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Coleman Court
0.3 mi from centre3 room types
38 week tenancy
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Bike storage
- +7 more
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€220.32/week
Europe6 stays listedFrom €220.32/week2 universities
Student accommodation in Cork
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Start with your university
Pick a university and see the buildings around it, with the walk or the ride to campus on every one.
Neighbourhoods
Where to look in Cork
Use these established student areas as starting points, then compare each property's rent and route to your university.
Where students live in Cork
Areas students actually take rooms in, with the buildings closest to each one. Matched by location, so a building appears under the area it stands in rather than the area its marketing claims.
Western Road and College Road
As close to University College Cork as it is possible to live, right where the Lee divides, and the address most of the newer blocks were built at.
- Yugo Bottleworksfrom €317/week
- Melbourn Pointfrom €291/week
City centre and the island
The flat strip between the two channels of the river, with the English Market, the shops and the bars. Flats above shopfronts and a short walk west to UCC.
- Lee Pointfrom €308/week
- Amnis Housefrom €310/week
Sunday's Well and Shandon
Climbing the north slope above the river, older and steeper, with the Shandon bells overhead and rents lower than the flat.
- Coleman Courtfrom €220.32/week
Ballintemple and Blackrock
East along the water towards the old railway line, now a greenway running back into the city. Suburban, calm, and a cycle rather than a walk.
- Canvas Copley Courtfrom €264.76/week
Useful to know nearby
Places students in Cork actually use. We have no arrangement with any of them.
- Cork City Library
Public study space on Grand Parade in the centre.
- UCC bus routes
Services connecting central Cork, UCC and western student neighbourhoods.
- English Market
Central covered food market close to UCC routes and city accommodation.
- Fitzgerald’s Park
Riverside public park beside UCC and the western edge of the centre.
A few Cork buildings worth a look
Picked by distance, price and choice, measured from the listings on this page. Not a ranking, and not a recommendation: the numbers are what they are on the day you read this.
- Yugo Bottleworks0.3 miles
Closest to University College Cork
- Melbourn Point1.6 miles
Closest to Munster Technological University
- Coleman Courtfrom €220.32/week
Lowest listed rent here
- Canvas Copley Court6 room types
Most room types to choose from
What to know before choosing a room in Cork
A city-by-city note about the decisions that change your daily routine. Prices and availability remain live in the listings above.
Cork's city centre is an island. The River Lee splits above the city and rejoins below it, so the main streets sit on a flat strip between two channels with bridges at both ends, and the land rises steeply on either side. University College Cork is immediately west along the Western Road where the river divides, and Munster Technological University is further out at Bishopstown. That layout is why Cork walks easily along its length and awkwardly across it.
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Getting around Cork
Bus Éireann runs the city services and the 205 and 208 along the Western Road and out to Bishopstown are the routes most students use, with a Leap card for the fares. The city centre is compact and walkable along its length, but the north and south slopes are genuinely steep, so a flat-looking map is misleading. Kent Station is east of the centre, with Dublin about two and a half hours and the commuter line out to Cobh and Midleton. The Marina and Blackrock greenway is the pleasant traffic-free cycle, and Cork is small enough that a bike works well on the flat and poorly on the hills.
Frequently asked questions
- 6 buildings in Cork publish a starting price, from €220 to €317 a week, and half of them start under €308. They sit unusually close together, so in Cork the choice is about location and room rather than price. Each figure is the cheapest room in that building, so compare the room lists rather than the headline.
- Everything we list in Cork is in Western Road and College Road, City centre and the island, Sunday's Well and Shandon, and Ballintemple and Blackrock. Buildings are filed by their coordinates, not by the area their marketing claims, so the table above puts each one where it actually stands.
- Not one of the 6 buildings we list in Cork puts it in writing. That is a gap in what they publish rather than a bill to budget for, and it is worth asking before you compare two rents.