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Royal Canal

The Royal Canal is a canal originally built for freight and passenger transportation from Dublin to Longford in Ireland. It is one of two canals from Dublin to the and was built in direct competition to the .
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Wikipedia
Photo: Silverblaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Canal
  • Description: canal in Ireland
  • Also known as: “An Chanail Rioga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Croke Park and Drumcondra railway station.

Stadium
Photo: Hetch, Public domain.
is a Gaelic games stadium in , Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Railway station
Photo: Karsini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drumcondra is a railway station on the Dublin Connolly to and to commuter services. Almost all Sligo and Longford to Dublin services stop at Drumcondra.

College
is a private college, located in Dublin city centre. Founded in 1983, it provides training in Computing, Business, English Language, University Foundation Programmes and Healthcare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballybough and Drumcondra.

Suburb
Photo: BallyboughDublin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an inner city district of northeast city, . Adjacent areas include the and Clonliffe.

Suburb
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of , Ireland. It is administered by Dublin City Council. The and the Royal Canal flow through the area.

Suburb
Photo: RustyTheDog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled Phibsboro, is a mixed commercial and residential neighbourhood on the Northside of , . The Bradogue River crosses the area in a culvert, and the Royal Canal passes through its northern reaches, notably at Cross Guns Bridge.

Royal Canal

Latitude
53.36099° or 53° 21′ 40″ north
Longitude
-6.25754° or 6° 15′ 27″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9C5M9P6R+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 314594591
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­canal
Geo­Names ID
2961656
Wiki­data ID
Q1542268
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Royal Canal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القناة الملكية”
  • Basque: “Royal Canal”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Canal”
  • Danish: “Royal Canal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القناه الملكيه”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Kanalo”
  • Finnish: “Royal Canal”
  • French: “Royal Canal”
  • German: “Royal Canal”
  • Irish: “An Chanáil Ríoga”
  • Italian: “Royal Canal”
  • Japanese: “ローヤル運河”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル運河”
  • Norwegian: “Royal Canal”
  • Swedish: “Royal Canal”
  • Tamil: “ராயல் வாய்க்கால்”
  • Urdu: “رائل کینال”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Royal”
  • “Royal Canal”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sherrard Court and Portland Place Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Royal Canal”. Photo: Silverblaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.