Town Co. Offaly

Tullamore

Irish name: Tulach Mhór

Offaly’s county town and the canal’s main inland centre, with a walled 200-year-old harbour, the navigation inspector’s office and the Tullamore Dew distillery.

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Tullamore spur-line moorings

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About this mooring

Max. stay: Up to 5 days at one public mooring with a Combined Mooring and Passage permit

Hard-edged moorings along the short spur line to the old harbour, close to the town centre.

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Permit needed: up to 5 days at one public mooring

Every boat on the canals and the Barrow needs a Waterways Ireland permit on display. The yearly Combined Mooring and Passage permit allows up to 5 days at any one public mooring; visiting boats can get a free 31-day permit once a year. Permits from Waterways Ireland

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Itineraries that stop here: The Grand Canal: Dublin to the Shannon
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About Tullamore

The canal reached Tullamore in 1798 and turned it into a busy market and distilling town; it became the county town in 1835. The 200-year-old harbour on a short spur off the main line is still Waterways Ireland’s depot and is hidden behind high walls, but a masterplan drawn up with Offaly County Council would move the depot to a site 1 km east of town and open the basin to the public. The depot’s slipway is open to the public only in office hours, and the Grand Canal’s assistant inspector of navigation is based on Harbour Street (+353 87 286 5726). Visiting boats tie up on the hard-edged spur-line moorings under the five-day rule. The town has shops, cafés, many pubs and a railway station. Tullamore D.E.W.’s distillery at Clonminch runs guided tours all year, and the oak woods of Charleville Castle lie on the edge of town.

Things to do 3

Attraction
Tullamore D.E.W. Distillery

Guided tours of the modern distillery at Clonminch, about seven minutes by car from the centre: stills, warehouse, tastings; book ahead.
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Heritage
Charleville Castle and woods

A Gothic-revival castle of 1798 in ancient oak woods on the edge of town; castle tours are paused for works, so check before you go.
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Walk
Towpath to Ballycowan Castle

Walk or cycle the Grand Canal Way about 4 km west to the ruins of Ballycowan Castle, a fortified house of 1589, or 2 km east to Boland’s Lock, a rounded lock-keeper’s house at the 26th Lock.

Services

Slipway
At the Waterways Ireland depot; public access in office hours only.

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Neighbours by water

Rahan ≈ 9.8 km · ≈ 2 h
Daingean ≈ 14 km · ≈ 3 h
Pollagh ≈ 16 km · ≈ 3 h 15 min

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Belmont Lock ≈ 31 km · ≈ 6 h 15 min Next opening 07:27 (in 4 h 05 min)
Edenderry ≈ 34 km · ≈ 6 h 45 min
Shannon Harbour ≈ 36 km · 1 lock · ≈ 7 h 30 min

≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices