historic in Cork, Ireland

Dursey Island Cable Car

Ireland's only cable car swings over Atlantic swell to an island with three permanent residents.

Worth the wander

Opened in 1969, the cable car at Ballaghboy is the only way onto Dursey Island short of swimming, carrying up to six passengers 250 m above the tidal race of Dursey Sound to an island that held three permanent residents at the 2022 census.

Quick answers

Cost: €10 adult / €5 child, return (cash only)
Time and distance: 15-minute crossing each way; cable car operates year-round
Parking: Free car park at the cable car terminal

Find your way

Ballaghboy, Garnish, Co. Cork (R572, tip of the Beara Peninsula)