Tralee–Fenit Greenway

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Tralee–Fenit Greenway
Tralee Fenit Greenway route at Kilfenora
Length	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 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][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]

Blockades

Soon after the official opening, gates on the greenway were blocked-off by third-parties on multiple occasions.^[13][14]

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.^[15][16]