University degree courses in Cork, Ireland

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Transportation to Cork / UCC

By car
From the city centre:

- drive west out of the city along Washington Street, past Jury’s Hotel and the Muskerry Garage on your left;
- turn left at the lights by the old College gates;
- go up Donovan's Hill, past the Honan Chapel on your right;
- at the top of the hill, turn right onto College Road;
- for the main entrance to the College go 200m further down College Road, on your right.
- for the visitors car park proceed to the traffic lights and turn right down Gaol Walk hill. At the bottom of the hill, follow the road to the right and then left over a bridge, where immediately to the right is the Perrott's Inch (pay) car park. An alternative way of accessing the Perrott's Inch car park is, when travelling west along Washington Street, by continuing straight ahead at the traffic lights at the old College gates and taking a left turn at the next set of traffic lights - the car park is 100m on the left.

Parking on the main campus is restricted to permit holders, deliveries, those on official business, and cars with disabled stickers. Other UCC locations have very limited visitor parking.

On-street parking in Cork city centre is by way of parking ‘discs’ printed on slips of paper that you mark with the date and time: you buy these at many shops and garages all over the city. If you are delivering goods to a UCC location, you should discuss access arrangements with the recipient.

By city bus
From Patrick Street, No. 8 (marked ‘Bishopstown’) about every 15 minutes, ask to get off at Gaol Cross; or No. 5 (marked ‘Rossa Avenue’) about every hour, ask to get off at College Road.

By train
From Dublin (Heuston), about 8 trains a day, journey time about 3 hours. See Iarnród Éireann’s timetables. Trains stop at Mallow for connections with Killarney, and at Limerick Junction for connnections with Limerick (for Shannon Airport). Taxis from the rail station cost about €7 and there is also a city bus meeting some trains.

By long-distance bus
From Dublin (Busáras), about 6 buses a day, journey time about 5 hours. See Bus Éireann’s timetables. Taxis from the bus station cost about €5 and most city buses also stop at the bus station, which is about 300m from Patrick Street in the city centre.

There is an overnight coach to and from London (Victoria Bus Station) which travels via the ferry service between Rosslare (Co Waterford) and Fishguard or Milford Haven (Wales).

By air
Cork Airport has frequent flights to Dublin and London with Aer Lingus (Heathrow and Gatwick) and RyanAir (Stanstead), and with other airlines to Belfast and a wide range of other UK and European destinations. See Aer Rianta’s pages for details of movements. Taxis from the airport cost about €10 and there is also an airport bus every hour during the day. All the major car rental companies have desks at the airports.

Travellers coming via Europe change at Dublin, Belfast, or London when there is no direct flight to Cork. Travellers coming via N America change at Dublin, Belfast, or Shannon (there are no flights between Cork and Shannon as it is so close: see the rail timetables).

By ferry
There is a direct ferry daily between Cork and Swansea (Wales), travel time about nine hours. There are also ferries in summer between Cork and and ports in northern France.