Rent Your Own Room in Cork City

The school organises Host Family and shared apartments through accommodation provider Viva Ireland. We need about 8 weeks notice to make a booking.

If you are looking for accommodation more urgently we have put together some useful links for you for Renting Your Own Accommodation in Cork City.

Rent a Room in Cork City

  1. Viva Ireland Apartment Provider
  2. EazyCity Accommodation Provider
  3. Check out the Room to Rent Board on Instagram or on the School Notice Board (school common area – ground floor)
  4. ScholarLee Mardyke (available from January 2024)
  5. Hosting Power
  • You can make an accommodation booking directly with Hosting Power.
  • Hosting Power is a platform where students can book a room in someone’s home. It is usually room only and no meals are provided.
  • Students will need to create a booking on the website, sign confirmation and pay a deposit.
  • The service fee is around €429 but if you divide that by example 4 weeks when rooms are between €110 and €130 per week , it is close to other accommodation provider prices.
  • Booking  6, 8, 10 weeks etc is better value as the service fee is still around €429.
  • Look out for rooms in Cork in the following areas: Blackrock, Mayfield, Tivoli, Glanmire, Broadale, Carrigaline, Ballinlough, and Douglas (all on a city bus route).
  • There are other rooms in Cobh, Millstreet, Mallow, Watergrasshill, Crosshaven.
  • These are in County Cork but not city or suburbs.

6. Rentola

  • You can make an accommodation booking directly with Rentola.
  • Rentola is a platform where students can book a room in someone’s home. It is usually room only and no meals are provided.
  • Students will need to create a booking on the website, sign confirmation and pay a monthly subscription.
  • There is a 7 day trial for just €1. If you find a room within seven days you can cancel your subscription and no further fee is charged.
  • The monthly subscription is around €39 but once you have secured a room you can cancel the subscription at any time.

Furthermore,  you may want to find your own accommodation in Cork. Popular rental websites in Ireland are:

7. Daft.ie and 

8. MyHome2let.ie

Summer 2024

For Summer Accommodation Providers (May, June, July, August 2024)

Check out these Summer accommodation providers offering Accommodation from May to August 2024:

ScholarLee Summer Stays

  • Offering you a choice of ideally located, co-living apartments, ScholarLee is ideal for well-priced and equipped, independent short and summer stays.

Sheraton Lodge

  • Glasheen Road Cork
  • For enquiries, please contact Robert Heffernan. Phone: 085 1018772, Email: [email protected]
  • 8 week booking minimum.
  • €165 per week for a single room
  • €400 deposit required

UCC Summer Beds

  • Several different locations in Cork city including new option Crows Nest

AbbeyWharf, Cork City

  • North Mall /Courtville is an ideal choice if you are looking for summer accommodation in Cork .
  • Limited number of apartments and rooms available from 29th May 2023 to 18th August 2023 with a minimum stay of 4 weeks.

Student Village Cork 

  • Situated across the road from the Kingsley Hotel and located next door to the County hall and across from the Lee fields with 25 acres of open space.
  • At Cork Student Village all tenants have their own individual room with the option of standard or Ensuite room for 1/2 people.