The N10 road is a

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, connecting Kilkenny to the M9

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route. It consists of a route from northeast of Kilkenny, a ring road around the city, and a route southeast of the city.

Route

, the route leaves the M9 at junction 8, proceeding westwards to the outskirts of Kilkenny, where it meets the ''Kilkenny Ring Road'' at a roundabout. The newest section of the ring road (opened in 2008) leaves the roundabout northwards as the N77 to Durrow. The N10 continues along the ring road around the southeast side of the city. At a roundabout junction with the N76 to Clonmel it leaves the ring heading southwards through Stoneyford and

Knocktopher Knocktopher (historically ''Knocktofer'' and ''Knocktover''; ) is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford to the north, and Ballyhale to the south. It was formerly situated on ...

. Just north of

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, the N10 rejoins the M9 at junction 9.

2008 Upgrade

In 2008 construction on the M9 section between Powerscourt and

replaced the old N9 road. The motorway links to the N10 at two locations, as the original N9 route did. However, the M9 passes further west, closer to Kilkenny, thus more than halving the length of the original N10 route. A new greenfield N10 route section was built from near Dunbell (about west of Kilkenny city centre), running northwest and meeting the ''Kilkenny Ring Road'' further north than the original connection. The original N10 has been downgraded to the R712 road. The southern N10 section was made considerably shorter following the upgrade which now terminates at junction 9 near

Danesfort Danesfort () is a small rural area in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny). It is also the name of a civil parish in County Kilkenny. The local area consists of one pr ...

(about south of Kilkenny). The remaining section of the original N10 has been downgraded to the R713 road.

References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006
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N9 – N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Road Scheme
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Kilkenny County Council
and Kildare National Roads Design Office. {{coord missing, County Kilkenny 10 Roads in County Kilkenny

Route

2008 Upgrade

See also

References