Cycling from Ballymote in Sligo first to the Neolithic sites of the caves off Kaesh and Carrowkeel in the Bricklieve Mountains before overnighting in Boyle. Next day on to the Iron Age sites at Rathcroghan (very quiet roads following the hill ridges across bog & forest) before turning to head to the Shannon after which I followed the Royal Canal to Mullingar. Continued following the canal the following morning although the surfaced track vanished after Maynooth so had to switch to the roads at Lexlip for the final return to Dublin.

242km, 1100m of ascent

One of the reasons I started cycle touring in order to visit neolithic sites in Ireland and to visit them at a speed that I thought was more in keeping whit the way that the people who built them would have travelled between them. I've a playlist with a few of these on it now in terms of Ireland, Scotland and Anglesey in Wales which you can view at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRcr37Lk8e4UhtLQs4PBGpFIM7IQ4Ozf4

Today we are getting the train to start off with from Dublin to Ballymote . And then from Ballymote we are doing a very short trip to the Caves of Kesh. After visiting the caves I'm then going to go on to the megalithic complex at Carrowkeel . And then I go on to Boyle where I spend the night and the next day I get up and I cycle to Rathcronghan where I'm visiting two places, one is the4 cave of the Cats and main Iron Age fort at Rathcronghan.

And then after those visits are done I then set out on what turns out to be a very very long cycle back towards Dublin, I've a hotel booked in Mullingar. So I'll bring you through that but most of this cycle happens along the Royal canal.

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Video of this trip at https://youtu.be/ewcqtsEzVxw