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Lock Co. Leitrim

Kilclare Middle Lock

Lock 10, the middle step of the Kilclare flight, closed for winter maintenance from 2 November 2026.

  • Open now · closes 20:00
  • Smart Card lock

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Lock times

Open now · closes 20:00 Self-operated with a Smart Card

Today – Sat, 31 Oct 09:00–20:00
Sun, 1 Nov 09:00–17:35
Mon, 2 Nov – Thu, 5 Nov Closed until Tue 2 Feb 2027

Notice: Closed for maintenance from 2 November 2026 for about three months: Waterways Ireland closes the waterway between Lock 8 and Lock 10 and has not given a reopening date (Marine Notice 112/2026), so check the marine notices before a February trip. Otherwise: self-operated with a Waterways Ireland Smart Card (1 unit a lock) at the console beside the lock. Waterways Ireland patroller for the Kilclare area: +353 87 260 3663. Lifejackets must be worn at the lock (Marine Notice 35/2026).

Times are worked out on this device and change with the season: check the notice. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices

Source of the times · Times checked 23 Oct 2026

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About Kilclare Middle Lock

Kilclare Middle Lock sits between the other two chambers of the flight, about 5 km from Leitrim village. Waterways Ireland closes the stretch from lock 8 at Castlefore down to this lock from 2 November 2026 for about three months; the work covers clearing debris, servicing the sluices and gates and repairing the lock masonry, all ahead of the 2027 season. Outside that closure it works like every other lock on the line, from a console with a Smart Card during the published hours, and the Kilclare area patroller answers on +353 87 260 3663. With its two neighbours it raises boats from the canal level to the summit, the highest stretch of the waterway.

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  • Kilclare ≈ 1.1 km · 2 locks · ≈ 55 min
  • Newbrook Lock ≈ 1.5 km · 2 locks · ≈ 1 h Open now · closes 20:00
  • Drumduff Lock ≈ 1.9 km · 3 locks · ≈ 1 h 30 min Open now · closes 20:00

≈ 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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