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Travel Guide Ireland Connaught Cycle routes

Cycling in Connaught

With currently 82 cycle routes all around Connaught there are plenty of options for outdoor enthusiasts. In total 65 bike rides and 17 mountain biking trails are waiting to be explored. We know it’s hard to pick one, so here’s an overview of some of the best cycle routes around Connaught.
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Bike Riding · Galway
Cycle Leenane to Westport
Top moderate
46.6 km
3:45 h
296 m
262 m

Circle the head of Killary Fjord then wind through deserted glens, alongside loughs and over the Sheeffry Pass as you make your way to the ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Mayo
Cycle Westport to Cong
Top moderate
56.6 km
4:15 h
408 m
414 m

Leaving behind the lively streets of Westport you spend today cris-crossing over stonewalled farmland and rolling hills towards the little village ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Galway
Cycle Clifden to Leenane
Top moderate
67.4 km
4:45 h
331 m
313 m

Begin this morning by retracing the first few km’s of yesterday’s cycle to Cleggan before following the rugged Atlantic coastline and loughs to ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Galway
Inishbofin Island Loop Ride
Top easy
54.2 km
4:15 h
253 m
256 m

Follow a quiet section of the Wild Atlantic Way to the small coastal village of Cleggan where you catch a 30min ferry crossing to the tiny island ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Mayo
The Great Western Greenway
moderate
42.3 km
2:53 h
102 m
93 m

A cycle along the Great Western Greenway from Achill to Westport.

from Tommy Vaughan,   Community
Bike Riding · Dublin
An Slí Mór (Turoe Stone Variant)
Map / An Slí Mór (Turoe Stone Variant)
moderate
231.1 km
58:00 h
548 m
563 m

Cycle route approximating An Slí Mór (The Great Way), an ancient route from Dublin to Clarinbridge along An Eiscir Riada (a gravel ridge through ...

from Éamonn Flood,   Community
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Bike Riding · Galway
Cycle Leenane to Westport
Top moderate
46.6 km
3:45 h
296 m
262 m

Circle the head of Killary Fjord then wind through deserted glens, alongside loughs and over the Sheeffry Pass as you make your way to the ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Mayo
Cycle Westport to Cong
Top moderate
56.6 km
4:15 h
408 m
414 m

Leaving behind the lively streets of Westport you spend today cris-crossing over stonewalled farmland and rolling hills towards the little village ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Galway
Cycle Clifden to Leenane
Top moderate
67.4 km
4:45 h
331 m
313 m

Begin this morning by retracing the first few km’s of yesterday’s cycle to Cleggan before following the rugged Atlantic coastline and loughs to ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Galway
Inishbofin Island Loop Ride
Top easy
54.2 km
4:15 h
253 m
256 m

Follow a quiet section of the Wild Atlantic Way to the small coastal village of Cleggan where you catch a 30min ferry crossing to the tiny island ...

from Macs Adventure Ltd,   Macs Adventure Ltd
Bike Riding · Mayo
The Great Western Greenway
moderate
42.3 km
2:53 h
102 m
93 m

A cycle along the Great Western Greenway from Achill to Westport.

from Tommy Vaughan,   Community
Bike Riding · Dublin
An Slí Mór (Turoe Stone Variant)
Map / An Slí Mór (Turoe Stone Variant)
moderate
231.1 km
58:00 h
548 m
563 m

Cycle route approximating An Slí Mór (The Great Way), an ancient route from Dublin to Clarinbridge along An Eiscir Riada (a gravel ridge through ...

from Éamonn Flood,   Community
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An Slí Mór (Clonfert Bog and Turoe Stone)

Cycle route approximating An Slí Mór (The Great Way), an ancient route from Dublin to Clarinbridge along An Eiscir Riada (a gravel ridge through the midland bogs left by glaciation). Route is based on the maps contained in the book A Road on the Long Ridge by Hermann Geissel (http://crsbooks.net).

An Slí Mór

Cycle route approximating An Slí Mór (The Great Way), an ancient route from Dublin to Clarinbridge along An Eiscir Riada (a gravel ridge through the midland bogs left by glaciation). Route is based on the maps contained in the book A Road on the Long Ridge by Hermann Geissel (http://crsbooks.net).

Dublin - Galway Cycle

Clondalkin to Galway via Clonmacnoise on (hopefully) quiet roads.

Breifne Way Cycle

Breifne Cycle Way Ballygar, Creggs, Glinsk, Ballymoe, Ballinlough, Loughglinn, Moyne, Ballaghaderreen. Monasteraden, Castlebaldwin, Ballyfarnon, Keadew, Leitrim.

Day 4: Option 2

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Day 4: Option 1

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Ireland Basic

Route (under construction) for a cycle trip to Ireland in Summer 2016.

Portumna Forest Park - Red Trail

Great small little trail that is actually 10.3km and not 6.3km as my satnav says.

CAC E-Bike lake loop

Loop of Lough Macnean Corralea-Glenfarne-Blacklion-Belcoo-Corralea

Battlebridge Dumshanbo return

Two bikes and a collie by the Lough Allen Canal

Pontoon 75

Pontoon 75

Windy Gap 41

Windy Gap 41

sleive aughty 100 km

gravel route.

Achill Cycling Loop Southside

Achill Cycling Loop Southside

Pontoon North 75

Pontoon North 75

Achill Island Cycling Loop

Achill Island Cycling Loop

Malin to Sligo, 27 Jul 2020 13:03:25

Malin to Sligo coastal route

mountshannon gravel loop

a 30 mile gravel loop

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Travel Guide Ireland Connaught Cycle routes