Greater Cork

Greater Cork

Greater CorkFact|date=May 2008 (Irish: Mórcheantar ChorcaíFact|date=May 2008) has a total population of 380,000 (2006). This area takes into account the total population of Metropolitan Cork and the Ring towns.Fact|date=May 2008 Greater Cork is the largest urban area in the province of Munster with nearly a third of the province's population residing within Greater Cork.Fact|date=May 2008

Economy

The GVA for the South-West Region (Co. Cork/Kerry) is more than 24,877 billion Euro (2005) or €40,835 per person, second to that of Greater Dublin and ahead of Greater Belfast. The Cork Metropolitan area is the core employment hub in the region, if not in Munster. It has clusters of international scale in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, software, electronic hardware, food and drink, merchant shipping and related sectors, oil and gas refining and a burgeoning financial services overspill from Dublin. It is also a centre for hi-tech research in electronics and biotechnology second only to Dublin on the island of Ireland.

Greater Cork Area

This area consists of Metropolitan Cork(Cork city which has a population of 274,000 (2006), and outlying suburbs and satellite towns/villages):

Transport

Metropolitan Cork is the main focus for public transport. There are at present 18 city bus routes and 17 suburban bus routes run by Bus Éireann in the Greater Cork area:


=City Bus Routes =
*1 Mayfield-Blackpool-Knocknaheeney-Bishopstown (Northern Orbital)
*2 Knocknaheeney-City Centre-Mahon
*3 Ballyphehane-City Centre-Farranree
*4 St Patrick Street-Friar's Walk
*5 Cork Institute of Technology - St Patrick Street - Cork Kent station.
*5A Merchants Quay-Blackpool-Mallow Road
*6 Grange-South Mall
*7 Donnybrook-City Centre-Ballyvolane
*7A Well Road-St Patrick Street/Montenotte-St Patrick Street
*8 Mayfield-City Centre-Bishopstown
*8A Lotamore-St Patrick Street
*9 Pouladuff-St Patrick Street/Audley Place-St Patrick Street
*10 Mahon Point - City Centre - Glasheen (via Ballinlough)
*10A Mahon Point - City Centre - Glasheen (via Boreenamanna Rd)
*11 Sunday's Well-St Patrick Street/Tivoli-St Patrick Street
*12 Merchant's Quay-Glenthorn
*14 St Patrick Street-Cork University Hospital
*14 Mount Oval-South Mall
*16 South Mall-Grange
*19 Mahon-Douglas-Ballyphehane-Togher-Bishopstown (Southern Orbital)
*226 Cork Parnell Place Bus Station-Cork Airport

uburban Bus Routes

Bus Éireann also operates buses to the suburbs such as Ballincollig, Carrigaline, Glanmire.
*221 Cork (city)-Riverstown-Knockraha
*222 Cork (city) – Carrigaline – Crosshaven – Camden - Fountainstown and return
*223 Cork (city) - Monkstown - Ringaskiddy - Haulbowline and return
*224 Cork (city) - Blarney - Tower - Cloghroe - Waterloo and return
*226 Cork Parnell Place Bus Station-Cork Airport
*230 Cork (city)-Ballyvourney Gaeltacht-Ballingeary
*232 Cork (city) - Ballincollig and return
*233 Cork (city)-Macroom and return
*234 Cork (city)-Rylane-Stuake
*241 Cork (city)-Midleton-Whitegate-Trabolgan
*242 Cork (city) – Mallow – Buttevant – Liscarroll – Newmarket and return
*245 Cork (city) - Fermoy - Mitchelstown - Burncourt and return
*246 Cork (city) - Glanmire - Sallybrook- Sarsfield Court and return.
*247 Cork (city)-Carriganavar-Glenville
*249 Cork (city) - Cork Airport - Kinsale - Garretstown.
*261 Cork (city) - Midleton - Ballinacurra and return
*262 Cork (city)-Little Island

Rail:

By 2010, there will be 3 suburban train lines in the Cork Suburban Rail service, of which the Cork-Cobh line is currently in operation:

*Kent Station (Cork) - Mallow
*Kent Station (Cork) - Cobh
*Kent Station (Cork) - Midleton


=Ferry:= The river Lee ferry links the suburbs of Rushbrooke and Passage West.

Ring Towns

Outside of the Metropolitan area, there are another approximately 100,000 people living in ring towns, such as Mallow, Macroom, Bandon, Kinsale, Fermoy and Youghal.

*Mallow 7,926
*Rural Area 21,811

*Youghal 7,195
*Rural Area 7,370

*Fermoy 2,273
*Rural Area 18,619

*Bandon 1,713
*Rural Area 20,305

*Kinsale 2,290
*Rural Area 19,641

*Macroom 3,418
*Rural Area 14,669

Total: 127,230

Population of Cork City, Metropolitan Cork and Greater Cork

ee also

*Greater Dublin
*Limerick urban area
*Greater Belfast
*History of Cork

External links

* [http://www.corkcorp.ie/ourservices/roadstransportation/trafficdivision/greenroutes/filedownload,2221,en.pdf Cork City Public Transport]

References

* [http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/431500.pdf Cork Area Strategic Plan, Cork City Council and Cork County Council, 22 October, 2001]
* [http://www.corkcity.ie/casp/strategic_plan/ Cork Area Strategic Plan]
* [http://www.corkcity.ie/ourservices/planning/developmentplan/housingstrategy/chapter3.pdf Cork Joint Housing Strategy]
* [http://www.corkcorp.ie/strategiccorkguide/city_strategy/ Strategic Cork]
* [http://www.corkcorp.ie/strategiccorkguide/strategic_maps/ Metropolitan Cork Maps]
* [http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006PreliminaryReport.pdf 2006 Prelim Census Report]
* [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:G1zvZeIIv5MJ:www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/economy/current/regincome.pdf+gdp+%2B+cork&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ie South-West GVA 2004]
* [http://www.buseireann.ie Bus Éireann]


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