Westmeath Way
The Westmeath Way is a long-distance trail in Westmeath. The walk is 62 miles long beginning in Kilbeggan and ending in Athlone.[1] It is typically completed in two days.[2]
The route is designated as a 'National Waymarked Trail' by the National Trails Office and is managed by the local council and by the Westmeath Way Committee.[3] The trail forms part of the Dublin-Galway Greenway cycle route.
Starting at Kilbeggan, the trail follows the River Brosna for approximately four and a half miles and the crosses countryside to the village of Ballinagore.[4] From Ballinagore the route travels on to reach the shores of Lough Ennell at the townland of Lilliput (whose name Jonathan Swift borrowed for Gulliver's Travels.[5]
The trails follows tracks and roads around the lough, via Dysart village, before reaching Bellmount Bridge where it follows the Royal Canal to Mullingar with a rail-trail over the disused Mullingar-Athlone rail line to Athlone.[1][5]
Outside links
- Westmeath Way on IrishTrails (Irish Sports Council)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Kenny wants national strategy for walks and trails': Eoghan McDermott in The Irish Times 18 October 2015
- ↑ Westmeath Way on IrishTrails (Irish Sports Council)
- ↑ National Trails Office 2010, p. 47.
- ↑ "Westmeath Way". Midland Regional Authority. http://www.midlands.ie/Index.php?Id=638. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Westmeath Way on Discover Ireland