Ferries between Ireland and mainland UK

brendansmith

Hey lads,

A lad here just asked me about ferries between ireland and mandland UK and i am no expert on the subject.

There Rosslare to fishgard and thats all i know.

Anything on frequency etc would be greatly appreciated also.

PS whats the story with the seacat??

Best Regards

L1011

Dun Laoighaire to Holyhead (Stena)
Dublin to Holyhead (Stena, Irish Ferries)
Rosslare to Pembroke (Irish Ferries)
Rosslare to Fishguard (Stena)
Dublin to Liverpool (P&O)

Someone goes to Mostyn from Dublin too I think. And then theres a few Nordie ports too.

Seacat hit the wall a while ago.

Nostradamus

"mainland UK"

*...must resist...supressed nationalism growing stronger...help me Gareth Fitz...please help me be strong...*

brendansmith

Nostradamus wrote: »

"mainland UK"

*...must resist...supressed nationalism growing stronger...help me Gareth Fitz...please help me be strong...*

Haha I didnt mean it like that! I meant scotland, wales and engerland as a whole!

Tis green blood flowing through deez veins!

Hey i didnt even say mainland!! I said gibberish for some reason!

corktina

yawn...mainland UK as opposed to ferries to the irish Uk bit up north....it's a perfectly sound way of describing the big Island where there is no implication that IRELAND is part of the UK

JayeL

I dunno, it's fairly obvious that if you're taking a ferry from Ireland to the UK, you're not talking about a boat from Carlingford to Warrenpoint....why not just say "Britain"?

murphaph

JayeL wrote: »

I dunno, it's fairly obvious that if you're taking a ferry from Ireland to the UK, you're not talking about a boat from Carlingford to Warrenpoint....why not just say "Britain"?

....or just "to the mainland". Where's the pot stirring smilie when you want it.

dogmatix

Somebody say "pot stirring"?

Here's one for all ye West Brits - "Kingstown to Holyhead". I always use Kingstown because I can never spell "Dun leary".

Don't forget Dublin to Douglas - not the "mainland" UK, but the UK none the less.

GerardKeating

dogmatix wrote: »

Somebody say "pot stirring"?

Here's one for all ye West Brits - "Kingstown to Holyhead". I always use Kingstown because I can never spell "Dun leary".

Don't forget Dublin to Douglas - not the "mainland" UK, but the UK none the less.

To be technical, the Dun Laoghaire Ferry does not go to the UK mainland. Holyhead port is on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales.

JayeL

To be even more technical, Dublin to Douglas isn't going to the UK. The Isle of Man is British but isn't part of the UK. It's a "crown dependency", which is a nice way of saying "colony".

murphaph

JayeL wrote: »

To be even more technical, Dublin to Douglas isn't going to the UK. The Isle of Man is British but isn't part of the UK. It's a "crown dependency", which is a nice way of saying "colony".

Quite the opposite. The Manx are anything but dependent on the UK and are certainly not a colony. The Manx retained their parliament (the oldest continuously functioning parliament still in existence). They draught their own legislation and are not members of the European Union. We are bound to European legislation-the Manx make their own laws as they see fit. Who's the colony in reality?

Where's the "eat popcorn" emoicon when you need it!

JayeL

murphaph wrote: »

Quite the opposite. The Manx are anything but dependent on the UK and are certainly not a colony. The Manx retained their parliament (the oldest continuously functioning parliament still in existence). They draught their own legislation and are not members of the European Union. We are bound to European legislation-the Manx make their own laws as they see fit. Who's the colony in reality?

That's all true, but it doesn't change the fact that the Isle of Man is known as a crown dependency and can only draft laws within Man. Their government can't sign international treaties or open embassies - they depend on the crown, or HM Government in practice, to do these things for them.

Plus the IoM still has to toe the line for the EU (otherwise they'd still be birching criminals) but has no MEPs, which is like being told what to do by a body you have no representation on. Or colonisation.

Mods! please move this to politics or whatever....

D.L.R.

GerardKeating wrote: »

To be technical, the Dun Laoghaire Ferry does not go to the UK mainland. Holyhead port is on the Island of Anglesey in North Wales.

Not quite, its on Holy Island, just off the Anglesey mainland

getz

ferries also go to ireland from liverpool and fleetwood .i always go on the holyhead /dublin run

brendansmith

Hmmmm, the first post was all I needed. Thanks

marmurr1916

By mainland UK, I take it he means the ISLAND of Britain. :rolleyes:

getz

the best ferry to go on is the irish cruise ship ulysses --as long as there are no irish man u /liverpool suporters on it then its murder.

A Dub in Glasgo

I normally travel on the Troon - Larne & Stranraer - Belfast ferries.

This link will give you a good overview
http://www.directferries.co.uk/ireland.htm?gourl=&submit2=More...

Victor

Can we keep it constructive and on-topic?

Disruptive posts removed.