Cork Airport, (Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK), is one of the three principal international airports of Ireland, along with Dublin and Shannon. It is located 6.5 km (4.0 mi) south of Cork City in an area known as Farmers Cross. In 2011, Cork Airport handled 2.36 million passengers, making it the state's second busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers, after Dublin, and fourth busiest on the island of Ireland, after Dublin, Belfast International and Belfast City.
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—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
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