R809 road (Ireland)

R809 road
Bóthar R809
Watermill Road, Raheny, on the R809
Route information
Length	5 km (3.1 mi)
Location
Country	Ireland
Primary destinations	Dublin R807 (James Larkin Road) Watermill Road Main Street, Raheny Station Road, Raheny Raheny Road R104 (Tonlegee Road) R104 (Kilbarrack Road) Grange Road Fingal R106 (Main Street, Baldoyle) R106 (Strand Road, Baldoyle) Warrenhouse Road Baldoyle Road R105 (Dublin Road, Sutton)
Highway system
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional

The R809 road is a regional road in three sections in Dublin and Fingal, Ireland. ^[1] It runs in a roughly semicircular path, partially interrupted by the R139 since 2012, that runs north, then east, then south, connecting one point on the coast road of Dublin Bay with another point, further northeast.

In total, the road is just short of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in length. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Route

The first section connects the R807 in Bettyglen to the R104 via Raheny, ^[2] the second from the R104 to the R139 via Donaghmede, ^[3] and the third from its junction with the R139 and R106 in Baldoyle to the R105 in Sutton. ^[4]

History

The R809 originally formed a continuous route from Bettyglen to Sutton, putting the route's total length at 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi). ^[5] However, the designation of the R139 road in 2012 along the section between Donaghmede and Baldoyle (on Grange Road and Willie Nolan Road) replaced that of the R809, ^[1] thereby splitting the route.

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• Regional road

References

1. Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order, 2012, Irish Statute Book (irishstatutebook.ie). (HTML file), 2012-02-28.
2. Map of first 2.7 km section of R809 road, Google Maps. Retrieved: 2010-08-10.
3. Map of second 1 km section of R809, Google Maps. Retrieved: 29 April 2025.
4. Map of third 1.2 km section of R809, Google Maps. Retrieved: 2010-08-10.
5. "S.I. No. 400/1994 — Roads Act, 1993 (Declaration of Regional Roads) Order, 1994". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 29 April 2025.