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UK -IRELAND

Norse Merchant ferries operated a service between Birkenhead (opposite Liverpool) and Dublin, it has now been taken over by a company called Norfolkline. Fares and service don't seem to have changed.

Most of the sailings are overnight, although some 'daybreaker' sailings are timetabled.

The company is mainly reliant of freight transport, and takes car and foot passengers as something of a sideline.

From Birkenhead you board around 8PM, before sailing at 10PM. This gives you chance to settle in to your cabin and enjoy a surprisingly good four course meal in the restaurant. Both of these 'frills' are included in the price of the ticket, as is a cooked breakfast in the morning.

It's unusual to find a company these days that believes in adding 'frills' rather than taking the 'bare bones' approach to transport.

They are also often a good bit cheaper than ferries on the shorter Holyhead-Dublin or South Wales - Rosslare routes. Routes from Scotland to Northern Ireland are shorter and cheaper, but you have to go to Scotland first (sorry, that sounds awful doesn't it, but you know what I mean)

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Type: Ship/Boat