<Tr> <Th> End point </Th> <Td> Grand Canal Dock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Connects to </Th> <Td> River Shannon </Td> </Tr> <P> The Grand Canal (Irish: An Chanáil Mhór) is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city . Its sister canal on the Northside of Dublin is the Royal Canal . The last working cargo barge passed through the Grand Canal in 1960 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Main line to Grand Canal Harbour near St. James's Gate <Ul> <Li> Most of the route is now used by the Luas . While this section was in use, the canal from Crumlin to the Liffey in Ringsend, which forms part of the current main line, was considered to be a branch . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Naas / Corbally <Ul> <Li> Navigable to Naas, but a low bridge prevents access to Corbally </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Barrow, joining the River Barrow at Athy </Li> <Li> Milltown feeder </Li> <Li> The Mountmellick Line, which left the Barrow Line at Monasterevin and passed through Portarlington (abandoned) </Li> <Li> Blackwood feeder (abandoned) </Li> <Li> Lough Boora feeder (abandoned) </Li> <Li> Edenderry </Li> <Li> Kilbeggan (abandoned) </Li> <Li> Ballinasloe (starting on the far side of the River Shannon from Shannon Harbour; abandoned and now used by Bord na Móna industrial railway) </Li> </Ul>

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