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The R755 road is a regional road in
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. It runs for its entire length in
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. From the village of Kilmacanogue on the N11
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it goes north/south for to the town of Rathdrum.


Route

From the N11 it goes west through the ''Rocky Valley'' and then turns south and rises sharply at the foot of the
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and crosses the ''Calary Bog'' to a junction with the eastern end of the ''Sally Gap'' road ( R759) north of
Roundwood Roundwood, historically known as Tóchar ( , meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Roundwood had a population of 907 people. Geography Roundwood is located where the R755 road joins the ...
village. It continues south through Roundwood and the hamlet of
Annamoe Annamoe () is a village located on the Avonmore river in County Wicklow, Ireland about south of Dublin. It is on the R755 road (at the junction with the R763) between Roundwood and Laragh on the road to Glendalough. The small stone humpb ...
to Laragh where it meets the
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and the Wicklow Gap Road. From Laragh it follows the Avonmore River for through dense
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forests and
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woods before terminating in the town of Rathdrum at a junction with the R752. Like the other main regional roads in the
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, the R115, R759, R756, R752 and R747 this road passes through some wonderful scenery.


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 ...
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National primary road A national primary road () is a road classification in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. National primary roads form the major routes between the major urban centres. There are 2649 km of national primary roads. This category of road has the pr ...
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National secondary road A national secondary road () is a category of road in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network but are secondary to the main arterial routes which are classified as national primary roads. Nat ...
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Clara, County Wicklow Clara or Clara More () is a townland and small clachan consisting of a bridge over the Avonmore River and a number of buildings in County Wicklow in Ireland. The village is situated halfway between Laragh and Rathdrum on the R755 road The ...


References


Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006
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