Ringaskiddy

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Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. The village is a port with passenger ferry, with two bi-weekly sailings to Roscoff in France. A ferry service to Swansea in Wales closed in 2012. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°49'49"N, 8°19'11"W

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Ringaskiddy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh Heritage Centre, Cobh Museum, Old Church Cemetery.

1.8 miNE
Imposing cathedral made from granite
St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh
47 min walk • St. Colman's Cathedral stands as a magnificent beacon on the skyline of Cobh, Ireland, a town steeped in maritime and emigrant history. This neo-Gothic cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of St Colman, dominates the town's elevated backdrop, offering an...
1.6 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Cobh Heritage Centre, Cobh
40 min walk • The Cobh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is attached to Cobh railway station. The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history.
1.6 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Cobh Museum, Cobh
41 min walk • The Scots Church is a former Presbyterian church in Cobh, Ireland. It is today a museum, the Cobh Museum, which tells the history of the town.
2.5 miNE
Cemetery
Old Church Cemetery, Cobh
63 min walk • The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 victims of the...
2.3 miSE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Camden Fort Meagher, Crosshaven
60 min walk • Camden Fort Meagher is a coastal defence fortification close to Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland. Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchell, Fort Davis, and Templebreedy Battery, the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour.
1.6 miNE
51°50'57"N • 8°17'49"W
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
42 min walk • Museum
2.3 miSE
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven
59 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, Templebreedy is a parish church of the Church of Ireland close to Crosshaven, in County Cork, Ireland. It was designed by William Burges, who also designed Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral. The building opened in 1868 and remains an active parish church.
2.2 miNE
Lighthouse
Spit Bank Lighthouse
57 min walk • The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. The platform was built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell, with the lighthouse itself designed by George Halpin.
1.2 miNE
Island
Haulbowline, Cobh
30 min walk • Haulbowline is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720.
2.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Cove Fort
60 min walk • Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Davis
69 min walk • Fort Davis, is a coastal defence fortification close to Whitegate, County Cork, Ireland. Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchel, Fort Camden, and Templebreedy Battery, the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour.

Ringaskiddy

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Ringaskiddy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)