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# Shandon

Shandon is a district on the north-side of Cork city.

[Plan a trip to Shandon](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Shandon) [From Shannon](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Shandon)

## Every way there

- Shannon → Shandon 93 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · €12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-shandon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Shandon)
- Charlestown → Shandon 4265 km · quickest by air, 12h 6m · $430–640 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-shandon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Shandon)
- Dublin → Shandon 8271 km · quickest by air, 22h 11m · €540–880 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-shandon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Shandon)

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 Shandon, 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 Shandon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shandon)

What Shandon has

- Y Scheduled flights Cork (ORK), 7 km
- F Trains and coaches Transitous carries 5 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time; a stop for a place this small is unverified
- Y Ferries Gleenbrook Cross River Ferry Terminal, 11 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, 85 km.

51.903°, -8.478°

Shandon lies north of the River Lee and North Gate Bridge, the northernmost point of the medieval city. Several landmarks of Cork's north-side are located in the area, including the bell tower of the Church of St Anne, the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Saint Mary’s Dominican Church & Priory, and Firkin Crane Arts Centre.

How locals move

## Getting around Shandon 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/Shandon%2C_Cork), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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