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242  IRELAND REGION B Y REGION

Exploring the Midlands Omagh
Aughnacloy
Drogheda is the obvious base from which to explore Blackwater
the Boyne Valley and neighbouring monastic sites, such
as Monasterboice. Trim and Mullingar, to the Enniskillen Middletown
southwest, are less convenient but make Blacklion Armagh
pleasanter places in which to stay. The northern Sligo MONAGHAN
counties of Monaghan, Cavan and Longford are Mullan Rosslea Clontibret Garnagh Newtownhamilton
quiet backwaters with a patchwork of lakes that Dowra Swalinbar Clones
attract many anglers. To the south, Offaly and Laois Iron Mountains Derrynacreeve MONAGHAN Newry
Ballybay
are dominated by dark expanses of bog, though there Belturbet Rockcorry Muckno Castleblayney Killeen Rostrevor
is a cluster of sights around the attractive Georgian town Cootehill Lake Drumbilla Forest Park
Slieve Foye
of Birr. For a break by the sea, head for the picturesque DRUMLANE Annalee CARLINGFORD Carlingford Lough
village of Carlingford on the Cooley Peninsula. Lough
Oughter Stradone Shercock DUNDALK
Cavan Carrickmacross Dundalk
Bellananagh Bailieborough Louth Bay
Erne CA VAN Castlebellingham
Arvagh Kingscourt LOUTH
Lough Ballyjamesduff Ardee
Gowna Nobber Dunleer
Sligo Kilcogy Virginia
Lough Lough Ramor MONASTERBOICE
Newtown Granard Sheelin Oldcastle Collon
Forbes OLD MELLIFONT Clogherhead
Shannon Longford Castle- FORE KELLS Blackwater SLANE ABBEY DROGHEDA
Lanesborough Ardagh TULLYNALLY pollard ABBEY Boyne NEWGRANGE AND
CASTLE
Galway LONGFORD Lough Navan Balreath THE BOYNE VALLEY
Deeravaragh Athboy Balbriggan
CORLEA Lough Delvin HILL OF TARA
West doorway of Nuns’ Church at Clonmacnoise TRACKWAY Ballymahon Owel Dublin
Royal Canal
Lecarrow TRIM MEA TH
MULLINGAR Ashbourne
Lough Ballymore Ballivor Laracor
Ree WESTME A TH
Key Lough Belvedere Kinnegad Enfield Dunboyne
Ennell
House
Motorway ATHLONE Moate Rochfortbridge Kilcock Dublin
Major road
Galway KILBEGGAN Carbury
Secondary road Lucan
CLONMACNOISE Edenderry
Minor road TULLAMORE DEW
Scenic route Ferbane HERITAGE CENTRE Tullamore
Main railway OFF AL Y
Clonfert Grand Canal Grand Canal
Minor railway Cloghan Killeigh
International border Shannon Banagher Portarlington Dublin
County border Kilcormac Monasterevin
Summit BIRR Mountmellick EMO COURT
SLIEVE BLOOM
Kinnitty
Arderin Portlaoise ROCK OF
527m MOUNTAINS DUNAMASE
Getting Around Shinrone Mountrath Stradbally Athy Dublin
Borris
In the Midlands, there is an extensive network Roscrea in Ossory LAOIS
of roads and rail lines fanning out across the Abbeyleix Ballylynan Barrow
country from Dublin. As a result, getting around Thurles
on public transport is easier than in most other Moneygall Newtown
areas. The Dublin–Belfast railway serves Limerick Durrow Carlow
Dundalk and Drogheda, while Mullingar and Kilkenny
Longford town lie on the Dublin–Sligo route.
The railway and M7 road between Dublin and Cashel Enniscorthy
Limerick give good access to Laois and Offaly.
For additional map symbols see back flap
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Date 17th October 2012
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