R579 road (Ireland)

R579 road
R579 road
Bóthar R579
	R579 in Kanturk
Route information
Length	69.7 km (43.3 mi)
Major junctions
From	R515 at Killilagh Cross, County Limerick
	Enter County Cork ; R578 at Glanycummane Lower; R576 at O'Brien Street, Kanturk ; N72 at Ballymaquirk; Cross River Blackwater ; R619 at Ballycunningham; R617 at Coolflugh;
To	R618 at Leemount Cross, County Cork
Location
Country	Ireland
Highway system
	Roads in Ireland ; Motorways ; Primary ; Secondary ; Regional ;

Last updated November 19, 2025

The R579 road is a regional road in Ireland. It travels from the R515 road at Broadford, County Limerick to the R618 on the outskirts of Cork, via the town of Kanturk and the villages of Banteer and Cloghroe.^[2] North of Kanturk, the road mostly follows the course of the River Allow. The road is 69.7 kilometres (43.3 mi) long.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 "R515 to R618" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 18 December 2020.
1 2 3 "S.I. No. 54/2012 – Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012". Government of Ireland. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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[GoogleMaps-1] 1 2 "R515 to R618" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[Statute-2] 1 2 3 "S.I. No. 54/2012 – Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012". Government of Ireland. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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