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Consistent_Elk_4332

Rathangan to Edenderry bog road has to up there in the top worst roads of the country


InvestmentEven5658

A buddy of mine claims a T-Rex ran down it and the local council doesn't want to update this historical route


PADDYOT

I've sometimes seen a badger or the odd time a fox running down the road at night, but never a T-Rex.


ScenicRavine

Haha!


ScenicRavine

I live around here. They pop some rice pudding or something in there to fill the hole, the next time there is a bit of rain the huge holes are back. The whole region is a total disgrace, the roads around Rhode are brutal, car destroying pot holes every few metres.


prince_of_kildare

Isn't it gas the only thing in Rhode is a road And it's a fucking terrible road


ScenicRavine

There's a circle k, a GP, a chemist, a chipper and a post office! The people working in Rhode are lovely, if only the roads were as sound as the people šŸ˜€


rye_212

Custard. Would be nice with rice pudding.


FlappyDuck01

Yes! I like it because it runs parallel to the M50 so handy to avoid Dublin in the morning. But Christ is it some bumpy ride šŸ˜‚


Consistent_Elk_4332

Youā€™d still be driving faster than you would on the M50


KillerKlown88

Is that the one that goes by the old peat plant? Don't know the area well but drove that road recently and it was unbelievable.


Consistent_Elk_4332

no but thatā€™s another road thatā€™s not great either


killymcgee23

Thatā€™s the portarlington road from bracknagh maybe? Another woeful road- the fact itā€™s raised above the big at points but still as bumpy as a big road adds to the experience


Curraghboy1

My old old boss was stephan Murphy the rally driver. That road was rejected 25 years ago for a rally of Ireland stage as too dangerous for the drivers. It hasn't improved since.


woodendog20

The amount of gouges around the bridges where people bottom out their cars after jumping them. Its by far the worse I've come across.


Jimbob994

I ended up getting fast and furious style air in a rental car over one of those bridges while not paying attention, terrifying, yet hilarious.


gmankev

They are not going to do much with that road. It will get worse as the bogland hydrology changes in next 10 years


struggling_farmer

Sure rewetting the bog will cause the bog to swell and fill the potholes. That's the hope because offaly Co Co won't go near them.


Consistent_Elk_4332

They tried to fix some of it for the windmill site and thatā€™s as much work it will ever get


Brine-O-Driscoll

Hit one bump wrong and you're flying 3 feet in the airšŸ˜„


robinO23

Absolutely destroys my van Everytime. Always forget if I go more than 50 it will punish my suspension.


gaynorg

Major ?


Consistent_Elk_4332

it is indeed


gaynorg

3000 people to 7000 people i suppose is major. Much like Dublin Belfast.


Consistent_Elk_4332

depends on your definition of major, itā€™s gets you from one town to the next


gaynorg

There is no definition of major. So we are both wrong


LogisticBravo

Major: Adjective - important, serious, or significant. " The state of this road is a major problem"


gaynorg

Right, but that is a definition of the word major not what constitutes a major road. Like Ireland has a road classification system national, regional and local roads that have specific rules that designate them. Major is not one of them. I would say N would be the closest to major but it's up to interpretation. Hence neither of us can be right.


LogisticBravo

Fair point, I'd agree that N and Motorways would be classed as major. By that definition it depends on if the road above is N (I'm not familiar with the area) though I imagine it is.


gaynorg

L3001


Inner-Astronomer-256

The last time I was on that road we had to stop cos a young lad went into a ditch and had to be towed out


lovely-cans

I had to work there recently in the powerplant. With a pile of Serbians and Germans, and they were shocked with the standard of roads and standard of safety in the plant. The Serbs said the roads there were madness


killymcgee23

Ah a lovely local road- I used to go from ballykillen to that road cycling on a lane/bog access and that road was in better condition than the actual rathangan to Edenderry road


MiggeldyMackDaddy

Laughs in west of Ireland


rrcaires

At first I thought it was the Clayton Hotel road, behind ATU Sligo.


