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County Carlow

The Columban Way

Also called Turas Columbanus

The Columban Way is a waymarked route in County Carlow, 19.1 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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19.1 km
as this site, measured along the drawn line has it
19.1 km
measured on the map
Distance
Nobody publishes one that this site has found19.1 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape
Point to point
Network
International waymarked route
County
County Carlow
On the map
OpenStreetMap relation/19215390
The route will draw when you reach it.

The Columban Way in dark green. The line is continuous as the map draws it.

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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.

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How journey planning works
Destination, access and nearby stops

The Columban Way is in Bagenalstown, County Carlow. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Bagenalstown, 60 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 Bagenalstown North (14527), 130 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Bagenalstown North 130 m
    buses 365 and 887
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Bagenalstown South 220 m
    bus 887
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  • Bagenalstown 380 m
    bus BRW
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  • Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) 390 m
    train rail
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Bagenalstown West 620 m
    buses 365 and BRW
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Bagenalstown covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is The Columban Way?
Measured along the line OpenStreetMap draws, 19.1 km. No published figure has been found for it.
Where does The Columban Way start?
The map does not name a start. The line begins 60 m from Bagenalstown, which is where the map is drawn from rather than a waymarked trailhead.
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/19215390, 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.