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# Bishopstown

Bishopstown is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city.

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## Every way there

- 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)

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 Bishopstown, 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 Bishopstown](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bishopstown)

What Bishopstown has

- Y Scheduled flights Cork (ORK), 5 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Gleenbrook Cross River Ferry Terminal, 14 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: Cork, 5 km.

51.877°, -8.531°

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.

How locals move

## Getting around Bishopstown 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/Bishopstown), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: JoachimKohler-HB (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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