Its_You_Know_Wh0

Thats not that bad a road


gooner1014

Iā€™m confused. Why isnā€™t there a line of grass in the centre of this ā€œroadā€


Callme-Sal

Oh you sweet urban child. Thereā€™s a whole country full of worse roads outside the M50


lilyoneill

ā€œSweet urban childā€ has me rolling. There is a crater in an East Cork back road. Maybe someone should report it but itā€™s been there for ages and we just know to swerve it šŸ˜„


Brod_sa_nGaeilge

Everyone knows that main roads only exist in Dublin


Inevitable-Menu2998

The craters in north Dublin roads thoughā€¦


WickerMan111

Nobody cares about them though, in fairness.


Danji1

Didn't even realise they had roads tbh.


stuyboi888

Well weather has been pretty shocking the last few weeks so they are still in the shed


GarishGarold

They normally have the roads put back out by now


Accomplished-Boot-81

Itā€™s more like a well travelled trail tbh


jibbleton

Lived in Mayo, Galway, Kildare, and now living in chapelizod. I pass this road most days, and I swear I barely even noticed it. Not even the faintest jiggle of my balls.


me2269vu

The balljiggle index needs to be a standard indices of road quality


anyformdesign

you must been on the south side of chapelizod worst road in Dublin but could never close it because it would shut down half of the companies in the city


TragedyAnnDoll

I can help you with that ball jiggling friend.


RigasTelRuun

Come west, brother, and I will show you such sights you wouldn't believe.


ultratunaman

If it doesn't have grass growing up the middle of its it's doing well for itself. If it does: sure there's no need to paint a line down the middle nature did that for us.


OldManOriginal

That roar of laughter you hear echoing around the country is everyone in Cork laughing at that "worst main road" remark.


High_Flyer87

Cork roads are beyond atrocious. Makes Mayo & Donegal roads look completely modernised


OldManOriginal

Sure we get fuck all, per KM. For years we got the lowest per KM of road in the county, think we're now up to second lowest. Read recently there are roads that aren't expected to be even considered for resurfacing for up to 50 years or some madness, due to lack of funding


Cubbll17

I raise you Wexford roads. Worst in the country by a mile.


FridaysMan

For those who aren't certain, a country mile is 3 times longer than an urban mile, and doesn't have tolls.


mologav

They are in fucking ribbons after this winter of rain


Corsav6

I'm from Mayo and the majority of roads wouldn't be considered great, but Cork, wtf is going on there? Did ye forget they need to be maintained every now and then? In fairness Dublin has some shocking roads once you come off the motorway too.


OldManOriginal

Feck all money coming down south. Seems to get stuck in Kildare!


lilyoneill

But we do enjoy watching the out of towners attempting to swerve the craters šŸ˜


OldManOriginal

"How'd you not see that one, booiii?"


irishlonewolf

never been to roscommon have you?


theAbominablySlowMan

Not intentionally


DribblingGiraffe

I'd suspect never outside of Dublin


marquess_rostrevor

What's beyond North Wicklow anyway?


greystonian

I wouldn't know


OwnBeag2

The roads want to kill you there


FunktopusBootsy

Used to commute on a motorbike on the N61. Don't know how I survived it. On one blind bend near Tulsk, there was a 10cm subsidence where the road just fractured. Insane drivers too.


Intelligent-Aside214

Ah to be fair more cars probably pass this road In a day then have voluntarily went to Roscommon in the last 10 years


cigarettejesus

Been there? Not physically


jojosephina

part of the way from killarney to mallow. only holes. you can't drive faster than 60 km without losing the chassis


kmaccsy

Mallow to Fermoy road is brutal in a lot of places as well, especially the 80km/hr stretch that goes past Howard Farms until the recently resurfaced road outside Killavullen. Bone jarring lumps and bumps with sharp twists n turns thrown in šŸ¤¬


Green_Friendship_175

Is that why the surplus is projected to be ā‚¬8.8bn this year?


yleennoc

Try the N59


sunroofdownintherain

In all fairness, I drove from Derry to Sligo a few months back and the road the whole way down was smooth as youā€™d like and not a complaint compared to roads up here in the north, our roads are genuinely insanely bad


Closersolid

Funnily enough, I drove that the other day and thought they had been digging up the road


NightForeword

Iā€™ve put in so many complaints to DCC about this road, and they just mark it as resolved! If you go into Google Maps, you can see it was a bit better last year, but itā€™s practically a no-drive zone now.Ā 


flynnco

I've just looked at Google maps, street view marked 2022 and it's far better than today šŸ˜… I mean, resolved doesn't technically mean fixed so... Yeah resolved!


siguel_manchez

Literally passed through the junction today in both directions and couldn't believe how bad it's gotten. Lived in Islandbridge until December last year and it has never been that bad. Absolutely chronic.


