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All public roads which are not motorways, national roads or regional roads are local roads: "a public road, other than a national road or a regional road, shall be a local road". [23] Local roads vary greatly in quality, from wide urban streets to very narrow, rural lanes, known as boreens in Ireland. There are three types of Local road: Local ...
The first name listed is the commonest English name, and links to the relevant article. Alternative names are listed in parentheses. If the official name used in census reports is not the linked name, it is in italics. Only the name of the municipality is given, not that of any suburban areas (e.g. Tallaght is not named separately from Dublin). [2]
National Roads Network as of 2018 (note that the M17 north of the M6 is incorrectly marked as M18) In Ireland, the highest category of road is a motorway (mótarbhealach, plural: mótarbhealaí), indicated by the prefix M followed by a one- or two-digit number (the number of the national route of which each motorway forms a part).
L4202 local road sign. A local road (Irish: Bóthar Áitiúil) in the Republic of Ireland is a public road not classified as a national primary road, national secondary road, or regional road but nevertheless forming a link in the national network of roads. Local roads are numbered with four- or five-digit route numbers, prefixed by "L" (for ...
The Irish-language names of counties in the Republic of Ireland are prescribed by ministerial order, which in the case of three newer counties, omits the word contae (county). [2] Irish names form the basis for all English-language county names except Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow, which are of Norse origin.
R105. 3, 5, 13. Dublin Rd (between Sutton Cross and Kilbarrack Road, the Howth Road is known as Dublin Road), Harbour Rd. Fairview, Collins Ave E, Sybil Hill Rd / Brookwood Ave, Main St / Station Rd (both Raheny), James Larkin Rd, Kilbarrack Rd, Greenfield Road / Station Rd (both Sutton, Dublin) Kildare Street. Sráid Chill Dara. 1756. Coote St.
In 1831, the Board of Public Works (Ireland) was set up. It had a wide range of public duties including the building of roads and bridges. The Irish Board of Public Works took over the grants scheme for newly built roads in 1832 and by 1848 was responsible for the administration of 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) of roads.
The Republic of Ireland's transport sector is responsible for 21% of the state's greenhouse gas emissions. [1] In Northern Ireland, the road network and railways are in state ownership. The Department for Infrastructure is responsible for these and other areas (such as water services). Two of the three main airports in Northern Ireland are ...