The Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between
Dundalk
Dundalk ( ; ga, DĂșn Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
and
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
from 1871 to 1926.
[Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir, 1968]
History
In 1871 the
Dundalk Steam Packet Company
The Dundalk Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between Dundalk and Liverpool from 1837 to 1871.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir, 1968
History
The company was founded in 1837 by Neal Kelly.
In 1871 the company ...
amalgamated with the
Newry Steam Packet Company
Newry (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011.
Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery, although t ...
to form the Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company. This survived until 1926 when it was taken over by the
British and Irish Steam Packet Company
The British and Irish Steam Packet Company Limited was a steam packet and passenger ferry company operating between ports in Ireland and in Great Britain between 1836 and 1992. It was latterly popularly called the B&I, and branded as B&I Line ...
, part of the
Coast Lines
Coast Lines Limited provided shipping services in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Islands from 1917 to 1971.
History
Powell, Bacon and Hough Lines Ltd was formed in 1913 in Liverpool. The name of Coast Lines Limited was adopted in 1 ...
group.
Services from Liverpool to Dundalk and Newry ceased in 1968.
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Irish companies established in 1871