The Royal Canal Greenway is a greenway, in

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, which will become part of the western section of

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EV2, and the

Dublin-Galway Greenway The Dublin-Galway Greenway is a partially completed 'coast-to-coast' greenway and partial rail trail, in Ireland, funded by the Department of Transport, which is due to become the western section of EuroVelo EV2, a cycle route from Galway, Ire ...

. Since its official opening in , it is the longest greenway in Ireland. It spans from

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County Kildare to Longford and Cloondara, County Longford passing through counties Meath and

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The greenway uses the routes of former towpaths of the Royal Canal. The route makes up most of the older

Royal Canal Way The Royal Canal ( ga, An Chanáil Ríoga) is a canal originally built for freight and passenger transportation from Dublin to Longford in Ireland. It is one of two canals from Dublin to the River Shannon and was built in direct competition ...

which links

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to Longford and Cloondara along the Royal Canal. The official "starting" point for the Greenway is at

harbour, 28 km from the Eastern end of the Greenway; but works are either in planning, under construction or completed along the entire length of the Royal Canal Way. Cloondara_-_Lock_45_-_20200912080953

Development

The development of the greenway, by

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with the local authorities along the route, was supported by government departments for

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and

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* Dublin-Galway Greenway Tourism in County Kildare Tourism in County Meath Tourism in County Westmeath Tourism in County Longford Long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland {{Kildare-geo-stub

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