Maynooth
Irish name: Maigh Nuad
The university town the canal was rerouted to reach, with Duke's Harbour in the centre, the official start of the greenway and the castle of the earls of Kildare.
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Maynooth Harbour (Duke's Harbour)
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The town's canal harbour on the north side of the canal, opposite the railway station, beside a playground and a slipway.
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About Maynooth
Maynooth is on the canal because the Duke of Leinster paid towards the works and insisted that his town be served. The result is Duke's Harbour, a roughly triangular basin on the north side of the canal opposite the railway station, with a big playground, paid parking and a Waterways Ireland slipway; it is popular with anglers and is the official starting point of the Royal Canal Greenway. The historic Mullen Bridge, with lime-mortar joints more than 200 years old, crosses the canal in the town. On the way from Leixlip, old boatmen believed the 13th lock at Deey Bridge was haunted. Ashore, Maynooth Castle, seat of the FitzGerald earls of Kildare, has an exhibition in its keep, the town has plenty of places to eat, and the Glenroyal Hotel and Carton House can both be reached from the canal.
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Maynooth Castle
Early 13th-century stronghold of the FitzGerald earls of Kildare in the town centre, with an exhibition in the keep on the castle and the family.
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Royal Canal Greenway
Ireland's longest greenway starts officially at Maynooth Harbour and follows the towpath about 130 km to Clondra, flat and traffic-free.
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Services
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Carton House
Five-star hotel and golf resort in the former Leinster family estate on the edge of town, reachable from the canal.
cartonhouse.com (opens another website)Glenroyal Hotel
Four-star hotel with a leisure club, reached directly from the canal.
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Neighbours by water
- Kilcock
- Leixlip (Louisa Bridge)
- Ferns Lock (17th Lock) By arrangement
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- Clonsilla & the Deep Sinking
- 12th Lock, Castleknock By arrangement
- Enfield
≈ 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
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Other sources · Not known “Duke's Harbour, Maynooth” by Laurel Lodged · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Mullen Bridge, Maynooth” by A.-K. D. · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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