Greater Cork
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Greater Cork[citation needed] (Irish: Mórcheantar Chorcaí[citation needed]) has a total population of 380,000 (2006). This area takes into account the total population of Metropolitan Cork and the Ring towns.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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[edit] Economy
The GVA for the South-West Region (Co. Cork/Kerry) is more than 24,877 billion Euro (2005), 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.
[edit] 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):
- Cork city (119,143)
- Douglas area (23,193)
- Ballincollig area (20,000)
- Glanmire area (15,498)
- Carrigaline (13,000)
- Cobh (12,887)
- Mallow (11,000)
- Midleton (10,336)
- Lehenagh (9,435)
- Rathcooney (7,141)
- Youghal (7,000)
- Fermoy (7,000)
- Caherlag (6,000)
- Bandon (5,000)
- Inishkenny (5,000)
- Blarney (5,000)
- Monkstown (5,000)
- Passage West (5,000)
- Kinsale 4,000
- Macroom (3,000)
- Ringaskiddy
[edit] 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:
[edit] 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
- 19 Mahon-Douglas-Ballyphehane-Togher-Bishopstown (Southern Orbital)
- 226 Cork Parnell Place Bus Station-Cork Airport
[edit] Suburban 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 UK - Newcastle UK 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
[edit] 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:
[edit] 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
[edit] Population of Cork City, Metropolitan Cork and Greater Cork
| Year | Population Cork City |
Population Cork City and Environs/Suburbs |
Population Metropolitan Cork |
Population Greater Cork |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 123,810 [1] | — | 251,510 [2] | 345,100 [3] |
| 2001 | 123,600 [4] | — | 253,000 [5] | — |
| 2002 | 123,062† | 186,239† | — | — |
| 2006 | 119,418† | 190,384† | 274,000 [6] | 370,900 (L) - 377,000 (M) - 380,400 (H) [7] |
| 2011 | — | — | — | 379,600 (L) - 397,800 (M) - 409,000 (H) [8] |
| 2020-2021 | 135,820 [9] | — | 316,530 [10] | 387,100 (L) - 423,150 (M) - 458,900 (H) [11] |
| Note: † indicates official census figures from the CSO. All other figures are estimates or projections from Cork City Council and/or Cork County Council. Note: (L), (M) and (H) indicate low-migration, medium-migration and high-migration scenarios respectively. Note: — indicates no available data. |
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[edit] See also
- Greater Dublin
- Limerick urban area
- Greater Belfast
- History of Cork
