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  Cruise Ireland - boating holidays and River Shannon cruises
Cruise Ireland with the biggest choice of cruiser boats, penichette barges, and narrowboats on the River Shannon, the Shannon-Erne Waterway and the Royal Canal.
Traditional canal narrowboats are available from two bases in Ireland.
Cruise the Royal Canal from our base near Dublin Airport or the Shannon-Erne waterway from our base near Ballinamore.
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  Encyclopedia: Royal Canal of Ireland
The Royal Canal is a canal originally built for freight transportation from the River Liffey at Dublin to the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland.
Mullingar (Irish: An Muileann gCearr - The Crooked Mill) is the administrative centre of County Westmeath, Ireland and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath.
Longford (An Longfort in Irish) is the county town of County Longford in the Midlands of Ireland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal-Canal-of-Ireland   (478 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Ireland
Ireland’s only land border is with Northern Ireland, a province of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to the northeast.
The principal rivers of Ireland are the Erne and the Shannon, the longest river in the British Isles.
Many of Ireland’s rivers, including the Liffey and Boyne in the east and the Lee in the southwest, are relatively short, draining mountains and hills near the sea.
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 World Almanac for Kids
The E coast of Ireland is comparatively regular and has few deep indentations; the W coast is fringed by drowned or submerged valleys, steep cliffs, and hundreds of small islands torn from the mainland mass by the powerful forces of the Atlantic.
The counties in Ireland are: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Laoighis), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow, in Leinster Province; Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary North Riding, Tipperary South Riding, and Waterford, in Munster Province; Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo, in Connaught (Connacht) Province; and Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan, in Ulster Province.
Nearly the entire Celtic population of Ireland and the majority of the inhabitants of the Pale remained Roman Catholic, and the Anglican church served as a political instrument for the English rulers in Dublin Castle.
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 The Royal Canal Way - Ireland Walking Guide
The Royal Canal Way is an excellent way to make your way from the midlands to Dublin.
The Royal Canal was closed in 1960, and the towpath and the channel both became overgrown.
However, walking the Royal Canal Way is possible already either as a long distance walk or as a series of short walks.
www.12travel.ie /ie/walking/The_Royal_Canal_Way.html   (159 words)

  
 Rivers of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main river in Ireland is the River Shannon, 386 km (240 mi), the longest river in either Britain or Ireland, which separates the boggy midlands of Ireland from the West of Ireland.
The power of the Vikings never recovered, and they reduced to the level of a minor clan, however often playing pivotal parts in the endless power struggles of the next few centuries.
Canals were built in the 19th Century connecting the River Shannon to Dublin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rivers_of_Ireland   (270 words)

  
 The Royal Canal in County Kildare, Ireland
The Royal was fourteen years behind the Grand in making the link between Dublin and the Shannon in the early 19th century; it never carried the same volume of traffic; and it had effectively ceased to be used as a commercial waterway in 1951 while there was still some level of traffic on the Grand.
The Royal’s strongest asset in modern times is the fact that the development of North Kildare and West Dublin has put it centre stage as an amenity and environmental asset for the thousands of new residents of the commuter belt.
The Royal Canal runs for ninety miles from the River Liffey at Dublin’s North Wall to the Shannon at Clondra in Co. Longford.
kildare.ie /touristguide/ThingsToDo/Canals/the-royal-canal/index.asp   (400 words)

  
 Royal Canal of Ireland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Royal Canal is a canal from the (Click link for more info and facts about River Liffey) River Liffey at (Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State) Dublin to the River Shannon in the (Click link for more info and facts about Republic of Ireland) Republic of Ireland.
The canal passes through (Click link for more info and facts about Mullingar) Mullingar and Maynooth and has a spur to (Click link for more info and facts about Longford) Longford.
The other main canal in Ireland is the (An inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south) Grand Canal from Dublin's southside through the Midlands to the River Shannon.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_canal_of_ireland.htm   (258 words)

  
 Walking - The Royal Canal Way - Ireland Travel Information Guide
The Royal Canal Way is an excellent way to make your way from the midlands to Dublin.
The Royal Canal was closed in 1960, and the towpath and the channel both became overgrown.
However, walking the Royal Canal Way is possible already either as a long distance walk or as a series of short walks.
www.12travel.co.uk /ie/walking/The_Royal_Canal_Way.html   (179 words)

