[James Howard]

I walked most of it a couple of months ago. There is a short cycle between Athlone station and the start of the greenway and then it's plain sailing off-road to Mullingar. The Royal Canal path then goes parallel to the railway all the way to Dublin.

Irish Rail should really be making a bit more of it from a marketing perspective. A return ticket that works on both lines would be useful to tourists and would drum up a bit of business.