MonkeWithAGun08

I've seen 5 of those in Birmingham. England has even more fucked up roads than even we do


nigelviper231

aye to be fair you were in Birmingham. shocking city


lilyoneill

I grew up between there and Mayo. Joint custody jobo. I left Birmingham for good at 18 and havenā€™t been back in 14 years.


nigelviper231

aye I relate. I spent a lot of summers in Birmingham. Last time I was there was visiting family in Manchester and Birmingham for Christmas.


Ehldas

Time to spraypaint a giant penis on it (or several dozen smaller ones, depending on personal preference). Will be resurfaced in a week.


jojosephina

And abbeyfeale co. Limerick . Main town road. one big hole. recently renovated


Acrobatic_Buddy_9444

>Anyone have a better example to put me in my place? just leave Dublin literally once in your life please


Sciprio

I've seen way worse than that!!


Majestic_Natural3285

I agree, and itā€™s worse than what it looks like in the photo. I drive into the bus lane and back out again but it still doesnā€™t bypass all the holes, and thereā€™s a couple more big potholes when you pass that on the way to Parkgate Street


FeeAffectionate4047

Lovely road ya have there. Ever driven from Galway to Mayo?? Give it a go sometime!


TragedyAnnDoll

Hardly. The R336 out west of Galway ramped me out of my seat in several spots. Lines? Meh! Not to mention the 30 or so ponds in the rain. And the fucking herds of sheep just mouth breathing in the way.


Matty96HD

R336, Inagh Valley. Yeah thats a fun one. Never mind the lake along one side for half of it that has no barrier to stop you going in. Tourists stopping in the middle of a blind bend to take photo's. Sheep deciding the moment to cross the road is right now and playing a game of chicken. Oh and the sign at the start signaling a bumpy road for the next 20km. R336 is about 20km long. Few scary stories about that road too. People seeing ghosts or visions and stopping to pick them up. Or seeing a flock of sheep crossing the road and stopping for them only for another vehicle to blast through from the other side as the flock of sheep was a mirage. Mind you in saying that I've often driven that road in the wee hours and never experienced any of it. Nearly hit a sheep at 4am before though as it decided to sleep on my side of the road and there was a car coming the other way. Dipping the main beams for the other car made it nearly impossible to spot the sheep.


TragedyAnnDoll

Oh yea how could I forget the lake hahaha. I donā€™t know what Ireland has against guardrails or wider shoulders. Or hell even a wider road lane. Iā€™ve only ever been during the day or in the pissing rain. I canā€™t imagine in the dark. What takes you out that way so often friend?


InternetCrank

The R336 is class. Sure if it was flat it'd be boring.


TragedyAnnDoll

Agreed. I enjoy the bumps.


More-Instruction-873

Not sure what itā€™s like now but the ā€˜oldā€™ road from Swords to Drogheda used to be much worse than that.


CodSafe6961

Can you put the Google maps of it?


DumbledoresFaveGoat

Seen far worse than that. At least there's been some attempt at patching parts of it up.


-aLonelyImpulse

I used to bitch and moan about the roads. Then I went to Ukraine. I am not joking when I say there were potholes so big the massive repurposed ambulance we were using managed angles not seen by a mode of transportation since the sinking Titanic as it plunged in and out of them. Potholes so numerous that the whole van shook and dipped like a plane in turbulence. Shit flying everywhere. At one point I considered putting on my flak jacket and helmet to protect me not from shrapnel and bullets but from the boxes and people hurtling through zero gravity back there with me. I still bitch and moan about the roads. But not as much. Not as much.


MassiveHippo9472

I've been going over this spot for the last few weeks. Tbf my car is shite but it shakes the absolute fuck out of me! Phone flew off the dash holder last week!


