Ballymaloe House Hotel is a 40 minute drive from Cork city or 15 minutes from Midleton train station and the main N25 road which runs the length of the South coast.
Midleton & train station (View timetable): 15 mins
Cork Airport: 45 mins
Cork City & Train station: 40 mins
Dublin Airport: 2.5 hours from the M50
From Rosslare Ferry : 2.5 hours
Shannon Airport: 2.5 hours
Castlemartyr: 10 mins
Ballymaloe Cookery School: 5 mins
The following companies are available at the arrivals terminal:
Avis: Telephone +353 21 4327460
Budget: Telephone +353 21 4314000
Hertz: Telephone +353 21 4965849
Irish Car Rentals.com: Telephone +353 21 4318644
Carhire.ie: Telephone +353 21 4318623
The following companies also operate on a Pre-Booked basis:
Dan Dooley: Telephone +353 21 4321099
Enterprise: Telephone +353 21 4327031
Murray's Europcar: Telephone +353 21 4917300
Thrifty: Telephone +353 21 4977884
Bus Eireann, Ireland's national bus company, provides a regular Air Coach bus service from Cork Airport to Cork's Parnell Place Bus Station throughout the week. Journey time from the airport into the City centre is approximately 30 minutes. All departures serve Evergreen Road and Cork Airport Business Park. Distance from the Airport to the City is 8 kilometres. You will need to change buses at the bus station. To catch a bus to Ballymaloe House, get on one for Ballycotton. These leave at 9am, 3:30pm and 6:15pm. Ask the driver to drop you at Ballymaloe House. It takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Telephone: +353 21 4508188 or check out www.buseireann.ie
On Public Holidays, including St. Stephen's Day (December 26th) all Cork City services, including rout
e 226 Air Coach services to Cork Airport, operate according to the Sunday schedule.
There are no trains from the airport directly to Ballymaloe House.