County Carlow

The Barrow Way

Also called Slí na Bearú

The Barrow Way is a waymarked route in County Carlow, 115.6 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws, marked with yellow_hiker.

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120 km

as the map's own distance tag has it

115.6 km

measured on the map

Distance: 120 km as the map’s own distance tag has it115.6 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape: Point to point
Waymarked: yellow_hikerAs the map records. Colour is never the only thing this page uses to tell routes apart.
Network: National waymarked way
Managed by: Irish National Waymarked Trails
County: County Carlow
On the map: OpenStreetMap relation/1330012

The route will draw when you reach it.

The Barrow 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
The Barrow Way	yellow_hiker	120 km	115.6 km	One way
St. Mullins Slí na Sláinte	Not recorded	6.3 km	6.1 km	One way

Getting to The Barrow 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

The Barrow Way is in Saint Mullin's, County Carlow. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Saint Mullin's, 250 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 Saint Mullin's (14503), 300 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Saint Mullin's 300 m
buses 887 and BRW
Scheduled departures from this stop
Day
Glynn 2.3 km
bus 887
Scheduled departures from this stop
Day

Getting to Saint Mullin's covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is The Barrow Way?

The map records 120 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 115.6 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.

Where does The Barrow Way start?

The map does not name a start. The line begins 250 m from Saint Mullin's, 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: The Barrow Way at 115.6 km, St. Mullins Slí na Sláinte at 6.1 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/1330012, 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.