N72 road (Ireland)

N72 road
Bóthar N72
Route information
Length	165.923 km (103.100 mi)
Location
Country	Ireland
Primary destinations	County Waterford Leaves the N25 north of Dungarvan Ballymacmague - joins/leaves the R672 Crosses the Finisk River (R671) Cappoquin - (R669) Lismore - crosses the River Blackwater; (R668, R666) Tallowbridge - crosses the River Bride; R634 County Cork Currabeha Fermoy - passes under the M8 motorway; joins/leaves the R639 crossing the River Blackwater (R512) Ballyhooley Castletownroche - crosses the River Awbeg (N73) Mallow - (N20) (R579) Dromagh (R583) (R577) County Kerry Rathmore - R582 joins/leaves Barraduff - (R570) Killarney - joins the N22 east of the town and after 5 km leaves it north of the town; (N71) (R563) Killorglin - terminates at the N70
Highway system
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional

The N72 road is a national secondary road in Ireland that runs east-west from its junction with the N25 near Dungarvan in County Waterford to the N70 in Killorglin in County Kerry.

The road passes through Lismore – Fermoy (M8) – Mallow (N20) – Rathmore – Killarney (N22) – Killorglin.

The N72 is 165.923 km long.

Proposed upgrades

Funding of €2.4 million has been secured in 2011 for realignment of a particularly accident-prone stretch of the N72.

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• Motorways in Ireland
• National primary road
• Regional road

References

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006 – Department of Transport

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  N72 entering Castletownroche from the east
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  Floods on the N72 near Killavullen
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  N72 approaching Mallow from the east
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