--- title: "Ballintemple – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Ballintemple, Ireland: Ballintemple is a suburb of Cork city, Ireland. Nearby: Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Turners Cross, Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Every way…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ballintemple" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ballintemple.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ballintemple_village.jpg" --- Suburb of Cork, Ireland # Ballintemple Ballintemple is a suburb of Cork city, Ireland. ![Ballintemple](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ballintemple_village.jpg) Ballintemple · Wikimedia Commons The place Ballintemple is a suburb of Cork city, Ireland. The village is situated on the east side of the city with its limits extending to the River Lee and the village of Blackrock further to the east. Originally, Ballintemple was a separate village but today it has been enclosed by the city. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballintemple), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Ballintemple 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is a Gothic Revival three-spire Church of Ireland cathedral in Cork city, Ireland. It is located on the south bank of the River Lee and dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. 3.2 km · cathedral in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fin_Barre%27s_Cathedral) 2. Turners Cross Turners Cross, also known as Turners Cross Stadium and officially as Munster FA Turners Cross Stadium from January 2026, is an all-seater football stadium located in and synonymous with the district of Turners Cross in Cork, Ireland. It is owned by the Munster Football Association, and is used by the MFA and by League of Ireland side Cork City. 2.5 km · Football stadium, home of Munster Football Association & Cork City FC · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turners_Cross_(stadium%29) 3. Páirc Uí Chaoimh Páirc Uí Chaoimh is a Gaelic games stadium in Cork, Ireland. Often referred to simply as "The Park", it is the home of Cork GAA and is located in Ballintemple, near the site of the original Cork Athletic Grounds. 500 m · stadium in Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1irc_U%C3%AD_Chaoimh) 4. English Market The English Market is a municipal food market in the centre of Cork city, Ireland. It stretches from Princes Street to the Grand Parade, and combines Princes Street Market and Grand Parade Market. 2.7 km · Historic market in Cork city, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Market) 5. Church of St Anne The Church of St Anne is a Church of Ireland church located in the Shandon district of Cork city in Ireland. Built between 1722 and 1726, it is situated on a hill overlooking the River Lee. 3 km · church in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Anne,_Shandon) 6. Musgrave Park Musgrave Park, known as Virgin Media Park for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby football stadium in the city of Cork, Ireland. The ground is situated on Pearse Road in Ballyphehane. 3 km · Rugby football stadium in Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgrave_Park,_Cork) 7. The Elysian The Elysian is a mixed-use Celtic Tiger-era building at Eglinton Street in Cork, Ireland. Construction of the building was completed in early September 2008. 2 km · Irish landmark building · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elysian) 8. Honan Chapel The Honan Chapel is a small Catholic church built in the Hiberno-Romanesque revival style on the grounds of University College Cork, Ireland. Designed in 1914, the building was completed in 1916 and furnished by 1917. 3.8 km · Catholic church at University College Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honan_Chapel) 9. Holy Trinity Church, Cork Holy Trinity Church, also known as Father Mathew Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic Gothic Revival church and friary on Fr. Mathew Quay, on the bank of the River Lee in Cork. 2.5 km · church building in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Cork) 10. Dundanion Castle Dundanion Castle is a Tudor tower house in the Blackrock area of Cork in Ireland. Previously known as Galwey's Castle, the ruin is located on the grounds of the much later "Dundanion House". 1 km · tudor tower house in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundanion_Castle) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Ballintemple **Airports:** Cork (ORK), 7 km · Shannon (SNN), 96 km · Dublin (DUB), 225 km\ **Stations:** Cork Kent railway station, 1.8 km · Cork Albert Street railway station, 2.1 km · Rochestown railway station, 3.5 km · Dunkettle railway station, 2.9 km\ - Shannon → Ballintemple 67 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · €8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-ballintemple) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Ballintemple) - Dublin → Ballintemple 56 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · €7–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-ballintemple) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Ballintemple) - Charlestown → Ballintemple 231 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · €28–39 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-ballintemple) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Ballintemple) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Ballintemple) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Ballintemple Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ballintemple. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in In summer there are car ferries from Roscoff (15 hr) twice a week, operated by Brittany Ferries. - Get in In 2026, a new daily Hibernia Lines ferry launched to Boulogne-sur-mer. From [Wikivoyage: Cork](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cork), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. 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