The R772 road is a

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which comprises disconnected sections of road which once formed part of the N11 but which have now been by-passed, joined together by some new road sections and some former local roads.

Route (sections)

# The first part of the R772 starts at J12 (Newtownmountkennedy North) on the N11. The route travels through the main street of

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, then on to Killadeernan and Newcastle Hospital. This route was the original R772. The road then travels southwest and then east up and down hill via existing single track local roads. The route then goes under the present N11 to Coynes Cross. The road follows the old N11 to Ashford, where it connects to the R764 at a roundabout in the village centre. The road then crosses the

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and travels through Ashford, passing Mount Usher Gardens. The road continues over the N11 and into

Rathnew Rathnew () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin along the M11 between Dublin and Wexford, it is close to the county town of Wicklow, which is situated to the east. Education Rathnew is home to Gaelscoi ...

. In Rathnew, the road takes a right turn at the village roundabout and continues to J17 (Wicklow South) of the N11. # The route begins again at J20 (Arklow North). The road travels through northern Arklow, over the

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and up

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main street. The road then travels through south Arklow. The R772 then crosses the Wicklow-Wexford border and onwards via the old N11 to

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. The road travels through

Gorey Gorey () is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is beside the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the ''Gorey Guardian''. As a growi ...

, Clogh, and connects to J24 of the M11 at Clogh Roundabout. The road continues along the old N11 through Camolin and

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, and meets the N30 and N80 at the Scarawalsh Roundabout, and continues through the Clavass Roundabout. The route continues through

Enniscorthy Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mounta ...

, meeting the R890 and

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regional roads, and terminates at Scurlocksbush Roundabout, about 2 km north of Oylegate.

Trivia

To follow the R772 after passing through the town of Newtownmountkennedy (southbound) you must take an unsigned right-turn into a local road; then after climbing nearly 2 km, there is an unmarked left turn into a single-track local access road which takes you downhill for a kilometre, under the new N11, to join the bypassed former N11.

References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2019
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Route (sections)

Trivia

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