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Commons Loop
A-B. From the car park, turn left and follow the green (and blue and red) arrows along the road to a T-junction where you turn left. The blue and red arrows are for the longer Slieve Foye Loop and Barnavave Loop. Entering the village ‘square’ turn right and ascend to the main junction where you proceed staright on to the right of Savages Victuallers. Continue to follow the green, blue and red arrows (and the yellow arrows which are for the long-distance Tain Way) as the loop takes you to the top of River Road. The blue and red loops turn right here - but you proceed straight ahead and join a stony laneway.
B-C. Follow the laneway as it zig-zags uphill for 500m to join a wide green roadway. Here you rejoin the Tain Way (yellow arrows) and the Slieve Foye Loop (blue arrows) and turn left. Follow the grassy roadway downhill for 300m to reach a wooden gate - pass through it and follow the arrows to the left. The loop now sweeps downhill and right and, after 500m, joins a surfaced roadway. Here you rejoin the Barnavave Loop and turn left and downhill.
C-A. Continue to follow the green, red, blue and yellow arrows as the loop takes you down to the Parish Church on the outskirts of the village, and then turns left and back to the village square. It’s only 100m from there to the trailhead.
Direction : The M1 is the motorway connecting the cities of Dublin and Belfast. Leave the M1 at Junction 18 – and join the R173 in the direction of Ballymascanlan and Carlingford. After 15km watch as the R173 turns (signposted Carlingford) – a further 3km takes you to the village. The Tourist Office is in the main car park on your left.
Additional Information
- Trailhead: Tourist Office Carpark, Carlingford, Co Louth
- Distance: 4km / 1hr – 1hr30mins
- Ascent: 250m / 200m
- Terrain: Minor roads, laneways, hillside tracks.
- Grade: Moderate - Average levels of fitness
- Minimum Gear: Trekking shoes, raingear, fluid and mobile phone.
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Details
Address: Cooley Peninsula Tourist Office, Old Dispensary, Carlingford, Co. Louth
Email: info@carlingford.ie
Phone: +353 42 9373033
Website: http://www.carlingford.ie
