Grand Canal in Ireland

20 August 2021 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Grand Canal Dock in Dublin © Giuseppe Milo/cc-by-3.0

Grand Canal Dock in Dublin © Giuseppe Milo/cc-by-3.0

The Grand Canal (Irish: An Chanáil Mhór) is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin’s inner city. Its sister canal on the Northside of Dublin is the Royal Canal. The last working cargo barge passed through the Grand Canal in 1960.   read more…

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