Killimer/Tarbert Ferry

Melissa G. · Member

Killimer/Tarbert Ferry

noshot9 · Veteran Member

By all means take the ferry. It will save you about 75-80 miles of driving. You just show up and wait in line and pay when you are on the ferry. You can get the sailing times from their web site depending upon the time of year and how many ferries they are running. I think I waited about 15 minutes for the ferry in mid September.

aphillippe · Member

The ferry was great! The driver has to remain with the car, but other passengers can go up to an observation deck to watch the trip.

Sidz · Guru

It is fun, easy, and does indeed take a great deal of mileage off the trip. And it gives you a chance to get out of the car and relax for awhile.

Check this schedule out, because if you miss it by a few minutes, you'll have a delay to deal with.

http://www.shannonferries.com/timetable/

Have a great trip.

-- Edited by Sidz on Monday 13th of April 2009 10:45:41 AM

xaimimgr · Veteran Member

You can get out of car unless your elderly and stuck on the inside lane with no way to open your door. Could not climb over the gearshift!!!!

Michele Erdvig · Host

Sidz,

Thanks for posting the ferry website for Melissa.

xaimimgr,

That is funny. I have been stuck in the car before on the ferry too!

Michele

Fotobug · Veteran Member

I have a related ferry question... I've seen mention of the Shannon ferries here numerous times. But my husband has a plan to bypass Cork by using a "Cross River" ferry in that area. Has anybody done that one before and does it sound reasonable? I haven't tried to find more information about it yet, thought I would start here! Our route is from the vicinity of Enniscorthy along the south coast to Baltimore in mid-May.

Thanks -

Barb

aphillippe · Member

There is a river ferry right outside of Cobh that we took in order to avoid the Cork traffic. It was a very small ferry, only a couple dozen or so vehicles and provided a very quick trip. I can't recall the name, though it is a nice memory for me because we were in the front row of cars and could watch the trip without others in front of us! I believe the fare was somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 Euro. Andrea

stewh · Guru

I think this is the Cobh Ferry you are talking about. I have not used it myself but probably will in a future trip.

Stewart
http://www.scottcobh.ie/pages/ferry.html

-- