.36 | At Junction 28 continue forward onto the M7 motorway to bypass Limerick | M7 | 200.88 | ||||
| 8.91 | At Junction 30 (Rosbrien Interchange) continue forward onto the N18 Limerick South Ring Road (signposted Shannon, Galway) | N18 | 209.79 | ||||
| 3.67 | At Junction 2 continue forward onto the N18 - toll (signposted Galway) | N18 | 213.46 | ||||
| 1.85 | Limerick Tunnel |
N18 | 215.31 | ||||
| 1.68 | N18 Toll Plaza |
N18 | 216.99 | ||||
| 9.72 | Bunratty Castle (on right) |
N18 | 226.71 | ||||
| 4.83 | At Junction 9 (Shannon Airport) continue forward onto M18 Motorway (signposted Galway) |
M18 | 231.54 | ||||
| 8.32 | Leave the M18 at junction 11, then at Dromoland West roundabout take the 4th exit, then merge onto the R471 | M18 | 239.86 | ||||
| 0.56 | At Dromoland East roundabout take the 1st exit onto the L3148 (signposted Quin) | M18 | 240.40 | ||||
| 1.6 | Continue forward for approx. 1.6km until you reach a 90 degree right-hand bend in the road, take the small road to the left (signposted Castlefergus Riding School), then drive 100 metres to 2 pillars in front of you (with a 'Private Property' sign), drive straight through them and 300 metres up the fenced avenue to the very end to finish at Ballyhannon Castle, Quin, Co. Clare | L3148 | 242 | ||||