The Miners Way
& Historical Trail

General Information

The Miners Way & Historical Trail are a network of walking paths which wind their way through adjoining parts of Counties Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. The Miners Way follows many of the paths used by the miners going to work in the Arigna coal mines. This section makes a circuit starting from Arigna and travelling via Keadue, Ballyfarnon and Corrie Mountain to return to Arigna. The Historical Trail section runs in a great loop, leaving the Miners Way at Keadue and running to Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Carrowkeel, Castlebaldwin, Highwood and returning to the Miners Way at Ballyfarnon. A third Loop connects the Miners Way to Slí Liathroma and goes around Lough Allen by Drumkeeran, Dowra, Drumshanbo and back to Arigna.

The Arigna Miners Way, including all links is 62 kilometres (39 miles) in length and ascends some 1300 metres. The Historical Trail is 56 kilometres (35 miles) in length and ascends some 850 metres. They are most suitable for a weeks walking but the visitor can pick and choose which sections to walk. It links in with the Cavan Way at Dowra and thence to the Ulster Way.

It is also possible to link with the Sligo Way and thence to the Western Ways. A suggested route which is not waymarked is to leave the Arigna Miners Way at the footbridge over the Arigna River near Glen. Follow the river towards its source passing by spectacular cliffs before leaving the river at Pollneasc waterfall. From here follow a bank of a stream and climb up to Carran Hill. Descend towards Dromahair.

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