R165 road
Bóthar R165
R165 at Lavey
Route information
Length	64 km (40 mi)
Location
Country	Ireland
Primary destinations	County Cavan Starts at junction with the R188 Stradone Joins/leaves N3 at Lavey Joins the R191 Bailieborough - (R178); leaves the R191 Kingscourt - (R162); (R164) (R179) Drumcondrath (N52) County Louth Terminates at the N2 near Ardee
Highway system
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional

The R165 road is a regional road in Ireland, linking the R188 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Cootehill in County Cavan to the N2 near Ardee, County Louth.

The route is 64 km (40 mi) long.

Northeast to southwest, the route starts at a junction with the R188 west of Cootehill. It continues southwards through Stradone, to join the N3 and in 500 m leaves the N3 at Lavey.

It heads southeast through Bailieborough, Kingscourt and Drumconrath, crosses the N52 then enters County Louth and terminates at the N2 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Ardee.

• Roads in Ireland
• National primary road
• National secondary road

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