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# Ballinlough

Ballinlough is a mainly residential townland and suburb on the southside of Cork city, in Ireland.

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## Every way there

- Shannon → Ballinlough 37 km · quickest by road, 57 min · €5–7 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-ballinlough) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Ballinlough)
- Dublin → Ballinlough 25 km · quickest by road, 37 min · €3–4.5 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-ballinlough) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Ballinlough)
- Charlestown → Ballinlough 169 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · €23–32 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-ballinlough) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Ballinlough)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Ballinlough, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Ballinlough](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ballinlough)

What Ballinlough has

- Y Scheduled flights Cork (ORK), 6 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Gleenbrook Cross River Ferry Terminal, 9 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Limerick, 87 km.

51.889°, -8.446°

It is located between Ballintemple and the larger suburbs of Douglas and Blackrock.

How locals move

## Getting around Ballinlough the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballinlough%2C_Cork), CC BY-SA 4.0.


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