The Royal Canal can now compete with the best routes in the country writes Domhnall O’Donoghue. For the past three years, I’ve been calling the Royal Canal home. In fact, when it came to purchasing my ...

The Royal Canal Greenway, a scenic 80-mile walking and cycling route stretching alongside the historic 225-year-old canal, has officially been launched. The €12 million project co-ordinated by ...

A plan to restore the Royal Canal to its former glory is revealed. The Royal Canal stretches for 90 miles from north of the River Liffey in Dublin to Cloondara in County Longford, where it meets the ...

BOOK OF THE DAY: Irelands Royal Canal 1789–2009By Ruth Delany and Ian Bath, The Lilliput Press 336pp, €30 SOME YEARS ago, we had breakfast on the M50, between the two busy carriageways. As we tucked ...

The route turns “a 225-year-old engineering marvel” into “a respite for the modern age” An aerial photo of the Royal Canal Greenway in Co Meath The Royal Canal Greenway at Maynooth, Co Kildare The ...

How do you make a river run uphill? Make a canal. I’m Dad-splaining. Again. We’re spending a few days exploring the newly waymarked Royal Canal Greenway, a 130km trail taking in four counties, 90 ...

Dublin City Council is seeking planning permission to narrow the Royal Canal at three stretches between Cross Guns Bridge and Ashtown village in Dublin’s north inner city. The council wants to ...

Dublin City Council has officially opened phase three of the Royal Canal Greenway. The new 2.1 kilometre stretch runs from North Strand to Phibsborough, creating a continuous 3.2 kilometre walking and ...

For more than 300 years, the town of Sète in southern France has hosted its legendary Saint-Louis tournament, where jousters battle on the waters of the Royal Canal. Perched two metres above the water ...