Grand Canal of Ireland

The Grand Canal begins on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland. It continues on to the River Shannon with various branches, including a link to the River Barrow waterway at Athy. Until 1950 the Grand Canal Company had ownership of the canal the Transport Act, 1950 transferred the canal to Córas Iompair Éireann. This situation continued until the Canals Act, 1986 transferred the canal to the Office of Public Works. Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, a new all-Ireland body called Waterways Ireland was established in 1999 and assumed responsibility for inland navigable waterways including the Grand Canal.

The other canal in Dublin is the Royal Canal on the Northside of the city.

Branches

There are a number of branches off the Grand Canal, some of which have been closed and of these, some subsequently restored and reopened.

• James Street Basin (Most of route now used by LUAS)
• Milltown Feeder
• Naas/Corbally
• Blackwood Feeder
• Edenderry
• Kilbeggan
• Ballinasloe (Technically a canal off the River Shannon - now used by Bord na Móna industrial railway

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