Ballynoe ( ga, An Baile Nua
) is a
townland
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and suburb of
Cobh
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on
Great Island
Great Island () is an island in Cork Harbour, at the mouth of the River Lee and close to the city of Cork, Ireland. The largest town on the island is Cobh (called Queenstown from 1849 to 1922). The island's economic and social history has histo ...
in
County Cork
County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...
.
It was extensively developed in the
Celtic Tiger era.
Transport
Ballynoe is north of
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...
on the
R624 road which runs alongside the channel connecting
Lough Mahon
Lough Mahon () is a sea lough in the north-western part of Cork Harbour. Its area is about .
Several Cork suburbs, such as Mahon, Douglas, Rochestown, Blackrock and Ballinlough as well as the town of Passage West are on its southern and we ...
to lower
Cork Harbour and separating Great Island from
Monkstown on the mainland. The cross-river car ferry from Monkstown docks on the R624 just north of Ballynoe.
A railway station at Ballynoe on the
Cork–Cobh railway line was proposed in 1993 and included in the 1998 Cobh Action Area Plan and the 20-year strategy plan published in 2001, but considered unfeasible in 2002. It was in the 2009 county development plan,
but postponed in 2010 because of
Ireland's financial crisis. In 2019, the "Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040", a public consultation document published by the
National Transport Authority, included Ballynoe among six proposed suburban stations.
and
Carrigaloe railway station
Carrigaloe railway station serves Carrigaloe on Great Island in County Cork.
It is a station on the Cork to Cobh commuter service. Passengers can travel to Glounthaune station to transfer to Midleton.
Description
The station is unstaffed and ...
are otherwise the nearest suburban rail stops.
References
Towns and villages in County Cork
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