Grand Canal
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Sep 12, 2026
Bobby KerrHOST
Tell us then about the Canal Boat Restaurant and how that operates.
Mícheál Ó CionnaGUEST
Well, we started on the canal, the Grand Canal at Mespel Road, and we started there in 2010.
Mícheál Ó CionnaGUEST
And we run typically up to five nights a week.
Mícheál Ó CionnaGUEST
We would do up to 10 events each week.
Mícheál Ó CionnaGUEST
And the rest of it then is corporate events, private celebrations, and a number of public dinner cruises in the evenings where you can go online and book a table for two or four or six or whatever.
Bobby KerrHOST
That's great.
Bobby KerrHOST
You say there's a short trip, and I'm wondering how many actually locks can you go through? You see, you can go from the Grand Canal dock up as far as what, Harald's Cross, is it?
Mícheál Ó CionnaGUEST
Well, indeed, you can navigate from the Grand Canal dock all the way to the River Shannon.
Bobby KerrHOST
Gerard Laughlin is a skipper at bargetrip.ie.
Bobby KerrHOST
He also is an operator on the Grand Canal Greenway bike hire.
Bobby KerrHOST
Gerard, you're very welcome to the programme.
Ger LoughlinGUEST
Hey Bobby, thanks for having me on.
Bobby KerrHOST
That's great.
Ger LoughlinGUEST
And then over the years, that kind of evolved into a small cluster of businesses.
Ger LoughlinGUEST
So, you know, with BargeTrip.ie, four years ago, I bought 60 bicycles and we set up Grand Canal Greenway bike hire in the old Grand Canal Stores building here in Salons, where you can also get a nice coffee as well.
Ger LoughlinGUEST
And I have a couple of tourist accommodation units.
David HollywoodHOST
Norman works as a porter at the emergency department at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore.
David HollywoodHOST
Earlier this year, he raised over 8,000 euro for both Offaly and Harold's Cross Hospice by walking the Grand Canal from Offaly all the way to Dublin in honor of his late father, Paddy.
David HollywoodHOST
He says it meant a lot to him to be able to give something back to those who helped his family.
Norman BrownSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There'd be certain moments where you'd be stopped in your tracks, b- uh, certain memories that would happen.