A few historical and contemporary notes…
The Mailboat Pier (usually referred to as the Carlisle Pier in more recent decades) continues to be used nowadays albeit by some visiting cruise ships. I saw the MSY Wind Surf cruise ship alongside there.
The pier was last used by a Dún Laoghaire-Holyhead ferry in 1997.
The last ferry (the HSS) ran between Dún Laoghaire and Holyhead in September 2014.
Probably quite unlikely but it’s not impossible that a ferry will once again run from the port to Holyhead in 2017.
There was a NIR Enterprise set that ran through to Dún Laoghaire for a period (think a brief one) in the 1990s – recollection is that it was in the evening only in connection with the 20.45 sailing of the St. Columba to Holyhead.
Last edited by Traincustomer : 11-07-2016 at 20:05.
Reason: typos
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