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The M50 motorway (Irish: Mótarbhealach M50) is a C-shaped orbital motorway in Dublin and the busiest motorway in Ireland.The current route was built in various sections over the course of 27 years, from 1983 to 2010.
Dingle Glen is located approximately 13 kilometres to the south of Dublin city centre in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown between the populated centres of Carrickmines and Kilternan. The 550-metre [ 2 ] length of the glen serves as a natural boundary between the three neighbouring townlands of (a) Glenamuck South, (b) Tiknick and (c ...
The R560 road is a regional road in Ireland.It is a road on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. [1] [2] The road forms part of the Wild Atlantic Way.[3]The R560 travels southwest from the N86 near Camp via Connor Pass between the Brandon and central Dingle mountain groups.
Until 1977, classified roads in the Republic of Ireland were designated with one of two prefixes: "T" for Trunk Roads and "L" for Link Roads.The Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act authorised the designation of roads as National roads: in 1977, twenty-five National Primary roads (N1-N25) and thirty-three National Secondary roads (N51-N83) were initially designated under Statutory ...
The 456-metre (1,496 ft)-high pass on the Dingle Peninsula links Dingle, in the south-west, with Brandon Bay and Castlegregory in the north-east. The scenic road leading to the pass weaves its way around the sharp cliff faces and past high corrie lakes. [4]
This allows traffic to flow freely from Dublin Port on motorway/dual-carriageway standard road to the Hillsborough Roundabout, located south of Lisburn. A 120 km/h (75 mph) speed limit applies on most of the M1, the exception being a 100 km/h (62 mph) limit between Junction 1 and Junction 2 at Dublin Airport.
The motorway was officially completed and opened to traffic on 18 December 2009, and was the first city-to-city direct major inter-urban route to be completed in Ireland. The M6 and M4, which form the Galway–Dublin route, consist of a grade-separated 2+2 dual carriageway road with a top speed limit of 120 km/h. At approximately 144 km (90 mi ...
The most noted tournament in which Dingle competes is the Kerry Senior Football Championship. [25] [26] Rugbaí Chorca Dhuibhne, the local rugby team, and Dingle Bay Rovers F.C. are also based in the area. The yearly Dingle Marathon started in 2009, when John Griffin, a former winner of the Dublin Marathon, won the race at 50 years old.