The R755 road is a

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. It runs for its entire length in

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered ...

. From the village of Kilmacanogue on the N11

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it goes north/south for to the town of Rathdrum.

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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 ( ga, an Tóchar , meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was listed as having a population of 948 in the 2016 census. Geography Roundwood is located where the R755 roa ...

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 road (Ireland), R763) between Roundwood and Laragh, County Wicklow, Laragh on the r ...

to Laragh where it meets the Military Road and the Wicklow Gap Road. From Laragh it follows the

Avonmore River The Avonmore River (), also known as ''Abhainn Dé'' (also spelt ''Abhainn Dea''), flows from Lough Dan in the Wicklow Mountains west of Roundwood. It flows in a generally southerly direction for approximately before joining the Avonbeg at t ...

for through dense

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forests and oak woods before terminating in the town of Rathdrum at a junction with the R752. Like the other main regional roads in the

Wicklow Mountains The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: '' Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Wh ...

, the R115, R759, R756, R752 and R747 this road passes through some wonderful scenery.

References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006
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