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Fountainstown

Fountainstown

Fountainstown is a coastal village in County Cork, Ireland, situated approximately 23 km south of Cork city.

A seaside village, it is separated by small promontory headland from the nearby village and beach at Myrtleville.

How locals move

Getting around Fountainstown the local way

  • Get inIn summer there are ferries from Roscoff and Santander.
  • Go nextYou can shortcut to Cobh by the Passage West Ferry, then continue east to Youghal.

From Wikivoyage: Crosshaven, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Podstawko (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.