See also: Travel to Kinsale: Air Travel to Ireland | Train Service to Cork | Bus Service to Kinsale | Car Hire Cork Airport
There are four major ferry ports in the Republic with sailings to Britain. There are also direct sailings from Cork ferry port to Swansea and France; and a ferry from Northern Ireland to Scotland. Happily, the popular and convenient Cork-Swansea ferry service returned in 2010.
Ferry Services
- Fastnet Line (Cork-Swansea) – www.fastnetline.com 021 4378892 UK Phone: +44 (0) 844 576 8831
- Britanny Ferries – www.brittany-ferries.com 021 437 8401
- Irish Ferries – www.irishferries.ie
- P&O Irish Sea – www.poirishsea.com
- Stena Line – www.stenaline.ie
(also offers Landbridge services via Britain to Jersey, Denmark, Norway, Germany)
There are a number of crossings during peak Summer service. The ferryport for Cork is at Ringaskiddy, about 35 minutes drive from Kinsale. We have listed all ferry connections here to aid journey planning but all except Cork are some distance from Kinsale (at least 3 hours driving time).
- Swansea to Cork (Fastnet Line)
- Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire (Stena Line)
- Holyhead to Dublin Port (Stena Line)
- Liverpool to Dublin Port (P&O Irish Sea)
- Mostyn (nr Chester) to Dublin Port (P&O Irish Sea)
- Fishguard to Rosslare (Stena Line)
- Pembroke to Rosslare (Irish Ferries)
- Stranraer to Belfast (Northern Ireland) (Stena Line)
- Cairnryan, Troone and Fleetwood to Larne (Northern Ireland) (P&O Irish Sea)
- Cherbourg to Rosslare (P&O Irish Sea)
- Cherbourg to Dublin Port (P&O Irish Sea)
- Cherbourg and Roscoff to Le Havre (Irish Ferries)
- Roscoff to Cork (Brittany Ferries)
