Grand Canal

E139825
canal waterway

The Grand Canal is a major man-made waterway in Ireland that historically linked Dublin to the River Shannon, serving as an important route for transport and trade.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Grand Canal canonical 4
Grand Canal (via branches nearby) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connectsTo Dublin ⓘ
Grand Canal Dock ⓘ
River Shannon ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth ⓘ
stone ⓘ
constructionStart 1757 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
crosses River Liffey ⓘ
surface form: River Liffey (via the Grand Canal Dock area)
currentUse amenity and leisure ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
designedFor linking Dublin to the River Shannon ⓘ
economicRole facilitated trade between Dublin and the Irish midlands ⓘ
endPoint Shannon Harbour ⓘ
hasBranch Barrow Line ⓘ
Kilbeggan Branch ⓘ
Mountmellick Branch ⓘ
Naas Branch ⓘ
hasStructure aqueducts ⓘ
bridges ⓘ
locks ⓘ
hasTowpath yes ⓘ
historicalUse freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
length about 131 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn County Dublin ⓘ
County Galway ⓘ
County Kildare ⓘ
County Laois ⓘ
County Offaly ⓘ
County Tipperary ⓘ
County Westmeath ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
managedBy Waterways Ireland ⓘ
numberOfLocks 43 ⓘ
openingDate 1804 ⓘ
parallelTo Royal Canal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Canal (Ireland)
partOf Irish inland waterways network ⓘ
passesThrough Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Dublin City

Robertstown ⓘ
Sallins ⓘ
Shannon Harbour ⓘ
Tullamore ⓘ
startPoint Grand Canal Dock ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
terminus Dublin ⓘ
River Shannon ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Shannon → connectedTo → Grand Canal ⓘ
County Westmeath → traversedBy → Grand Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canal (via branches nearby)
County Kildare → contains → Grand Canal ⓘ
Naas → hasCanal → Grand Canal ⓘ
Rahan → locatedOn → Grand Canal ⓘ