The meeting will be held on campus at UCC, with the talks taking place in room G2 of the Kane (Science) Building, and registration in room G7, which is next door despite what is suggested by the numbering. The Mathematics Department is nearby in Aras na Laoi/Lee House. All of these can be found on the campus map provided as part of the University's "how to find us" pages. There you will also find some information about the campus, along with information about how to get there from the city centre and further afield, and important information about the parking situation, should you be driving.
The campus itself is located to the west of the city centre just off Western Road, as shown in the two maps available here. The campus is served by two bus routes from the city centre, the 5 and the 8, the latter of which comes close to the train station and stops at the bus station. None of the distance involved are particularly great (about 1 mile from city centre to campus) and so, apart from when you are struggling with heavy suitcases, walking is always a very viable option.
If you are coming from somewhere within Ireland then it's quite likely that you will be driving, in which case the most important bit of advice is there is something of a shortage of parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the Mathematics department (located in Aras na Laoi/Lee House). Consequently, if you are staying overnight in a nearby B&B/guest house then you would be well advised to leave the car there. There will be open access to the parking lot at Aras na Laoi on Saturday. On Friday, however, the situation is not so simple. It will be possible for participants to park in the Perrott's Inch Visitor's Car Park (cost about €2 per day), if spaces are available. This car park is located near Aras na Laoi, across Gaol Cross road from Castlewhite Apartments to the east. It is not marked on the campus map. In order to access the car park, one should push the button at the barrier to speak to security and say that you are attending the 'maths conference'.
For users of public transport, the bus station and train station are (relatively) centrally located in the city, with the most useful city bus service from both to the College being the number 8. (Train passengers should note that they will need to walk into town a little way until they intersect with this particular bus route.) Otherwise there is always the option of taking a taxi.
If you are travelling from outside Cork then you will probably be flying, unless you wish to take a very leisurely route. A reasonably up-to-date list of airlines serving Cork airport from Britain can be found here. The easiest option for getting from the airport into town is to take a taxi, which should cost around €15.
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Last updated May 4, 2004. This page was created and is maintained by Stephen Wills (s.wills@ucc.ie).