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R668 road
Bóthar R668
R668 through Ballylooby
Major junctions
From	R913 at Mitchelstown Road, Cahir, County Tipperary
Major intersections	R665 at Parsons Green Enter County Waterford
To	N72 at Ballyrafter
Location
Country	Ireland
Highway system
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional
← R667 → R669

The R668 road is a regional road in Ireland from Lismore, County Waterford to Cahir in County Tipperary, through Clogheen and Ballylooby. The Lismore–Clogheen section is a scenic route through the Vee Gap (Irish: Bóthar na gCorr) in the Knockmealdown Mountains, between Sugarloaf Hill and Knockshanahullion.

In the eighteenth century, the Cahir–Clogheen section was part of the main road from Cashel to Cork city. It was superseded in the early 19th century by the construction of what is now the R639 road between Cahir and Mitchelstown.

The R665 crosses the R668 at Clogheen. At Glentanagree Bridge, the R669 forks off to the south east past Mount Melleray to Cappoquin.

References

1. "Bóthar na gCorr / The Vee". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
2. "604241,611894". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
3. Taylor, George; Andrew Skinner (1778). "Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed 1777". London: G. Terry. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
4. "600325,614116". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
5. "603998,607814". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 – Department of Transport

• Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland
• Roads in County Tipperary
• Roads in County Waterford