  
 Royal Canal of Ireland - Dublin on ForumForUs
Royal Canal of Ireland - Dublin on ForumForUs
he Royal Canal is a canal originally built for freight and passenger transportation from the River Liffey at Dublin to the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland.
The other main canal in Ireland is the Grand Canal from Dublin's southside through the Midlands to the River Shannon.
dublin.forumforus.com /Royal_Canal_of_Ireland   (224 words)

  
 Canals
Canal proponent Elkanah Watson is born in New York.
Susquehanna Canal, and a Delaware and Schuylkill Canal.
Swamp Canal is enlarged to permit the passage of flatboats.
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 Royal Canal - Royal Canal
The Royal Canal was built to rival the Grand Canal.
The Royal Canal was sold in 1845 to the Midland Great Western Railway who wished to build a rail line along its banks.
The canal became the responsibility of Coras Iompair Eireann (C.I.E.), the state national transport company formed in 1944 from the amalgamation of the Dublin United Tramway Company and the Great Southern Railway, the then new owners of the Midland Great Western).
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 Royal Canal - Walk - Inland Waterway Walks - Ireland - IWAI
Walks by the Royal Canal are described in a number of good books and pamphlets.
More information about, and more detailed maps of, the Royal Canal are provided in the Guide to the Royal Canal of Ireland.
At a future date it is intended to publish notes about walks by the Royal Canal that are not included in other publications.
walks.iwai.ie /royal/index.shtml   (354 words)

  
 Royal Canal Court; student accommodation and summer budget self-catering apartments
Royal Canal Court; student accommodation and summer budget self-catering apartments
Welcome to Royal Canal Court, a prestigious apartment development in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
We supply off-campus student accommodation near NUI Maynooth for the academic year and budget self-catering accommodation near Dublin, Meath and Kildare for summer rental.
www.royalcanalcourt.com   (48 words)

  
 House of Anansi Press : titles
Ireland and Jarman's heaving, grieving and obsessive relatives, alive and dead, are [Ireland's Eye's] equal-billing co-stars.
Ireland's Eye is beautiful in equal measures for what is written and for how it is written.
Ireland's Eye is rife with poetic passages the reader will pause to read over or aloud to a loved one.
www.anansi.ca /titles.cfm?pub_id=192   (679 words)

  
 wrgNA - canal restoration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This does mean it is time to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard for those of you who have the technology!) and write a letter of protest to Mr.
The Royal Canal in Ireland crosses by aquaduct over the M50, the toll-collecting motorway that runs adjacent to Dublin; it is highly unlikely this was funded by anyone other than those who collect the tolls.
The July '97 edition of Canal Boat made comment in their Parliamentary News (Pg.12) about the formation of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions being a move perhaps in the right direction.
www.wrgna.mcmail.com /bnrr.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Royal Canal Way, (An Slí Ríoga) - Canal Index
Royal Canal Way, (An Slí Ríoga) - Canal Index
Copyright 1999, Pat Luskin, 3 Coolmine Green, Dublin 15, Ireland.
The sections run from east to west on the main canal route and south to north on the branches.
homepage.eircom.net /~snapz/canal.htm   (94 words)

  
 Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations.
Ireland is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization and a party to the International Convention for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
The new legislation has, by improving enforcement and penalties on both the civil and criminal sides, helped reduce the high levels of software and video piracy in Ireland (however, industry sources estimate that up to 41 percent of PC software used in Ireland is still pirated, indicating that enforcement needs to be accelerated.
www.emich.edu /ict_usa/IRELAND.htm   (2585 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Shannon (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Shannon, principal river of the Republic of Ireland and longest (c.240 mi/390 km) in the British Isles.
It rises near Cuilcagh Mt., NW Co. Cavan, and flows S through the Central Plain into Co. Limerick, where it turns west in a broad estuary (c.70 mi/110 km) to the Atlantic Ocean between Loop Head and Kerry Head.
The river is connected with E Ireland by the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal; large vessels, however, cannot ascend the river above Foynes.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/ShannonR.html   (271 words)

  
 MULLINGAR - Online Information article about MULLINGAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
river Brosna and on the Royal See also:
canal, 50 M. by N. of See also:
It is a junction on the Midland See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOS_NAN/MULLINGAR.html   (349 words)

