Summerhill and Maynooth from Clonsilla

## Details

Details:
🟠Medium difficulty.
No big hills but note the distance.
Distance 76kms, 350m ascent

Today we cycle from Clonsilla train station to Summerhill and Maynooth mostly through backroads in counties Dublin, Meath and Kildare.

Here is our plan for the day.
We leave from outside Clonsilla Train Station at 10.15am.
Cycle through mostly quiet back roads to Summerhill village in rural county Meath.

We will have a coffee and lunch stop at the Centra shop in Summerhill village. There are picnic tables outside the shop.

We return via Maynooth, again using mostly quiet rural roads, and continue back to Dublin through Carton House estate bypassing Leixlip, and onwards via Porterstown to the Phoenix Park, and via the Royal Canal at Ashtown to finish at Drumcondra train station.

There is a train from Connolly station to Clonsilla leaving at 9.48, stopping also in Drumcondra station at 9.53.

Bicycles are allowed on Dublin to Clonsilla/ Maynooth line commuter trains free of charge.

• Please note - It is every participant's responsibility to ride safely, follow the rules of the road, and come prepared with the proper equipment.
• Please wear a helmet and bring a tube etc in case you get a puncture.
• Please cycle single file on narrow busy roads