Tralee–Fenit Greenway

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Tralee–Fenit Greenway
Tralee Fenit Greenway route at Kilfenora
Length	approx. 14 kilometres (9 mi)
Location	County Kerry, Ireland
Trailheads	Tralee Fenit
Use	Hiking, cycling
Maintained by	Kerry County Council[1]
Website	traleefenitgreenway.com

The Tralee–Fenit Greenway is a greenway and rail trail in Ireland,^[2] which is due to form part of EuroVelo EV1 and the Great Southern Trail. The 14km route was planned to be completed by 2021, but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[3] with a rescheduled opening of summer 2022.^[4] The first section of the greenway, a 6.5km route, opened in June 2022.^[5] It was extended to 11.2km later in 2022,^[6] and was approximately 13.6km in length by 2025.^[7]

History

Work was needed to recover the disused railway path from overgrowth

In 2017, CIÉ agreed to divest the Tralee - Fenit and North Kerry railways to Kerry County Council,^[8][9] in order to facilitate the completion of the Kerry Greenways. Initially planned to open in 2021, the project completion date was updated to 2022 owing to a "planning matter".^[10][11] The planned route required the development of new underpasses.^[12]

The first phase of the greenway, comprising 6.5km of the route, was opened in June 2022.^[5] This was extended to 11.2km in October 2022.^[6][13]

Shortly after the official opening, a gate on the greenway was tied closed by third-parties on at least two occasions in October and November 2022.^[14][15]

As of mid-2025 it was proposed to open additional access points and install location markers along the greenway.^[7]

Great Southern Greenway

As the Tralee–Fenit and Tralee–Limerick railways shared the same rail-bed out of Tralee,^[9] the first 3km of the Tralee Fenit Greenway also forms part of the Great Southern Trail and EuroVelo EV1.^[16][17]