The R286 road is a
regional road in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It is largely a loop road from the
N16 linking
Sligo and north
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...
.
[
In Sligo, the road passes ]Sligo University Hospital
Sligo University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Shligigh) is an acute general hospital in Sligo, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Sligo County Hospital which was buil ...
on The Mall.[ Leaving Sligo, the road goes east via Hazelwood, St. Angela's College and Colgagh Lough before reaching the north shore of ]Lough Gill
Lough Gill () is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
Location and environment
Lough ...
and entering County Leitrim. The road passes Parke's Castle
Parke's Castle (also known as Newtown Castle and O'Rourke's CastleTom Condit, Gabriel Cooney, Claire Foley and Colm Donnelly, ''Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 62: Parke's Castle, Co. Leitrim'', p. 1–2. ''Archaeology Ireland'', Dublin, ...
before turning northeast to end at the N16.[ The R286 is long.][
]
See also
*Roads in Ireland
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from tr ...
References
Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland
Roads in County Sligo
Roads in County Leitrim
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