Self Drive Low Cost Car Rental in Cork, Ireland

Cork information:

Cork airport directions: We have provided here some driving directions to Cork airport. Located about 10 minutes drive from Cork city centre. Located at the south end of the N27 if travelling from the north, east or west, or located off the R600 if coming from Kinsale.

Car hire popularity: Car rental in Cork is very popular and vehicles do become booked up very quickly due to the location. Car hire in the Cork area is very popular during peak times and holiday periods and we would highly recommend booking your rental well in advance.

Cork location: Like we have said in the write-up about Cork on this page there is so much to see in the city and county of Cork that you can easily spend your whole time here, and with Cork airport only a short distance away the city is a great location to discover Ireland.

Nearest airport(s): If you plan on visiting Cork then the nearest airport to choose would be:

Cork airport: >> Approx 5 miles from Cork. See above for driving directions and road numbers.

Rent-A-Car in Cork today!

This location: >> Cork.

N = North | S = South | E = East | W = West.

Nearest rental car locations for Cork are:

Cork City | Cork Airport, To rent a car in Cork please click here.

Other places of interest in or around Cork city and County:

Carrigtohill: Located approx 9 miles E of Cork on the N25 road.
Visit for Barryscourt castle.
We would recommend approx: >> 2 - 3 hours stay.

Midleton: Located approx 11 miles E of Cork on the N25 road.
A bustling market town, visit for the tour of the Jameson's Distillery.
We would recommend approx: >> 2 - 3 hours stay.

Garryvoe: Located approx 20 miles E of Cork on the R633 road.
A popular holiday resort Garryvoe has a long sandy beach fronting onto Ballycotton Bay.
We would recommend approx: >> Full day stay.

Youghal: Pronounced “Yawl” the town of Youghal is a real must visit location where a beautiful blue flag beach awaits you along with some striking buildings such as; Tynte's castle in main st is a fine 15th century tower house alsong with many others located here, just remember to bring your camera!
We would recommend approx: >> Full day stay.
Other locations such as; Fermoy, Castlelyons, Mitchelstown, Doneraile, Mallow and of course Blarney need to be visited too.

Blarney: Located approx 6 miles NW of Cork on the R617 road.
The town is set around a spacious green, it is home to one of Ireland's major tourist attractions, The Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle.
We would recommend approx: >> Full day stay.
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Locations we would recommend spending some time at include:

Macroom - Stop over en route	Kinsale - Full day stay	Ballinspittle - Stop over en route	Bandon - Stop over en route
Timoleague - Stop over en route	Ballinascarty - Stop over en route	Clonakilty - Full day stay	Rosscarbery - Stop over en route
Skibbereen - Full day stay	Baltimore - Stop over en route	Sherkin & Clear Islands - Full day stay	Schull & Goleen - Full day stay
Blarney - Full day stay	Ballydehob - Stop over en route	Bantry - Full day stay	Glengarriff - Full day stay
Fountainstown - Stop over en route	Ballincollig & Ovens - Stop over en route	Courtmacsherry - Stop over en route	Castletownbere - Stop over en route

As you can see, you can easily stay just in either Cork city itself or tour around Cork county and the discoveries within Ireland's largest county are endless! and with so many places to visit you might just not have enough photo film!

TIP: If you plan on visiting as much as possible, we would highly recommend you rent a car, simply because many locations around the country can be stopped over en-route to other higher priority locations where this would not be possible if using public transport.