The handy Dublin journey planner
RedMum | May 5, 2006HERE’S a handy web page for the visitor to Dublin or indeed for those who live in Dublin and who are not so sure of their way around, a Dublin journey planner.
Simply type in your starting place and where you want to go. You can find out about public transport, or by walking or cycling and if you do the latter, the page even tells you how many calories the walk or cycle will burn off as well as the distance (this journey is 2.94 miles). We also know from the page that the walk will take 35 minutes if the pedestrian is moving at five miles an hour.
Here’s it’s instructions to go from North Circular Road at Ballybough to Frances Street with a handy map and what appears to be fool-proof directions.
1 Depart On NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD for 230(m)
2 Bear Left Onto SHERRARD STREET UPPER for 162(m)
3 Turn Right Onto GARDINER STREET UPPER for 102(m)
4 Turn Left Onto DORSET STREET LOWER for 290(m)
5 Continue Straight On DORSET STREET UPPER for 503(m)
6 Continue Straight On BOLTON STREET for 222(m)
7 Continue Straight On KING STREET NORTH for 52(m)
8 Continue Straight On KINGS STREET NORTH for 12(m)
9 Bear Right Onto KING STREET NORTH for 273(m)
10 Turn Left Onto CHURCH STREET for 489(m)
11 Continue Straight On FATHER MATHEW BRIDGE for 62(m)
12 Continue Straight On BRIDGE STREET LOWER for 125(m)
13 Turn Right Onto WORMWOOD GATE for 45(m)
14 Turn Sharp Left Onto SAINT AUGUSTINE STREET for 135(m)
15 Turn Left Onto CORNMARKET for 8(m)
16 Turn Right Onto FRANCIS STREET for 234(m)
17 Arrive at Destination On FRANCIS STREET for 0(m)
Thanks to The Community at Large and Janine at WYSIWYG for the hat tip.
It’s quite good — but not exactly fantastic. I tried to use it to get directions via bus to Maynooth. The best it could do was recommend that I spend 3 hours walking to Lucan; seems it doesn’t know about the existence of buses, or that trains go to Maynooth too!
still, I would have burned 1100 calories in the process if I’d taken its advice
Jaysus only 1100 calories, a mars bar and packet of crisps would soon counter that.
Hi
Can you give street directions from Dublin Airport to Lower Gardiner Street please, BY CAR have looked at all kinds of maps and directions but cannot get one that will take me from Dublin Airport to Lower Gardiner Street.
Would be amazing if you could
Thanks
Pat
Hi Pat, I did one on Google Maps and got this, it is pretty much the same as the journey planner shown above.
1. Head south toward Swords Rd
76 m
2. Continue straight
0.3 km
3. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
0.5 km
1 min
4. Slight left at Dublin Rd
Go through 1 roundabout
0.9 km
1 min
5. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the M1 ramp
0.7 km
1 min
6. Merge onto M1
4.5 km
3 mins
7.
Continue on N1/Swords Rd
Continue to follow N1
3.3 km
5 mins
8. Turn left at Upper Gardiner St
0.3 km
9. Continue straight onto Mountjoy Square W
0.2 km
10. Continue on Middle Gardiner St
0.2 km
11. Continue on Lower Gardiner St
0.3 km
Hope that helps. RM
Thank you very much RM for the directions, most appreciated – had visions of landing at the airport and getting lost straight away!!
Again Many thanks