Canals · Northern Ireland
Ulster Canal
Ulster Canal — canal in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ulster Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "canal in the United Kingdom". Coordinates: 54.1333°, -7.3667°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Ulster Canal is a canal running through part of County Armagh, County Tyrone and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The Ulster Canal was built between 1825 and 1842 and was 74 km (46 mi) long with 26 locks. It ran from Charlemont on the River Blackwater to near Wattlebridge on the Finn River, south-east of Upper Lough Erne. It was an ill-considered venture, with the locks built narrower than the other Irish waterways, preventing through trade, and an inadequate water supply. It was an abject failure commercially, and contributed to the collapse of the Lagan Navigation Company, who took it over from the government but were then refused permission to abandon it when they could not afford the maintenance costs. It finally closed in 1931. Waterways Ireland started work on rebuilding the canal at its southern end in 2015.
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Background
History
In 1778, a proposal was made for a canal from Ballyshannon to the Lower Lough Erne. The estimated cost of the scheme was £32,000, but it was already seen as part of a larger project, since a further £8,000 would have provided a link to Enniskillen, Belturbet and Ballyconnell. A future link from Ballyconnell to Ballymore, along the Woodford River valley, and on to Lough Scurr and the River Shannon at Leitrim was suggested but not costed. It would thus be an important section of a trans-Irish waterway, linking Belfast in the east to Limerick in the west, which would compete with a similar link formed by the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal further to the south. Government funding was…
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- Coordinates
- 54.1333, -7.3667
- District
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Postcode
- BT92 8GB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
- Established
- 1842
Sources
- wikidata: Q4003108 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ulster Canal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Bridge over Ulster Canal, Tyholland - geograph.org.uk - 673307.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ulster Canal?
- Ulster Canal is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT92 8GB).
- When was Ulster Canal built?
- Built or established in 1842.
- Is Ulster Canal free to visit?
- Yes, Ulster Canal is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ulster Canal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT92 8GB. It sits within the Fermanagh and South Tyrone parliamentary constituency.