Irish Ferries

Irish Ferries Ltd
Company typeDivision
IndustryTransportation & Tourism
PredecessorB&I Line; Irish Continental Line
Founded1973
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Number of locations
Dublin Port, Ireland
Holyhead Port, Wales
Rosslare Europort, Ireland
Pembroke Dock, Wales
Cherbourg, France
Port of Dover, England
Port of Calais, France.
Area served
United Kingdom, Ireland & France.
Key people
Eamonn Rothwell, CEO, Andrew Sheen Managing Director
ServicesPassenger & vehicle transportation, Freight transportation;
ParentIrish Continental Group
DivisionsIrish Ferries; Eucon
SubsidiariesIrish Ferries Freight; Dublin Ferryport Terminals; Belfast Container Terminal
Websitewww.irishferries.com
Irish Ferries route map. Since June 2021, Dover-Calais has also been operated.

Irish Ferries is an Irish ferry and transport company that operates passenger and freight services on routes between Ireland, Britain and Continental Europe, including Dublin PortHolyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Dublin Port-Cherbourg in France.

The company is a division of the Irish Continental Group (ICG) which trades on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. ICG also owns the Eucon container line which operates vessels on routes operating between Ireland and the continent.

Irish Ferries' flagship, MV Ulysses, is currently the largest ROPAX ferry operating on the Irish Sea and when launched in 2001 was the world's largest car ferry in terms of car-carrying capacity. Other ships in the fleet include MS Isle of Inishmore, MV W.B. Yeats and the fast ferry Dublin Swift (preceded by HSC Jonathan Swift, which operated until 2018). The company also charters in a ro-pax vessel, MS Norbay and will also charter ro-ro vessel MS Spirit of Britain (to be renamed). The company used to charter MV Kaitaki which was sold to Interisland Line, and Pride of Bilbao which was sold to St. Peter Line in 2013 and then renamed Princess Anastasia.