--- title: "Bishopstown – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bishopstown, Ireland: Bishopstown is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city. Nearby: University College Cork, Saint Fin Barre's…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bishopstown" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bishopstown.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Leyland_FG.jpg/1920px-Leyland_FG.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Suburb in Cork, Munster, Ireland # Bishopstown Bishopstown is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city. ![Bishopstown](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Leyland_FG.jpg/1920px-Leyland_FG.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Bishopstown · JoachimKohler-HB The place Bishopstown is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city. It is made-up of the townlands of Ballineaspigbeg and Ballineaspigmore, and is located in the civil parish of St. Finbar's in the historical Barony of Cork. It is near the town of Ballincollig, a satellite of Cork City, and is home to a number of schools and colleges. It also borders the neighbouring suburbs of Wilton and Glasheen. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishopstown), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bishopstown 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. University College Cork University College Cork is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Cork, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Colleges in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. 3.1 km · constituent university of the National University of Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_Cork) 2. 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. 3.9 km · cathedral in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fin_Barre%27s_Cathedral) 3. Carrigrohane Castle Carrigrohane Castle is located in the village of Carrigrohane, barony of Barretts in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on a rocky cliff-edge which overlooks the River Lee. 2.9 km · castle in Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrigrohane_Castle) 4. 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. 3.3 km · Catholic church at University College Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honan_Chapel) 5. Cork County Hall The County Hall is a 17-storey office block, owned by Cork County Council and housing its administrative headquarters. The building is located on Carrigrohane Road in the city of Cork. 2.3 km · building in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_Cork) 6. Two Working Men Two Working Men are a pair of statues made by the Irish sculptor Oisín Kelly. The piece took Kelly three years to create and was unveiled in front of the County Hall in Cork in 1969. 2.3 km · sculpture by Oisín Kelly · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Working_Men) 7. Crawford Observatory The Crawford Observatory is a 19th-century observatory located on the campus of University College Cork, Ireland. Built in 1878, the observatory contains three instruments; a Thomas Grubb equatorial telescope, a transit telescope and a siderostatic telescope. 3.1 km · 19th-century observatory located on the campus of University College Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Observatory) 8. Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa College of Further Education Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa is an educational institution in Cork city in Ireland. Like other further education colleges in Ireland, the college offers further education courses, including Post Leaving Certificate courses. 3.4 km · College of Further Education · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col%C3%A1iste_Stiof%C3%A1in_Naofa) 9. Fitzgerald's Park Fitzgerald's Park or Fitzgerald Park is a public park in Cork city and the location of the Cork Public Museum. The park is located on the Mardyke and is a short distance from Cork city centre and University College Cork. 3.1 km · a public park in Cork city · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgerald%27s_Park) 10. St. Finbarr's Cemetery St. Finbarr's Cemetery in Cork, Ireland, is the city's largest and one of the oldest cemeteries in Ireland which is still in use. 2.2 km · cemetery in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Finbarr%27s_Cemetery) 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 Bishopstown **Airports:** Cork (ORK), 5 km · Shannon (SNN), 96 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 227 km\ - Shannon → Bishopstown 95 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · €12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-bishopstown) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Bishopstown) - Charlestown → Bishopstown 233 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · €28–39 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-bishopstown) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Bishopstown) - Dublin → Bishopstown 140 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · €17–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-bishopstown) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Bishopstown) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bishopstown) 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 Bishopstown 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 Bishopstown. 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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