The R297 road is a regional road in counties Sligo and Mayo, in Ireland. It connects the N59 road near Dromore West to the N59 again at Dooyeaghny, just inside the Mayo border, away (<span class="plainlinks">map</span>).
The government legislation that defines the R297, the Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012 (Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012), provides the following official description: