Good point on access. Guess it will continue to be a a case of park early down past con, have a pint at silver key and walk down.
Iāve always done that, parked out by the train station usually (if not in the station itself) and walk out but that obviously isnāt viable for families with babies and and the elderly (nevermind the lazy).
The station is a great spot to park now if heading east or north after game. Huge overflow car park at back of station accessible from Penrose quay and easy get out on station rd one way system zip out to dunkettle. Def be what Iād be doing anyway. As you said though itās a long walk for an older person to PUC from there
Yep for a lot of people.
Pic below is lands they should have bought where show grounds now are
1- UCC sports grounds approx 60 a.c. pitches
2- dog track and what was cork city old ground where I think city used to train maybe still do
3- the new showgrounds jointly owned ucc and the show 120 odd a.c. think they paid about 15 m for the land. Biggest bargain of the recession.
4- CIT
All intersected by the main cork Kerry road. The area in question is about 15 mins from the tunnel and same from city centre. Ballincollig is just west of picture.
This is what the likes of Donal Og is so pissed off about. Not so much the money spent on the stadium just that for similar spend elsewhere you could have got massive bang for your buck and set cork gaa up for good and glory. If anybopporutnity existed to get into bed with UCC they should have taken hand and all off them with the development experience they were bringing to the table
Plenty of places to park but all involve a decent walk - the train station, Castle Road / Blackrock Pier , If one really wanted they could even use the free multi story car park in Douglas and walk up the Well road ā¦ It all depends where people are coming from /heading to after the gameā¦ I had previously advised @Bandage head for Castle road as it will allow him slip away handy enough after the game Sunday, but with his gimpy hips he could be fucked from the walk to and from stadium.
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Youāre a bad cunt for that. Bad bad form. You owe the board and apology you prick
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Long time since iv driven down around castle road. Would you not be stuck in desperate traffic there?
There will be huge crowd around for fleadh as well itās gonna be mayhem. But we will have there money sure thatās all that matters 
No park and ride mentioned anywhere bar the number 2 bus running every 20 minutes from town and dropping in Ballintemple,
Local residents were shafted recently by the huge walk up crowd for the minor game in Pairc ui Rinn so expect to get nowhere near the stadium.
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Well if you come down ring mahon by the GAA pitches, thereās a car park just beyond and before the Castle ā¦ as @backinatracksuit corrected me, itās probably a decent walk to ground from there (25 mins) but you should be able to get away relatively easy unless @Bandage will be caught on the pitch chatting to auld lads from Wexford he hasnāt seen in yearsā¦
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You wouldnāt want to be driving on castle road at any time, itās barely wide enough to pass, I assume Choco will have us enter from Mahon side by the camogie grounds where itās slightly wider. Those car parks are usually busy enough on weekend days even without match traffic so it could be interesting
Locals were invited down for a tour there the other night and a briefing about how the match day traffic and parking would work. V impressive tour from the beginners involved but an hour past scheduled my mate left when the briefing on parking still hadnāt started. Cork con should charge 20 quid a car and clane the fuckers. They donāt have much parking though
Theyāve a deal done with two multistorey carparks in town. Laying on shuttle buses. Could be a nightmare trying to get out of these after the matches.
http://www.gaacork.ie/news/10026703/Pairc_Ui_Chaoimh_Parking_restrictions_and_bus_services
How long would it take to walk from the car park in the station (Kent Station?) to the ground?
Would he not need a drivers license for that yoke
As serious walk mate ā¦ but itās not that straight forward - we will have to calculate acceleration/deceleration - pit stops, what youāll be carrying that could weigh you down , legal walking pace along the route - and whether God exists or not .
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about 40 mins
This is great fun, Iād say youād do it in 30 but Iām not taking into account who posed the question.
I can run a 5km in race like conditions in 23 minutes. I imagine Sundayās conditions will be similar for walking with a lot of bodies around and plenty of pace setters. If I channel my inner Robbie the racist Heffernan then I can surely go below 35 minutes.
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25 mins