The R755 road is a regional road in

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. It runs for its entire length in County Wicklow. From the village of

Kilmacanogue Kilmacanogue () is a village in north County Wicklow, Ireland. Location and transport The village lies on the junction of the R755 road to Roundwood and the N11 road, southeast of Bray town centre. It lies between the Little Sugar Loaf t ...

on the N11

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it goes north/south for to the town of Rathdrum.

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From the N11 it goes west through the ''Rocky Valley'' and then turns south and rises sharply at the foot of the Sugar Loaf Mountain and crosses the ''Calary Bog'' to a junction with the eastern end of the ''Sally Gap'' road ( R759) north of

Roundwood Roundwood, historically known as Tóchar ( ga, an Tóchar , meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was listed as having a population of 948 in the 2016 census. Geography Roundwood is located where the R755 roa ...

village. It continues south through Roundwood and the hamlet of

Annamoe Annamoe () is a village located on the Avonmore river in County Wicklow, Ireland about south of Dublin. It is on the R755 road (at the junction with the R763) between Roundwood and Laragh on the road to Glendalough. The small stone humpbac ...

to Laragh where it meets the

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and the Wicklow Gap Road. From Laragh it follows the Avonmore River for through dense conifer forests and

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woods before terminating in the town of Rathdrum at a junction with the R752. Like the other main regional roads in the

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, the R115, R759, R756, R752 and R747 this road passes through some wonderful scenery.

References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006
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