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Passage West

Passage West

Passage West is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city.

Passage West was designated a conservation area in the 2003 Cork County Development Plan.

How locals move

Getting around Passage West the local way

  • Get inThe ferry runs daily 6:30AM–9:30PM and takes 5 min.
  • Get inThe "East Ferry" sailed from medieval times, latterly cable-hauled, but ceased in 1913.
  • Get inSee Cork#Get in for the ferries from Roscoff and Santander.

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

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