Sean Kelly Cycle Route – The Kelly Legacy

Hiking Difficult

County

Tipperary

Distance

106.9 km

Duration

6 hours

Difficulty

Difficult

Total Ascent

836 m

Activity

Hiking

At the trailhead

  • Parking · Entrance to Walton Causeway Park on R911
  • Public transport · Bus Eireann bus
  • Toilets
  • Drinking water
  • No dogs
  • Part accessible · Some accessible facilities at trailhead

Sean Kelly has made this route rightly famous. It is basically a circuit of the lovely Comeragh Mountains, keeping them on your left at all times and without actually entering mountain terrain. It takes in Carrick-on-Suir, passes the tranquil setting of Glencomeragh House, skirts Clonmel, continues via Kilcomma, the picturesque village of Ballymacarbry, through Colligan Wood and past the Master McGrath monument before eventually returning to the trailhead. 

Download GPX Route data: Get Ireland Active – Sport Ireland

Elevation profile

0501001502002500 km53.2 km106.4 km237 m

Elevation data: EU-DEM 25 m © European Union, Copernicus. Profile follows the main waymarked line.

Along the way

Natural features

Peaks

Heritage & points of interest

+25 more nearby

Food & drink

+64 more nearby

Picnic areas

Nature & wildlife

Garden of Renewal · Nature ReserveSpeckled WoodWrenChaffinchPied WagtailHooded Crow

Data sources: map & points of interest © OpenStreetMap contributors · facilities from Get Ireland Active – Sport Ireland · species via GBIF · protected areas via NPWS.

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