The N72 road is a national secondary road in

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that runs east-west from its junction with the N25 near

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to the N70 in Killorglin in

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. The road passes through Lismore – Fermoy ( M8) – Mallow ( N20) – Rathmore – Killarney ( N22) – Killorglin. The N72 is 165.923 km long.

Route

Like most national secondary roads, the N72 is mainly a single carriageway two-lane road. Some stretches are narrow with sharp bends. The N72 begins in

at the N25 near

. Travelling west from there to

Cappoquin Cappoquin, also spelt Cappaquin or Capaquin (), is a town in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is on the Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 national secondary road and the R669 regional road. It is positioned on a sharp 90-degree be ...

the road is single carriageway. From Cappoquin to Lismore the road is of good quality, with hard shoulders and a good surface. Past Lismore the road is of poorer quality, travelling via Tallowbridge and Fermoy to Mallow in

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. Some sections between Fermoy and Mallow are narrow with sharp bends and few hard shoulders. The section from Mallow to the R579 junction (

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) has hard shoulders. After the R579 junction, this section of the N72 has no hard shoulders until it joins the N22 in

, east of Killarney. Further west, after bypassing Killarney, the N72 leaves the N22 again, becoming part of the Ring of Kerry route to Killorglin, where the road terminates at the N70. When the N72 leaves the N22, it reaches its roundabout with the N71 which goes to Kenmare.

Proposed upgrades

Funding of €2.4 million has been secured in 2011 for realignment of a particularly accident-prone stretch of the N72. Funding secured to upgrade lethal section of N72
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References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006
– Department of Transport Image:N72roadCastletownrocheCork.JPG, N72 entering Castletownroche from the east Image:N72Flood.jpeg, Floods on the N72 near

Killavullen Killavullen () is a village on the river Munster Blackwater, Blackwater, in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is located just south of the N72 road, N72 national secondary road, road, between Mallow, County Cork, Mallow and ...

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Route

Proposed upgrades

See also

References