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Autosnelwegen Ierland M18 Autosnelweg M18 M18 Galway - Shannon Pagina 1 Autosnelwegen Ierland M18 De M18 is een motorway in Ierland. De snelweg vormt een noord-zuidverbinding in het westen van het land, vooralsnog van Shannon naar Gort, maar verlengingen naar Limerick en Galway zijn in planning. De huidige snelweg is 44 kilometer lang, de toekomstige snelweg is 70 kilometer lang naar Galway en in totaal 85 kilometer van Limerick naar Galway. Routebeschrijving De weg begint als een gelijkvloerse dual carriageway aan de noordwestkant van de stad Limerick, en voert dan langs de fjord van de rivier de Shannon naar het noordwesten. Vanaf Shannon is de weg een motorway met ongelijkvloerse kruisingen, die dan naar het noorden afbuigt, en langs Ennis loopt. Een verlenging tot Gort is in aanleg, de rest naar Galway in planning. Deze route wordt momenteel door de N18 gevormd, die door het woeste westen van Ierland loopt. Bij Galway moet de snelweg aansluiten op de M6 naar Dublin en de M17 naar Sligo. Geschiedenis Op 30 september 2002 opende het eerste gedeelte van Shannon naar Newmarket on Fergus. In januari 2007 opende de bypass van Ennis, beide delen als dual carriageway. Deze zijn in augustus 2009 hernoemd naar motorway. Op 12 november 2010 opende 22 kilometer M18 tussen Ennis en Gort, ruim 8 maanden voor op schema. Totaal 70 km lang Pagina 2 Autosnelwegen Ierland M18 16 Gort M18 Gort De omgeving van Gort, ten oosten van The Burgen aan de N78 gelegen, is interessanter dan het dorp zelf. Het stadje ligt midden in een vulkanische vlakte waarin de Devil's Punch, iets ten zuiden van Gort, een bijna volmaakte krater vormt. Op de bodem van de krater komt een onderaardse rivier te voorschijn. Noordelijk van Gort staat een vierkante Norman toren, de Thoor Ballylee. In deze toren heeft Nobelprijswinnaar W.B. Yeats tussen 1917 en 1929 de zomers doorgebracht. Hij wijdde zelfs twee werken aan zijn verblijf in de toren: The Tower en The Winding Star. Yeats had het bouwwerk laten restaureren om er te kunnen werken, maar na zijn vertrek raakte het weer in verval. Sinds 1965 is de `Yeats-tower' weer geheel gerestaureerd en is het literaire bedevaartsoord opengesteld voor het publiek. In de toren worden zeldzame eerste edities van Yeats' vroegste werken bewaard. Het kleine Lough Coole vlakbij was een plek waar Yeats graag kwam. The Wild Swans of Coole van Yeats zijn afkomstig uit het meer van Coole Park. Op het terrein van het voormalige Coole House staat een beuk, de `Auto graph Tree', de handtekeningenboom met initialen van onder andere Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, Masefield, O'Casey, Douglas Hyde, Gogarty en Lady Gregory. Ongeveer zes kilometer ten zuidoosten van Gort is de ruïne van het Kilmacduagh Monastery met zijn scheve ronde toren te vinden. Het mooiste van deze bouwvallen is de doorgang van het schip naar het dwarsschip aan de noordkant van de kerk. Ten zuidoosten van Gort strekt zich het Lough Cutra uit. Aan de oever van het meer staat het Lough Cutra Castte, in 1810 in tudorstijl gebouwd. 15 Crusheen M18 Pagina 3 Autosnelwegen Ierland M18 14 Ennis-East M18 13 Ennis-East M18 12 Ennis-South M18 Ennis De hoofdstad van de county Clara heet Ennis (Gaelisch: 'Iris': weiland aan de rivier). In het Municipal Museum liggen historische voorwerpen uit de county en het stadje uitgestald. Treinenfans moeten beslist een kijkje gaan nemen op het oude station van Ennis. Daar staat namelijk een stokoude locomotief gestald. Bij de brug over de rivier de Fergus ligt de ruïne van de Ennis Abbey uit 1241. In de abdij, die in 1692 werd gesloten, zijn gotische ramen en enkele gebeeldhouwde grafmonumenten te bezichtigen 11 Clarecastle M18 Pagina 4 Autosnelwegen Ierland M18 10 Newmarket on Fergus M18 Newmarket-on-Fergus ± 1542 inwoners Newmarket-on-Fergus, (Iers: Cora Chaitlín (Caitlíns kanaal), is een dorp in County Clare in Ierland. De historische naam is Corracatlin. Het dorp ligt op 12 kilometer afstand van Ennis, 8 kilometer van Shannon Airport en 24 kilometer van Limerick. Geschiedenis De huidige parochie Newmarket-on-Fergus bestond voorheen uit 7 aparte parochies: Bunratty, Fenloe, Kilnasoolagh, Drumline, Clonloghan, Kilconry and Kilmaleery. In de periode van de Penal Laws liet de High Sheriff of Clare John Westtropp in 1744 alle kerken van deze 7 parochies sluiten. In maart 1854 werd bij het oude ringfort Mooghaun op het landgoed bij Dromoland Castle een antieke schat gevonden. Deze "hoard" (collectie van geofferde metalen voorwerpen) werd gevonden aan de rand van Mooghaun Lough. Deze schat bestond naast andere voorwerpen uit ruim 200 armbanden en kettingen van goud. Pagina 5 Autosnelwegen Ierland M18 9 Shannon M18 Shannon Airport In 1919 Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic and landed here': Alcock en Brown landden in de buurt van Shannon na hun trans-Atlantische vlucht. Deze regel staat te lezen in een advertentie van de grootsteen oudste dutyfree shop (belastingvrije winkel) van Europa en de eerste ter wereld, gevestigd op Shannon Airport. Toen genoemde twee Britse vliegeniers/ pioniers voor de kust van Ierland landden (de eerste vliegtuigen moesten nog op zee landen) viel hun bepaald geen groots welkom ten deel. Zij moesten zelfs enkele kilometers tot vlak bij Clifden wandelen en een politieman vertellen welke monstertocht zij achter de rug hadden. Momenteel landen ongeveer 20.000 reizigers per week op Shannon. De leren, die nauw betrokken zijn bij de ontwikkeling van vliegveld Shannon, vertellen graag deze - overigens waargebeurde - anecdote. Hiermee willen ze nog eens extra benadrukken welke stormachtige ontwikkelingen Shannon Airport heeft doorgemaakt. Dat heeft niet op de laatste plaats aan 'Shannon Development' gelegen. Pagina 6 .
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