It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres (9 mi) from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. The village is a port with passenger ferry, with six times weekly services to Boulogne-sur-Mer and two bi-weekly sailings to Roscoff in France. A ferry service to Swansea in Wales closed in 2012.
How locals move
Getting around Ringaskiddy 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.
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