--- title: "Little Island, Cork – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Little Island, Cork, Ireland: Little Island, County Cork, is a civil parish and mainly industrial area to the east of Cork city in Ireland. Nearby…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/little-island" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/little-island.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/ISS-56_Cork%2C_Ireland_with_the_River_Lee_and_surrounding_areas.jpg/1920px-ISS-56_Cork%2C_Ireland_with_the_River_Lee_and_surrounding_areas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Civil parish near Cork city, Ireland # Little Island, Cork Little Island, County Cork, is a civil parish and mainly industrial area to the east of Cork city in Ireland. ![Little Island, Cork](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/ISS-56_Cork%2C_Ireland_with_the_River_Lee_and_surrounding_areas.jpg/1920px-ISS-56_Cork%2C_Ireland_with_the_River_Lee_and_surrounding_areas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Little Island, Cork · NASA The place Little Island, County Cork, is a civil parish and mainly industrial area to the east of Cork city in Ireland. It is no longer an island since the northern channel separating it from the mainland has filled over. To the west and south is Lough Mahon, part of Cork Harbour; across a channel to the east is Fota Island. Little Island is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Island%2C_Cork), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Little Island, Cork 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. 9.8 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. 9 km · cathedral in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fin_Barre%27s_Cathedral) 3. St Colman's Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. 6.6 km · cathedral · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Colman%27s_Cathedral,_Cobh) 4. 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. 8.2 km · Football stadium, home of Munster Football Association & Cork City FC · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turners_Cross_(stadium%29) 5. 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. 8.5 km · Historic market in Cork city, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Market) 6. 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. 8.7 km · church in Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Anne,_Shandon) 7. 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. 5.8 km · stadium in Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1irc_U%C3%AD_Chaoimh) 8. Fota Wildlife Park Fota Wildlife Park is a 100-acre wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. Opened in 1983, it is an independently funded, not-for-profit charity that is one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland. 2.9 km · wildlife park on Fota Island, Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fota_Wildlife_Park) 9. 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. 8.6 km · Rugby football stadium in Ireland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgrave_Park,_Cork) 10. 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. 7.8 km · Irish landmark building · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elysian) 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 Little Island, Cork **Airports:** Cork (ORK), 12 km · Shannon (SNN), 97 km · Dublin (DUB), 221 km\ **Stations:** Cork Kent railway station, 7.5 km · Cork Harbour, 8 km · Cobh railway station, 6.6 km · Port of Cork, 8 km · Carrigtwohill railway station, 6.2 km\ - Shannon → Little Island, Cork 96 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · €13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-little-island-cork) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Little+Island%2C+Cork) - Dublin → Little Island, Cork 213 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · €25–35 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-little-island-cork) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Little+Island%2C+Cork) - Charlestown → Little Island, Cork 231 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · €28–39 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-little-island-cork) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Little+Island%2C+Cork) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Little%20Island%2C%20Cork) 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 Little Island, Cork 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 Little Island, Cork. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in The ferry runs daily 6:30AM–9:30PM and takes 5 min. - Get in The "East Ferry" sailed from medieval times, latterly cable-hauled, but ceased in 1913. - Get in See Cork#Get in for the ferries from Roscoff and Santander. From [Wikivoyage: Cobh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. 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 165 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 267 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 460 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 481 km 5. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 482 km If you know how people move in Little Island, Cork – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Clittle-island&title=Little+Island%2C+Cork&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Flittle-island), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Little Island, Cork - [Cóbh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cobh) town in Munster, Ireland 6.6 km - [Passage West](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/passage-west) town in Co. Cork, Ireland 3.3 km - [Carrigtwohill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/carrigtwohill) town in Ireland 5.7 km - [Ringaskiddy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ringaskiddy) village in Munster, Ireland 7.8 km - [Douglas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/douglas) suburb of Cork, Ireland 6.4 km - [Monkstown](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/monkstown) town in Munster, Ireland 5.7 km [The place page for Little Island, Cork](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/little-island) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Ireland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/little-island, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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