R579 road (Ireland)

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]

R579 road
Bóthar R579
R579 in Kanturk
Route information
Length	69.7 km[1][2] (43.3 mi)
Major junctions
From	R515 at Killilagh Cross, County Limerick
Major intersections	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
← R578 → R580

Banteer on the R579