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Beyond its economic promise, the greenway offers walkers a path through history — passing 19th-century railway bridges, famine-era stone walls, and the haunting silence of the Lagan Valley bogs. Interpretive signs along the route will tell stories of local emigration, the railway’s heyday, and the Troubles, when the borderlands were among the most heavily militarised in Europe.

“You’ll be walking where smugglers once walked, and later, where soldiers stood guard,” said local historian Éamonn Ó Dochartaigh. “But now it’s just a path. That’s the quiet miracle of it.” irischronicle

The greenway opens to the public on June 10th. Cycling and walking are free, with bike hire available in Letterkenny and Derry. A shuttle bus will run along parallel roads for those wishing to complete one-way journeys. Beyond its economic promise, the greenway offers walkers

LETTERKENNY – In a move hailed as a “bridge not just over rivers, but between communities,” the long-awaited North West Greenway is set to open to the public next month, connecting the rugged landscapes of County Donegal with the historic walls of Derry. “But now it’s just a path

Local businesses along the route have already begun preparing for an influx of cyclists and walkers. In the village of Newtowncunningham, café owner Siobhán McGinty told The Irish Chronicle : “For years, people just passed through. Now, they’ll stop. This is the first real investment here in a generation.”

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Officials from both sides of the border cut the ribbon yesterday at a low-key ceremony near St. Johnston, with Derry City and Strabane District Council describing the route as “a living example of cross-community cooperation.”