Tag Archives: Leighlinbridge

Backtracking the Barrow trackway

Posted on Monday 4 May 2015 | Leave a comment

Some time ago I put up a page about the Barrow trackway [towing-path]. For some reason, the page disappeared shortly afterwards. I have now recreated it; unless or until it disappears again, it is here.

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Crossing the Barrow

Posted on Thursday 12 March 2015 | 1 comment

The trackway [towing-path] on the River Barrow changes from the east {left) bank to the west at Leighlinbridge and back again at Graiguecullen/Carlow.

It seems to me that there may have been some difficulties in getting horse-drawn boats from one side of the river to the other and I have found no evidence on how it was done, so here is some speculation instead.

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