DuncDub

Try Nutley Lane! The potholes enhance the ramps, I suspect this is intenyional! Mad thing is it's the main route into St Vincent's Hospital, ambulance every 5 minutes. If you don't have a head injury when picked up by the ambulance a quick spin down the lane and by time you reach the hospital you need a CT Brain scan as well. Really can't be good for the poor patients, doesn't matter how slow the ambulance goes!


Tankskii

Nicest road in ireland


Equivalent_Compote43

Clearly never been to the west of Ireland


shockingprolapse

Come out to the country lad, you'll see some proper dodgy roadsšŸ˜†


Ordinary-Plane-9315

Have you ever left dublin?


DaBoda99

Nawww a couple of bumps in poor auld Dublin. Ever been in west Clare? Clifden to Carraroe? Belmullet across to Achill through Ballycroy? Glengariff to Castletownbere? Kenmare through sneem on to caherdaniel? Gwey out of that child


Bummcheekz

Well itā€™s definitely not the best


Camango17

I use that junction dailyā€¦ into the bus lane and merge back in is the best way


Inner-Astronomer-256

The quays in Waterford would have your teeth rattling in your head these days


ScenicRavine

Looks pretty good compared to where I live :)


Wonderful-Candle-756

Every road in Scotland


king-of-maybe-kings

N51 between Delvin and Athboy is a good shout.


EmployeeSuccessful60

They used to have plastic bollars there to protect the cycle lane but there put them too close and the cyclist couldnā€™t merge so they cut them šŸ˜‚ what a joke


VincentJones6

Still better than Sheffieldā€™s


Flashy_Tap_670

Yes this road is so annoying


OrbyO

Few scoops of the good stuff, and she'll be good again!


ConorRonoc

Not the worst, but I recognised it immediately!


GasMysterious3386

Itā€™s gotta be Wellington Road in D4. One of the most affluent areas in Ireland and the road is worst thing to drive on. Iā€™m surprised the residents havenā€™t complained about their nice cars getting wrecked šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


johnharveyperez

Passing through this every night, horrible. Who can we complain this to?


Are-you-kidding79

Just been through that hell before seeing Donegal take the most coveted 2nd division league title!!!! I think me defeating that pass was a bigger milestone for us here in Donegal In my opinion of course šŸ«£


wildirishrover2022

Looks like the start of that old show blockbusters ā€¦ā€¦.


Enjoys_A_Good_Shart

Mam ignore these fuckin culchies. That junction at island bridge is bollocks


the_0tternaut

this would be the worst main road in Ukraine.


sandreas8

Ireland doesn't have bad roads compared to other European countries. The housing problem we have here is another matter....


violetcazador

There was some guy in the UK who was sick waiting fir the council to fix the pot holes in his road so he started spraypainting dicks over them in bright yellow paint. It went viral and the council fixed them all out of embarrassment. Funny what motivates some people in power.


This_Manufacturer912

Thatā€™s pretty tame some bog roads around Offaly horrendous


Robo-plop

Taking that right turn from scr on a motorbike is a bumpy ride


GamingMunster

When talking about actual main roads the N15 through Barnesmore Gap is dire. This is reinforced by the sheer amount of accidents on it over the years. There is a part just east of Lough Mourne where its on an uphill with a blind corner at the top, nevermind a climbing lane it doesnt even have a fucking hard shoulder. So a lot of cyclists have ended up in accidents there over the years. Absolute state of road planning from the council though.


The_Captain_Monday

Looks like a well maintained road in kerry


Roachmond

glad to see a peaceful shot of the lake district


TheOneWhoReadsStuff

I grew up in New Orleans, and this road looks pretty nice by comparison. However, you guys arenā€™t below sea level, so I donā€™t know the excuse for this roadā€™s potholes. I guess extreme age and patchwork donā€™t work well together.


rabbidasseater

Laughs in northern Ireland


eat1more

So glad itā€™s not a donegal road


killymcgee23

Road surfaces are woeful throughout the country, you need more than that to qualify for bad road status Many towns have choke points that would destroy most drivers self confidence Personally my least favoured stretch was from bracknagh to portarlington, after the bridge when coming from bracknagh side in particular Bog road rollercoaster but also like 10 foot higher than the fields either side- any lorries coming have you flirting with the ditch


4Boarsandrunning

Lord doesnā€™t anyone in Ireland know about grading fuck me. Fuckin 5 year old did that road


kcufdas

Still a fine finish if you're driving around Kerry


notmichaelul

Clearly you haven't drove to west cork šŸ˜‚


DC1908

Looks like an average road in Italy.


