County Dublin

National Famine Way

National Famine Way is a waymarked route in County Dublin, 168.1 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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165 km

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168.1 km

measured on the map

Distance: 165 km as the map’s own distance tag has it168.1 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
Starts at: Custom House Quays, Dublin, ending at National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park Estate, Strokestown, Roscommon as the map records
Network: National waymarked way
County: County Dublin
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/12204775

The route will draw when you reach it.

National Famine Way in dark green. The line comes in 2 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

Getting to National Famine Way

About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works

Destination, access and nearby stops

National Famine Way is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Dublin, 710 m from where the line begins, in a straight line. The journeys below are worked out to the start of the walk itself, so the last stretch is measured rather than left to you.

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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is IFSC (2498), 30 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

IFSC 30 m
buses G1, G2, 151, 60, 500 and 740 among others
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George's Quay 150 m
bus 853
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Moss Street 160 m
buses X28, X30, X27, P29, X25 and X26 among others
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S O'Casey Br 200 m
buses 100X, G1, G2, 126, 151 and 120 among others
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Busáras 220 m
buses 27, 14, H1, 130, H3 and H2 among others
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Getting to Dublin covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is National Famine Way?

The map records 165 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 168.1 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does National Famine Way start?

The map records the start as Custom House Quays, Dublin and the end as National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park Estate, Strokestown, Roscommon.

Why is the line broken on the map?

The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 2 pieces, which means the ways somebody drew for it do not meet end to end. The gaps are left as gaps here rather than bridged with a straight line, because a line drawn across a gap is an invitation to walk where there is no path. On the ground the route is almost certainly continuous; the map is what is incomplete.

Is it open today?

This page holds no closure notice for it, which is not the same as knowing it is open. Cliff paths and forest routes close after storms and during works, and those notices are published by the operator rather than on the map. The link above goes to whoever manages it.

Where this comes from

The route: The line, the name, the colour and the waymark are the OpenStreetMap relation relation/12204775, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here: The measured distance, whether the line is continuous, which settlement is nearest the start and every distance on this page are this site’s own calculations from that relation, last built on 2026-09-20. No climb is measured here, and no time is estimated: a walking time appears only where an operator publishes one.