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Paddling near Kildare, Co. Kildare


County Kildare sits on Ireland's central plain, threaded by canals and bordered by the River Liffey and the River Barrow. The county is well-established paddling country, with flatwater canal routes, a celebrated multi-day river journey on the Barrow, and SUP on the spring-fed Milltown Feeder canal through Pollardstown Fen nature reserve.

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