Great Driving Roads (NI and Ireland) Thread
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One of my favourite roads in Ireland. Folks have a place in falcarragh and I spend a fair bit of time there!
It's pretty ropey on a dark winters night!
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Took a slightly different route back from Ramelton yesterday.
Headed from Letterkenny to Strabane, then to Omagh
Bit that made me smile was the A505 between Omagh and Cookstown.
Bloody driving nirvana!!! Fantastic bit of road. Plenty of straights and lovely twisty bit in the middle.
Need to find an excuse to go out there again.
An Audi A6 was playing about a bit. Unfortunately my organic speed limiter in the passenger seat was having none of it.
Still, epic bit of road to get the foot down.
Headed from Letterkenny to Strabane, then to Omagh
Bit that made me smile was the A505 between Omagh and Cookstown.
Bloody driving nirvana!!! Fantastic bit of road. Plenty of straights and lovely twisty bit in the middle.
Need to find an excuse to go out there again.
An Audi A6 was playing about a bit. Unfortunately my organic speed limiter in the passenger seat was having none of it.
Still, epic bit of road to get the foot down.
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Ever take the road by Glen Veagh national park by the poison glen? Feels like a Circuit of Ireland stage.
That's a class road - love that area!
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Great stretch of road. I live along that road on the Omagh side and take the Tiger along it regularly to Cookstown just to meet a mate for a coffee. The twisty part is dubbed the Seven Sisters, great for an early Sunday morning run.
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Ballypalady Road, between Doagh and Mallusk is my absolute favourite local stager back road.
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I’m out this way often too. Great stretch of road.Great stretch of road. I live along that road on the Omagh side and take the Tiger along it regularly to Cookstown just to meet a mate for a coffee. The twisty part is dubbed the Seven Sisters, great for an early Sunday morning run.
Cookstown/Draperstown Lough Fea road is always good for a blast as well. Always quite liked the Glenelly road between Draperstown and Plumbridge too, but prone for the odd roaming sheep.
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All of those are decent. Add in Gortin on a quiet day and you’ve got a good circuit.
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Sperrins has some brilliant roads as mentioned above and to add to it
Omagh to Gortin
Plumbridge to Donemana
Donemana to Claudy
Omagh to Gortin
Plumbridge to Donemana
Donemana to Claudy
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Not tried it but will give it a go.Ballypalady Road, between Doagh and Mallusk is my absolute favourite local stager back road.
Another near it is the Lylehill road out of Templepatrick towards Mallusk. Haven't been down it in a while.
19 Lylehill Rd · 19 Lylehill Rd, Templepatrick, Ballyclare BT39 0ER, Verenigd Koninkrijk
19 Lylehill Rd, Templepatrick, Ballyclare BT39 0ER, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Used to love this drive when I lived in Greenisland to Ballymena Rugby Club about 3/4 times a week - very fast road and used to set myself challenges e.g. certain minute markers and not drop below a certain speed
Ballymena Road
I like my drive home from work, especially when its clear and you get a good run - PB is 33 mins
Ballymena Road
I like my drive home from work, especially when its clear and you get a good run - PB is 33 mins
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Not tried it but will give it a go.
Another near it is the Lylehill road out of Templepatrick towards Mallusk. Haven't been down it in a while.
19 Lylehill Rd · 19 Lylehill Rd, Templepatrick, Ballyclare BT39 0ER, Verenigd Koninkrijk
19 Lylehill Rd, Templepatrick, Ballyclare BT39 0ER, Verenigd Koninkrijkmaps.app.goo.gl
Actually another just round from yourself. Ballynashee road from Ballyeaston right up to Shillanavogy road.
Then Shillanavogy, if the surface were better could be a great drive.
A high speed one, take the Collin road, turn onto Shane's Hill Road towards Larne, drive as fast as you dare.
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Ballypalady Road, between Doagh and Mallusk is my absolute favourite local stager back road.
Excellent choice - remember getting air on the bridge at the end/start in my Impreza and front wheels gripped, then the rear ones, was a brown trouser incident.
Shane's Hill Rd from Larne to Ballymena is a personal favourite of mine, then turn off Shane's Hill at the sign for Ballyeaston and get a wee scalp down through there into Ballyclare.
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Roads are a bit too rough for anything too quick but the views are good
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Use to drive this everyday to my wife’s from Ballyclare and home at 11pm usually. Was brilliant when I got a clear run. However some seriously ropey drivers on it now.Ballypalady Road, between Doagh and Mallusk is my absolute favourite local stager back road.
Years ago I wrote my car off coming round the really tight corner where it dips over the wee bridge on the way back to Ballyclare. Ironically I was actually cruising to the gym with my wife on damp greasy roads and binned it the day after Boxing Day. Learnt that day what lift off oversteer was lol. Thankfully only car involved and both fine.
Not the same 208GTI now despite being the same colour lol.
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This would do nicely -
Cookstown > Draperstown > Moneyneany > Claudy> Donemana > Plumbridge > Gortin > Omagh > Cookstown
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One of my favourite loops to clear the head!
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When going to Eurotreffen the other week google maps took me this road which was very good. I’m sure there’s a lot of amazing roads just off the coast road which never get seen.
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