  
 Houseboat rentals Ireland Royal Canal | canal boat hire | houseboats | yachting | boating
on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and River Barrow, Ireland.
Lowtown Canal Yard, Robertstown, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow River (Welcoming Waterways)
www.europeafloat.com /irea.htm   (117 words)

  
 CNN.com - Arms cache found in Ireland - July 8, 2001
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Police tracking the movements of dissident hardline Irish republican groups have uncovered an arms cache, including mortar bombs and rockets.
The 20 mortars and 20 rockets were located in two separate locations near Athy, County Kildare, one in undergrowth beside Ireland's Royal Canal.
Police also said two assault rifles -- an AK47 and a Chinese-made weapon -- were found, as well as 400 rounds of ammunition, telescopic sights, a first aid kit and camouflage equipment that included combat clothing.
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/08/irish.arms   (321 words)

  
 The Royal Canal Walk, County Westmeath, Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Royal Canal Walk, County Westmeath - County Dublin, Ireland
On the 14th of May, I decided to walk along the banks of the Royal Canal from Mullingar, County Westmeath to Dublin.
Following the well maintained Royal Canal walking path and camping in a small tent along the way.
startpage.ie /gallery/royal-canal-walk/index.aspx   (72 words)

  
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P J G Ransom's Holiday Cruising in Ireland (David and Charles, 1971) provides guidance for navigating the Corrib and Lough Neagh, but it's the only book I have that does so.
It also covers the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, the Royal Canal Amenity Group, the Ulster Waterways Group and the Heritage Boat Association, and provides contact information for the navigation authorities.
A huge amount of work has gone into the preparation of this book and it deserves a place on the shelf of anyone interested in Irish waterways.
www.mike-stevens.co.uk /reviews/cumberlidge2.htm   (367 words)

  
 Canal- and Waterway-Related Organisations
British Waterways (BW) - maintains most of the canal system in the U.K. To report emergencies on their waterways, call 0800 47 999 47.
Note: additional information on specific waterways may also be found on the Specific Canals and Waterways of the British Isles page.
Bridge 19-40 Canal Society - covers the Union Canal (Scotland) between Bridges 19 and 40
www.canals.com /orgs.htm   (614 words)

  
 Hiking in Ireland
"We spent 14 days in Ireland in the summer 2000, the weather was a record of nice sun and heat, and also the weeks before our trip had been dry."
This historic route, a way-marked way from Dublin to Longford, is documented with a large number of photographs.
Journey in the south west Story of an organised trip to Kerry, Ireland (Baobab in the Netherlands).
www.hejoly.demon.nl /countries/ireland.html   (350 words)

  
 Authors-D-to-K   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
J B Dashwood The Thames to Solent by Canal and Sea, 91 pages, Published by Longmans, Green and Co 1868 Account of a voyage in 1867 through the Wey and Arun Junction canal to the sea at Littlehampton shortly before the canal was closed.
Edward Garner The Seven Canals of Derbyshire, ISBN 1 84306 072 8 160 pages, Published by Landmark Publishing 2004 Covers the Cromford, Derby, Erewash and Nutbrook canals and the sections of the Chesterfield, Peak Forest and Trent and Mersey Canals that come within the county.
D Iredale Canal Settlement, Published by Leicester University PhD Thesis on history of community at Barnton, Cheshire, on the Trent and Mersey Canal, in the period 1775-1845.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The top floor of each block has two, 2- or 3-bed penthouse apartments which have an excellent view of the canal and surrounding areas.
The Royal Canal provides an excellent amenity for canoeing (Kilcock in a major centre for canoe polo), taking canal bank walks, or exploring the Royal Canal Way.
It is an ideal base from which to visit historic sites in Meath and Kildare in almost traffic-free surroundings.
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 Royal Canal Court, Youth Hostels Kildare, Ireland Youth Hostels, Midlands, Kildare Youth Hostels
Royal Canal Court, Youth Hostels Kildare, Ireland Youth Hostels, Midlands, Kildare Youth Hostels
Visit the Skellig Michael Island pilgrim path 6th century Monastic Settlement majestically set 10 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean 'But for the majic that takes you out, far out of this time and this world, there is Skellig Michael, ten miles off the Kerry Coast shooting straight up 700ft sheer out of the Atlantic'
Ireland > > Midlands > Kildare > Youth Hostels
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