County LaoisA loop

Slieve Bloom Way

Slieve Bloom Way is a waymarked loop in County Laois, 69.2 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws, marked with yellow walker and arrow.

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70.5 km

as the map's own distance tag has it

69.2 km

measured on the map

Distance: 70.5 km as the map’s own distance tag has it69.2 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: A loop, back to where it started
Waymarked: yellow walker and arrowAs the map records. Colour is never the only thing this page uses to tell routes apart.
Network: National waymarked way
County: County Laois
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/11489342

The route will draw when you reach it.

Slieve Bloom Way in dark green, with the other routes from the same place behind it in grey. The line is continuous as the map draws it.

The other routes from the same place

These start within eight hundred metres of the same point and share parts of their length. The arrows are what tell them apart on the ground, so each is named with its colour here rather than shown only in it.

Route	Waymark	Published	Measured	Shape
Slieve Bloom Way	yellow walker and arrow	70.5 km	69.2 km	Loop
Glenbarrow Ecoloop	Orange Arrow	None	8.1 km	One way

Getting to Slieve Bloom 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

Slieve Bloom Way is in Rosenallis, County Laois. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Rosenallis, 4.7 km 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

No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Slieve Bloom Way. On-demand services may not be included.

Getting to Rosenallis covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Slieve Bloom Way?

The map records 70.5 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 69.2 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does Slieve Bloom Way start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 4.7 km from Rosenallis, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.

Is this the same as the other walks from here?

No. 2 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Slieve Bloom Way at 69.2 km, Glenbarrow Ecoloop at 8.1 km. They share parts of their length and are told apart by the arrows, so the one you follow is the one whose colour you keep to.

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/11489342, 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.