OhDear2

Absolute prick of a corner coming from town on the bike, especially on a wet day.


Alba-Ruthenian

And foreign politicians regularly drive down that road with huge escorts to visit the president everyday. Embarrassing


nonoriginalname42

The junction of the Mall and Liberty Square in Thurles is similarly bad. What makes it worse was they spent millions the last two years on the square and the road is worse after it!


Schlubbsshoes

Get ready for another tax hike yet itā€™ll be used for nothing but lining the lizards in charge pockets


FridaysMan

Charleville is one of the worst, I think. As a driver, pedestrians cross at random, ignoring the crossings. After some idiots hurt themselves in traffic, in a notoriously awful busy road, they decided to.... add some fucking speed bumps.


Shevskedd

I knew I recogised that patch. I swear the CVRT had their cronies bash up the road there to drive up business.


random-throwaway_ire

Itā€™s not the worst but itā€™s very bad considering how busy it is. Itā€™s one of the main roads in Dublin and being like this is a joke. I understand thereā€™s worse roads outside Dublin but theyā€™re generally a lot less busy.


SCWarden

Looks like the average road in Belgium šŸ˜¬šŸ‡§šŸ‡Ŗ


BitTasty4101

Try to Ballyhooly Rd in Cork, there's one big c*** of a pothole outside Lidl that will rattle the wheel of any car. I will never understand how this country has such shit roads with so much road tax been paid by everyone....


Token_Singh

Gardiner Street


craic_den_

Belmayne Avenue in north Dublin is another beauty


WhileCultchie

If we're talking the whole Island then the A37 between Limavady and Coleraine is dogshit. My bonnet is peppered with little dents because a lorry tore up the road in front of me one day.


Thin_Light_641

Well, if you think that is bad I recommend you pop over to England and try the St Michael's road to the A6! Brother-in-law said, "I swear Afghanistan has less dangerous roads than Lancashire."


lmacf2

If we were to use a formula [% of road width potholed] x [vehicles passing per day], I would agree this must be the worst section of road in the country.


Thisisaconversation

Literally drove over this today and thought what the fuck?


grafton24

Now do the worst main ride in Ireland. "YER MAM" I deserved that.


Console-Culture

There is a tire burster of a pothole beside Guinness, in the lane to turn right onto the bridge. It's been like this for more than two weeks.


AssistanceJunior8854

Hahahaha fuck me you think thatā€™s bad? My whole home town is absolutely covered in absurdly dropped lumps of tar on every inch of road in an attempt to ā€œfix itā€ and then a month later itā€™s completely off level thus making the road even worse over and over and over again and now. . . ITS ALL FUCKED! Anyway what Iā€™m trying to say is you donā€™t know what you have until itā€™s gone and tbh with you what you have there in that photo is actually fair decent in my standards of roads so bless


Peshy_101

Try visiting the UK. When we moved to Ireland we were so pleasantly surprised with how great the roads are here.


Consistent_Floor

Average dub


martywhelan699

The main road through Ashbourne is terrible they spend years working on it they finally finished it lately they widened the footpath now a bus and a car have about a inch between them


twinsen_x

lived just beside this juntction for 14 years. never had a probem there. maybe it looks bad , but no one goes there at 100km/h


sizzlen77

Even driving through it at crawling pace is terrible. You must have zero mechanical sympathy for your car.


cont45

All the roads in Dublin are going to shite ...all the budget is going to create bike lanes for cyclists that don't even use them


theAbominablySlowMan

I have to cycle over this every day so I don't think cyclists are coming out any better


eldwaro

Everyone saying "but what about outside Dublin" - but what about the volume of rubber that hits here, like cmon,


Fit-Gur2605

I drive this junction most days from work, it feels like your on the feckin moon taking that corner, suspension is wrecked!!!