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Ireland is well served by car & passenger ferry ports both north and south, with modern vessels sailing direct to and from both the continent (France) and the UK (Scotland England & Wales).

The main Northern Ireland ports are Belfast and Larne both of which operate high speed ferries to and from Scotland Belfast also operates a conventional ferry service to Liverpool in the North of England. A further service is operated from Belfast to the Isle of Man during the summer months.
Connection to and from the south of Ireland are from Dun Laoghaire, Cork, and Rosslare, all offering various crossings at different times of the year for full details of these check out the relevant Ferry Companies in the table below.
Ferry Operators
Northern Ireland
SeaCat Scotland
Stenna Sealink
Norse Irish Ferries
P&O Ferries

Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd
Southern Ireland
Irish Ferries
Swansea Cork Ferries
Stenna Sealink
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Ferry Ports in Ireland


Ferry Operators Contact Details
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Northern Ireland
Sailing Route Operator
Stranraer (Scotland) - Belfast SeaCat Scotland
Stranraer (Scotland) - Belfast Stena Sealink
Cairnryan (Scotland)- Larne P&O European Ferries
Liverpool (UK)- Belfast Norsemerchant
Southern Ireland
Holyhead (Wales) - Dun Laoghaire Stena Sealink
Fishguard (Wales) - Rosslare Stena Sealink
Swansea (Wales) - Cork Swansea Cork Ferries
Pembroke (Wales) - Rosslare Irish Ferries


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