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The Lough

The Lough

The Lough is a suburb of Cork city, the electoral division in which it lies, the body of water that gives the area its name and a Roman Catholic parish of the same name.

Plan a trip to The Lough From Shannon

It lies on the south side of the city. The Lough is part of the Cork South-Central Dáil constituency.

How locals move

Getting around The Lough the local way

  • Get inIn summer there are car ferries from Roscoff (15 hr) twice a week, operated by Brittany Ferries.
  • Get inIn 2026, a new daily Hibernia Lines ferry launched to Boulogne-sur-mer.

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

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