Final Route Plan

It is less than a month to go before the start of the 4 Provinces. To date we have raised €12,000 for Sunshine Children’s Home\Laura Lynn House!!! Thank you all.

Here is the final route plan with some estimated arrival times. You should note that because we have 40 cars\62 people in four groups the times are approximate.

Friday 16th September – Depart Sunshine Children’s Home 9.15am. We will take the M50 northbound to J9 and then the N7 to Naas. We will then go via Naas, Killcullen, Castledermot, Carlow, Bagnelstown, Kilkenny, Callan to Clonmel. We hope to arrive around 12.30pm for lunch and collection at the Poppyfields Retail Park (permit pending). We will depart Clonmel at 2.30pm and over the mountains via Kilmahon to Dungarvan. We then slightly double back on ourselves to go via Grange, Youghal, Killmartin to arrive in Cobh for late afternoon where there will be a collection. We are staying at the Bella Vista

Saturday 17th September – depart Cobh 9.15 and head for Cork. We skirt Cork to the north on the N20 and go via Rathduff, Mallow, Buttevant, Charleville, Banogue and Croom and avoiding the motorway via Patrickswell and Raheen we skirt Limerick to the west on the Dock Road. We then head for the Shannon Tunnel on the N18 and continue north via Gort and Ardrahan into Galway for mid-afternoon for a collection in Eyre Square – finishing at 5.30pm We Stay at the Connemara Coast Hotel

Sunday 18th September – Depart Connemara Coast at 9.15am. We will take the coat road R336 via Spiddal, Maam and Lenane where we turn onto the N59 for Westport. At Westport we take the N5 to Castlebar where will stop over the lunch period for a collection at Tesco. An afternoon departure takes us north on to the R310 via Pontoon and Knockmore into Ballina. From Ballina we will take the N59 via Skreen and Dromard to Sligo. We then will take the N15 northbound via Bundoran to Ballyshannon where we will be staying at the Creevy Point Hotel.

Monday 19th September – Depart Ballyshannon at 9.15am and continue to head north on the N15 via Donegal, Ballybofey, Castlefin and we cross the border from Lifford into Strabane. We then turn south on the A5 via Sion Mills and Omagh and cross the border again at Auchnacloy. We then will continue south via Emyvale and on to Monaghan Town for our last collection between 12.30-2.30pm. We continue south via Ardee and Slane taking the M2 from Ashbourne. We then take the M50 south arriving late afternoon back at the Sunshine Children’s Home, Leopardstown.

Some changes from earlier posts mostly due to time constraints:-

Friday - Route amended via Youhgal instead of Mitchelstown, Watergrass Hill & Fermoy

Saturday – No stop at Ennis

Sunday – Route amended via Spiddal instead of Oughterard

Monday - No visit to Enniskillen

You are free to join on us, especially with your classic, on any part of the route but if you intend to stay overnight you will have to book your own accommodation

If you see us en-route – MAKE SOME NOISE!

Remember Sunshine Children’s Home receives no state funding and every donation makes a difference.