No shuttle queues, no dragging bags onto a bus. Your chauffeur will be waiting in the arrivals hall at Dublin Airport with a name card, or at whatever Dublin City address works for you, and from there it’s a straight, comfortable run south to Innishannon House. The journey takes around three hours, and the vehicle is yours alone the whole way.
If you need a return transfer back to Dublin Airport or the city, you can book that separately. Just give the operator your pick-up time and location when you do, and they’ll have a car ready.
Give yourself a moment in Innishannon village before you check in. The village sits right on a bend of the River Bandon, and if you arrive in the afternoon there’s a good chance the light on the water will stop you in your tracks. It’s a small place, but it has genuine character and a pub or two worth knowing about.
The drive down from Dublin takes you through the heart of Cork county. You’ll pass through Mitchelstown and Fermoy before the landscape softens into the Bandon Valley, so it’s worth staying awake for at least the last hour. The hedgerows and farmland along that stretch give you a real sense of arriving somewhere particular rather than just somewhere rural.
Innishannon House is on the western edge of East Cork, close enough to Cork city to make a day trip easy. Cork is about 25 kilometres east, so if you want to get out to the English Market or walk along the Lee, you’re well positioned. The town of Bandon is even closer if you need a supermarket or a pharmacy on arrival day.
Three hours is a comfortable journey, not a long one. Most people find it goes quickly with WiFi on board and the scenery picking up once you clear the motorway south of Portlaoise. Plan to arrive relaxed rather than tired, and you’ll be well set for whatever you’ve got planned at Innishannon.