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Suburb in County Cork, Munster, Ireland

Gurranabraher

Gurranabraher is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City.

The place

Gurranabraher is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City. Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street. Gurranabraher is located in the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central, and the Cork City Council local electoral area of Cork City North West.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gurranabraher

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. 01
    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.

    1.2 km · constituent university of the National University of Ireland · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    1.4 km · cathedral in Cork, Ireland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.8 km · Football stadium, home of Munster Football Association & Cork City FC · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    1.6 km · Historic market in Cork city, Ireland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    1.3 km · church in Cork, Ireland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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
  7. 07
    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.

    2.3 km · Irish landmark building · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    1.2 km · Catholic church at University College Cork, Ireland · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    1.9 km · church building in Cork, Ireland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    1.5 km · building in Cork, Ireland · Wikipedia

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 Gurranabraher

Airports
Cork (ORK), 7 km · Shannon (SNN), 93 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 224 km
Stations
Cork Kent railway station, 2.5 km · Cork Albert Street railway station, 2.2 km · Cork Albert Quay railway station, 2.4 km
  • Shannon → Gurranabraher
    93 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · €12–17
  • Charlestown → Gurranabraher
    230 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · €27–38
  • Dublin → Gurranabraher
    219 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · €25–35
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gurranabraher

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 Gurranabraher. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIn summer there are car ferries from Roscoff (15 hr) twice a week, operated by Brittany Ferries.
  • Get inIn 2026, a new daily Hibernia Lines ferry launched to Boulogne-sur-mer.

From Wikivoyage: 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. 01
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

    159 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    276 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    464 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    485 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    485 km

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