Cloondara and the Royal Canal: harbour heritage
See the Royal Canal as a working historic waterway as well as a greenway. Cloondara and Richmond Harbour provide a strong historical starting point for a walk or cycle chosen using official route information.
Make the outing your own.
Explore the places, history and local connections along the way.
- Towns & villages · North-west Longford
Cloondara & Richmond Harbour ↗
Discover Richmond Harbour and the canal’s western terminus.
Historic Richmond Harbour and the Royal Canal’s meeting with the Shannon. - Places & outdoors · Across southern County Longford
Royal Canal Greenway ↗
Choose a signed walking or cycling section using the official greenway guide.
Longford’s canal towpath passes old locks, bridges, harbours and bogland. - Places & outdoors · Cloondara to Abbeyshrule
National Famine Way through Longford ↗
See how the towpath also interprets the journey of famine-era emigrants.
A commemorative canal walk following the route of 1,490 emigrants in 1847. - Towns & villages · West Longford
Killashee ↗
Optional separate canal-side locality for locks and bridges; check your travel arrangements.
A canal village where lock gates, cut-stone bridges and a lock keeper’s house survive.
Getting between places
The National Famine Way and Royal Canal Greenway share sections; follow their official maps and distinguish them from this collection.