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Ferry Routes between Ireland and Mainland UK

A surprisingly wide choice of routes link Ireland with mainland UK across the Irish Sea. Here's a quick rundown.

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on the map for more info.		 Troon, Cairnryan (Scotland) to Larne (Northern Ireland: A busy freight and passenger route operated by P&O Irish Sea Ferries. Fast cat service 1 hour 50 mins Troon To Larne. Conventional ferries 1 hour 45 minutes Cairnryan to Larne. Approx 8 sailings each way daily. Check in 1 hour before departure. Stranraer to Belfast: Stena operate this route between Scotland and Ireland. Ferries run year-round, and there are typically 6 sailings each way daily. Crossing time is 2 hours on the fast ferry and 3 hours 15 mins on a conventional ferry.

Irish Sea ferry ports map Pembroke Ferry Port Fishguard Ferry Port Rosslare Ferry Port Cork Ferry Port Holyhead Ferry Port Dublin Ferry Port Belfast Ferry Port Larne Ferry Port Liverpool Ferry Port Fleetwood Ferry Port Heysham Ferry Port Douglas Ferry Port Stranraer Ferry Port Cairnryan Ferry Port Troon Ferry Port Swansea Ferry Port

Belfast to Liverpool - NorfolkLine run a simple timetable on this route: (in 2008) a departure each way at 10.30am and 10.30pm. Large, modern ferries operate this route, and the journey time is about 8 hours.

Holyhead to Dublin - Stena Line run fast services (2 hours) to Dun Loaghaire, 7km south of Dublin, and conventional ferries (3 hours 15 mins) to Dublin itself. Each route has two departures each way daily. Irish Ferries run four crossings each way daily between Holyhead and Dublin. Fast ferry takes 1 hour 55 mins, conventional ferry 3 hours 45 mins. 		Douglas (Isle of Man) to Ireland and England: Isle of Man Steam Packet runs services between Douglas and Heysham, Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin.

Pembroke to Rosslare - Stena Line ferries run from Pembroke in south west Wales to Rosslare, Ireland. There are two crossings each way daily, and the journey takes 3 hours 45 minutes.

Fishguard to Rosslare - Stena run fast and conventinal ferries between Fishguard in Pembrokeshire and Rosslare in Wexford, Ireland. There are 4 crossings each way daily in peak season, but Express only runs until 28 September in 2008. Journey times are 2 hours (fast) and 3 hours 30 mins (conventional).		 Fleetwood to Larne: Fleetwood is just north of Blackpool. This route is operated by Stena, and there are two sailings each way daily in peak season, taking around 8 hours.

Swansea to Cork - from early June 2009, Fishguard Ferries launch their new Swansea - Cork service with a large, comfortable and reasonably modern ship. If you'd like to be alerted when bookings are open for this route, click here.
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