Editing Mitchelstown (section)

===Road===
[[File:Mitchelstown R639 cantilever sign.JPG|thumb|Cantilever sign for access to Mitchelstown from the [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]], 3&nbsp;km south of the town.]]
Mitchelstown is situated close to the [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]] Dublin to Cork motorway, which runs to the east and can be accessed from Junctions 12 and 13.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

A relief road, located to the west of the town, serves to filter [[N73 road (Ireland)|N73]] traffic towards [[Mallow, County Cork|Mallow]] and [[R513 road (Ireland)|R513]] traffic towards [[Limerick]]. The construction of the relief road to the west and north, and its connection in 2009 to the [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]] to the east of Mitchelstown, means that the town has become the smallest in Ireland to have a full 360-degree ring road.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Prior to the opening of the relief road in 2006, the [[N8 road (Ireland)|N8]] ran through Mitchelstown itself, seriously congesting the main street. The [[R665 road]] connects Mitchelstown to [[Clonmel]], while the former N8 now redesignated as the [[R639]] provides an alternative route from Mitchelstown to [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Fermoy]] and [[Cahir]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}