Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road (Ireland), N3 road that links Dublin ( ...
Shannon–Erne Waterway
The Shannon–Erne Waterway () is a canal linking the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland. Managed by Waterways Ireland, the canal is in length, has sixteen locks and runs from Leitrim village in ...
.
From the R198, the road goes north to
Killeshandra
Killeshandra or Killashandra () is a small town or village and civil parish in County Cavan, Ireland. It is located west of Cavan Town. Killeshandra town has a long record of participation in the National Tidy Towns competition and has won ...
. Leaving Killeshandra, the road passes Town Lough before turning west. Entering County Leitrim the road passes through
Newtowngore
Newtowngore or Newtown Gore, known before the Plantations of Ireland as Ducarrick (), is a village on the R199 regional road in the south-east of County Leitrim. The village is in the north of the parish of Carrigallen.
History Early history ...
. The road then crosses the Ballinamore Canal (a section of the Shannon–Erne Waterway) and passes the eastern shore of
Garadice Lough
Garadice Lough (), also known as Garadice Lake or Lough Garadice, is a freshwater lake in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is located in the south of the county and now forms part of the Shannon–Erne Waterway.
Geography
Garadice Lough is located ...
. Passing near to Drumlonan Lough the R199 later ends in
Ballinamore
Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in the south-east of County Leitrim in Ireland.
Etymology
, corrupted ''Bellanamore'', means "town at the mouth of the big ford", so named because it was a main crossing (ford) o ...
, joining the R202. The R199 is long.
See also
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Roads in Ireland
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from ...