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 River Shannon and was built in direct competition to the Grand Canal.- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Ireland
- Also known as: “An Chanail Rioga” and “ローヤル運河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Croke Park and Drumcondra railway station.
Croke Park
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballybough and Drumcondra.
Drumcondra
Suburb
Drumcondra is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.
Royal Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=canal
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “ロイヤル運河”
- Norwegian: “Royal Canal”
- Polish: “Royal Canal”
- Swedish: “Royal Canal”
- Tamil: “ராயல் வாய்க்கால்”
- Urdu: “رائل کینال”
- Welsh: “Camlas Royal”
- “Royal Canal”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nally Square and Mountjoy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sherrard Court and Portland Place Park.
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