Talk:Royal Canal

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The most famous reference to the Royal Canal in Irish literature--as well as in the Irish Ballad Tradition--derives from the song "The Old Triangle": Each verse ends with the line, "And the old (auld?) triangle Goes (variable) jingle-jangle All along the banks Of the Royal Canal." The song comes from the play by Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, which is set in Mountjoy Jail, in Dublin, (beside the Canal). The term Quare Fellow (in context) means a prisoner who is sentenced to be hung. The ballad is best known in its rendition by Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners on various collections.--PeadarMaguidhir 18:15, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Moving villages
Does anybody know anything about villages and towns actually moving when this canal (and probably many others) was built? Over in Baile na Carraige in Westmeath there is the old village, which was deserted in the early 18th century and can still be seen today, and the present town which is now located near this canal. Anybody have any info on these deserted villages? 86.42.117.220 (talk) 03:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

specially constructed aqueduct
Did the motorway predate the canal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 08:43, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Length of the canal?
How many kilometres is the entire Royal Canal today? And where does it start, assuming it finishes in Cloondra? I started walking in Ashtown in Dublin, but this article doesn't make clear what is the walking route, and its length. 86.42.16.189 (talk) 19:25, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Length of the canal: contradiction
This article says the Royal Canal Way starts in Ashtown and ends in Cloondara, and that amounts to 79-kilometres. However, it also says that the Royal Canal starts in Cloondara and ends in Spenser Dock (approx 2km east from Ashtown by my estimate) and that this total 140km. They can't both be correct. What's the true figure? 89.101.41.216 (talk) 18:38, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You're right - fixed article accordingly - Joe King (talk) 19:13, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Why was the Broadstone line filled in?
Does anybody know why the state filled in the Broadstone Line (in 1927 according to this article)? There's an eye-opening photo of the old medieval friary site (King's Inns since 1540) at Broadstone, with the canal right outside it where it was known as Royal Canal Harbour, Broadstone: http://siblingofdaedalus.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/royal-canal-harbour-1825.jpg 79.97.64.240 (talk) 15:29, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Route map
Could someone with the required knowledge take a look at adding a route map for the Royal Canal. Most other canal articles (particularly those of the UK) have one, and it's a very useful asset. Grunners (talk) 09:26, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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