Landing Point · IE Ireland
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Pan European Crossing (UK-Ireland) | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-07 through 2026-04-26 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 3 | 52.4 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 3 | 112.3 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 3 | 72.9 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 81.5 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 2 | 86.5 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 1 | 59.7 ms |
Ballygrangans is a coastal location in Ireland, a country positioned on the western edge of Europe facing the Atlantic. Ireland's submarine cable network connects the island to the broader European and transatlantic internet, and Ballygrangans participates in that network as a landing point for one specific cable linking Ireland directly to the United Kingdom. International internet traffic arriving at Ballygrangans does so through a single submarine cable route — the Pan European Crossing (UK-Ireland) — making this a single-cable terminus rather than a node along a multi-cable corridor.
Because Ballygrangans hosts only one cable, all international traffic flowing through this landing point travels along a single physical route to and from the United Kingdom. The broader Irish internet picture is served by 14 cables across 12 landing points nationwide, meaning that Ballygrangans represents one specialised terminus within a wider national infrastructure rather than a central hub.
The Pan European Crossing (UK-Ireland) is a 495 km cable that entered service in 2000. It connects Ireland to the United Kingdom, with the Irish side landing at both Ballygrangans and Ballinesker, and the UK side landing at Bude in Cornwall and Whitesands Bay in Wales. This cable provides the direct submarine link through which traffic from Ballygrangans physically travels to reach the United Kingdom and onward into the wider European internet.
Ireland hosts 14 submarine cables across 12 landing points, with an average cable length of 2,164 km and the first cable in service since 1999. Ballygrangans is one of the smaller terminuses in this network, served by a single cable compared to larger hubs such as Dublin, which lands three cables, or Kilmore Quay, which lands two. Neighbouring Irish landing points include Ballinesker — which also hosts the Pan European Crossing (UK-Ireland) — as well as Castlefreke and Clonshaugh, each served by one cable.
All international traffic from Ballygrangans flows through the Pan European Crossing (UK-Ireland); an outage on this cable would affect every external service reachable through this landing point. The destinations directly reachable via this route are in the United Kingdom, specifically through the Bude and Whitesands Bay landing points, from which traffic continues into the wider European and global internet. The cable's regional character — connecting two neighbouring countries across a relatively short 495 km route — means it serves inter-country connectivity between Ireland and the UK rather than longer intercontinental traffic.
Understanding Ballygrangans within Ireland's 12-landing-point network illustrates how national internet infrastructure is distributed across multiple coastal sites, with each terminus contributing a specific link to a particular geography — in this case, a direct, dedicated route between the Irish coast and the United Kingdom.
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