--- title: "Farran – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Farran, Ireland: Farran is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the parish of Ovens. Nearby: Kilcrea Castle. Every way there from the planner, and what…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/farran" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/farran.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Robin%27s_ain_Water_Side%2C_Robin%27s_Yule_Song._1860.jpg/1920px-Robin%27s_ain_Water_Side%2C_Robin%27s_Yule_Song._1860.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in County Cork, Ireland # Farran Farran is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the parish of Ovens. ![Farran](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Robin%27s_ain_Water_Side%2C_Robin%27s_Yule_Song._1860.jpg/1920px-Robin%27s_ain_Water_Side%2C_Robin%27s_Yule_Song._1860.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Farran · Griffith and Farran. 1860 The place Farran is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the parish of Ovens. It lies on the southside of the River Lee. Farran is 12 miles (19 km) west from Cork City on the N22 road. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farran), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Farran One place 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. Kilcrea Castle Kilcrea Castle is a ruined 15th-century towerhouse and bawn located near the Kilcrea Friary, west of Cork City, Ireland. The tower house and friary were both built by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry. 1 km · 15th-century ruined tower house and bawn · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilcrea_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 Farran **Airports:** Cork (ORK), 16 km · Shannon (SNN), 93 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 227 km\ - Shannon → Farran 45 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · €6–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-farran) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Farran) - Charlestown → Farran 226 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · €32–45 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-farran) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Farran) - Dublin → Farran 301 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · €34–48 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-farran) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Farran) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Farran) 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 Farran 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 Farran. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in There are no through-buses to Ireland from Great Britain or the continent: change in London for the ferry ports. - Get in Buses run from Rosslare ferry harbour via Wexford, Waterford, Dungarvan and Youghal to Cork, and continue to Kerry. - Get in Summer ferries from Roscoff and Santander sail to Cork, landing at Ringaskiddy 7 km south of the city. - Get around But they also have long day trips out to far-flung spots like Mizen Head and Ring of Kerry, impractical to reach without your own car. From [Wikivoyage: County Cork](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/County_Cork), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 155 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 291 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 474 km 4. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 493 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 494 km If you know how people move in Farran – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cfarran&title=Farran&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Ffarran), and the note gets an entry. 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