It’s a pity the Cork - Swansea is gone. Rosslaire is over 2 hours by road. It’s a beautiful way to travel rather than be squashed on a RyanAir sardine can with wings. I just completed a trip to London with Stena and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I remember as a boy going to Ireland on the innisfallen from swansea to cork to see my nan and family there, and before that was the old innisfallen which went from fishguard to cork and docked at penrose quay I'm 63 now and times have changed so much.
Exactly the same here. we would drive to Swansea docks at about 7pm. My dad and us kids would stand at the edge and look for the Innisfallen on the horizon. Then watch it come in , turn around so it faced the sea. We would take our cases in to that sort of hall where you present tickets etc. Then sit around until time to board. Then walk up that detachable walkway into the room on the deck where there was a sort of large glass window and shop counter where the bursar was. We would go to our cabin which had no windows (presumably cheaper) . There were bunks and a sink. The water from the taps was yukk. I think the toilets were down the corridor. There was a pullman lounge that had big TV's on columns and there were a few really comfortable reclining seats where you could relax. We would watch Swansea disappear (usually dark by then) there would be buoys dotted here and there on the crossing. On a rough crossing there people every where puking up and the whiff could be cut with a knife. Then in the morning (around 6am ?) we would get up , and watch Cork emerge as the ship slowly amles past the cork houses on hills and that church on the hillside and that castle on its little island. We would disembark and I remember my Uncle John waiting for us at the other end to drive our family in to Cloyne where about ten billion people are related to us as my Mum was from there. Beautiful memories. Apologies for the waffle.
Hello Noel. Travelled on Mv Innisfallen's from both Penrose Quay and Tivoli .Great crews and ships, even when the going was rough. Rip to those who have gone to their eternal reward>>>Mike.
![NIGHT FERRY FROM DUBLIN [Ghost Ship]: Stena Line to Holyhead - my first overnight ferry since 1986.](/img/n.gif)
Good old time !!!!
It’s a pity the Cork - Swansea is gone. Rosslaire is over 2 hours by road.
It’s a beautiful way to travel rather than be squashed on a RyanAir sardine can with wings. I just completed a trip to London with Stena and I enjoyed every minute of it.
thanks very much for uploading...brings it all back
most of my childhood spent backwards and forwards on these ferries
Me too
My father worked all his life with B&I until they were taken over by irish ferries. Loved going to Swansea on our summer holidays.
I remember as a boy going to Ireland on the innisfallen from swansea to cork to see my nan and family there, and before that was the old innisfallen which went from fishguard to cork and docked at penrose quay I'm 63 now and times have changed so much.
Exactly the same here. we would drive to Swansea docks at about 7pm. My dad and us kids would stand at the edge and look for the Innisfallen on the horizon. Then watch it come in , turn around so it faced the sea. We would take our cases in to that sort of hall where you present tickets etc. Then sit around until time to board. Then walk up that detachable walkway into the room on the deck where there was a sort of large glass window and shop counter where the bursar was. We would go to our cabin which had no windows (presumably cheaper) . There were bunks and a sink. The water from the taps was yukk. I think the toilets were down the corridor. There was a pullman lounge that had big TV's on columns and there were a few really comfortable reclining seats where you could relax. We would watch Swansea disappear (usually dark by then) there would be buoys dotted here and there on the crossing. On a rough crossing there people every where puking up and the whiff could be cut with a knife. Then in the morning (around 6am ?) we would get up , and watch Cork emerge as the ship slowly amles past the cork houses on hills and that church on the hillside and that castle on its little island. We would disembark and I remember my Uncle John waiting for us at the other end to drive our family in to Cloyne where about ten billion people are related to us as my Mum was from there. Beautiful memories. Apologies for the waffle.
Pullman Lounge..I haven't heard that name for so long, it brought it all back to me, thanks for sharing your story@@timbodut3977
Lovely memories
rip to my family all worked on them and the innisfallen cork
Hello Noel. Travelled on Mv Innisfallen's from both Penrose Quay and Tivoli .Great crews and ships, even when the going was rough. Rip to those who have gone to their eternal reward>>>Mike.
munster was my first ship as pantryboy wen on going to sea ror many years
My da skippered the Munster, Leinster and Inisfallen as well as the cargo ships over to the continent.
Lovely, thanks for posting.