>Kilkenny (75 miles/121 kilometers)

Follow signs Durrow N77
N77 - Turn left
Junction with N78
N77 - Turn left
Ballyraggett
N77 - Follow signs Dublin N8
Durrow
N8 - Abbeyleix
N8 - At roundabout take 3rd exit (signposted Port Laoise)
Junction with M7
N8 - Follow signs Tullamore N80
Portlaoise
N80 - Turn left then right
Mountmellick
N80 - Killeigh
N80 - Follow signs Athlone N80
Tullamore
N80 - Clara
N80 - Turn left N6
Moate
N6 - Follow signs Athlone N6
Junction with N62
N6 - Follow signs Athlone R446
Junction with Athlone Bypass
R446 - ATHLONE