N72 road (Ireland)

N72 road
Route information
Length:	176 km (109 mi)
Location
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
Road network
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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 (N8) – Mallow (N20) – Rathmore – Killarney (N22) – Killorglin.

The N72 is 176 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. ^[1]

Motorways

M1 M2 M3 M4 M6 M7 M8 M9 M11 M17 M18 M20 M50

National primary roads

N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 N9 N10 N11 N12 N13 N14 N15 N16 N17 N18 N19 N20 N21 N22 N23 N24 N25 N26 N27 N28 N29 N30 N31 N32 N33 N50

National secondary roads

N51 N52 N53 N54 N55 N56 N58 N59 N60 N61 N62 N63 N65 N66 N67 N68 N69 N70 N71 N72 N73 N74 N75 N76 N77 N78 N80 N81 N82 N83 N84 N85 N86 N87

See also: National Development Plan; National Roads Authority; Local roads; Trunk roads