To Cork by train

There are frequent trains to Cork from Dublin (Heuston Station). Travel time is around three hours: timetables are on Iarnród Éireann's website. 

Trains stop at Mallow for connections with Killarney, and at Limerick Junction for connections with Limerick (for Shannon Airport).

Taxis from the rail station to UCC cost about ?10, and there is also a bus to the city centre meeting some trains.