Belfast to Dublin (or vice versa)

[cisamcgu]

Mrs Cisamcgu and I are pondering a swift tandem jaunt this summer in the Emerald Isle. Planning on getting ferry from Liverpool to Belfast and staying a few days in Belfast, riding over three days to Dublin, saying in Dublin a couple of days, then ferry back to Liverpool.

Has anyone done this ? It seems reasonable at around 100 - 125 miles depending on route so three days would be fine for tortoises like us. I cannot really find much info other than something called the Maracyle which runs occasionally but involves 1000+ riders. Even crazyguy is rather sparce on stuff.

Anyway - good idea or bad ? Any better suggestions ?

Thanks
Andrew

 

[jags]

i can give you a lovely route from portadown take the canal route 20miles to newry head for omeath fishing vilage 12miles on to carlinford head to dundalk but swing left to blackrock u will bypass dundalk on to castlebelligham swing left to annagassin stay left along the sea on to clogherhead to termonfeckin to baltray to Drogheda (my town) on to mornington/bettystown laytown at this point your about 15miles from dublin its a lovely route mostly flat .

 

[cisamcgu]

Thanks @jags - I will search the maps this evening. Is there really a place called "termonfeckin"

edit - well - it seems there is !

 

[jags]

yip there sure is lol i live 5 miles from it .
if u decide to come stay away from main roads break your heart.
be sure to bring plenty EURO we are broke over here .