a town of Ireland, county of Cork, on the W. side of Cork harbour, about 5 miles S.S.E. of the town of Cork. It has an Established, a Methodist, and a Roman Catholic church, and several schools. The place is much frequented as a watering-place; and has many handsome villas in the neighbourhood. There is a good harbour; and vessels that are too large to ascend to Cork unload their cargoes here. Passage has also dockyards, and is connected with Cork by a railway. Pop. 2857.