Hazardous Church ahead - on the R392 under the Hill of Forgney
Its route takes it in an arch (NW to SE) roughly west of the Royal Canal, which it crosses three times. The main town en route is Ballymahon, where it crosses the N55 and the River Inny.
The R392 closely follows the route of a portion of an ancient ceremonial route known as the Slighe Assail, from Rathcroghan, in County Roscommon (the ancient capital of the kingdom of Connaught), to the Hill of Tara, in county Meath (the ancient capital or Ireland and residence of the High King of Ireland. As such it formed one of the legendary Five Roads of Tara. This largely accounts for the remarkable straightness of the R392 compared to other Regional roads in Ireland. The route also closely passes the Hill of Uisneach, an even older royal and spiritual site than Tara located between the villages of Moyvore and Loughnavalley and place of origin of the festival of Bealtine.
West of Ballymahon, before crossing the River Shannon, the R392 runs adjacent and parallel to the Corlea Trackway, an ancient wooden trackway across a peat bog found by Bord na Mona workers in the 1980s and excavated fully in 1991. This link with the Corlea Trackway indicates the R392 route to be one of the oldest routes in Ireland, possibly even in Europe.
r392, road, ireland, r392, road, regional, road, ireland, linking, lanesborough, county, longford, mullingar, county, westmeath, r392, roadbóthar, r392long, straight, sections, feature, r392route, informationlength47, locationcountryirelandprimarydestinationsc. The R392 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Lanesborough County Longford on the N63 to Mullingar County Westmeath R392 roadBothar R392Long straight sections are a feature of the R392Route informationLength47 km 29 mi LocationCountryIrelandPrimarydestinationsCounty Longford Lanesborough starts at the N63 Derraghan Cross Roads R398 Corlea Crosses the Royal Canal R397 Again crosses the Royal Canal Ballymahon joins the N55 crosses the River Inny leaves the N55 County Westmeath Moyvore Skeagh Beg Rathconrath Crosses the Royal Canal Mullingar terminates at the R390Highway systemRoads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional Hazardous Church ahead on the R392 under the Hill of Forgney Its route takes it in an arch NW to SE roughly west of the Royal Canal which it crosses three times The main town en route is Ballymahon where it crosses the N55 and the River Inny The R392 closely follows the route of a portion of an ancient ceremonial route known as the Slighe Assail from Rathcroghan in County Roscommon the ancient capital of the kingdom of Connaught to the Hill of Tara in county Meath the ancient capital or Ireland and residence of the High King of Ireland As such it formed one of the legendary Five Roads of Tara This largely accounts for the remarkable straightness of the R392 compared to other Regional roads in Ireland The route also closely passes the Hill of Uisneach an even older royal and spiritual site than Tara located between the villages of Moyvore and Loughnavalley and place of origin of the festival of Bealtine West of Ballymahon before crossing the River Shannon the R392 runs adjacent and parallel to the Corlea Trackway an ancient wooden trackway across a peat bog found by Bord na Mona workers in the 1980s and excavated fully in 1991 This link with the Corlea Trackway indicates the R392 route to be one of the oldest routes in Ireland possibly even in Europe The road is 47 km 29 mi long See also editRoads in Ireland National primary road National secondary roadReferences editRoads Act 1993 Classification of Regional Roads Order 2006 Department of Transport Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R392 road Ireland amp oldid 1136828373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
