The Dundalk Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between

Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún 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 status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...

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 to form the

Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company The Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between Dundalk and Liverpool from 1871 to 1926.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir, 1968 History In 1871 the Dundalk Steam Packet Company amalgamated with ...

. This survived until 1926 when it was taken over by the British and Irish Steamship Company. Services from

and

Newry Newry (; ) is a City status in Ireland, city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Newry River, Clanrye river in counties County Armagh, Armagh and County Down, Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011. Newry ...

ceased in 1968.

References

{{Reflist 1837 establishments in Ireland 1870 disestablishments Shipping companies of Ireland Packet (sea transport) Transport in Dundalk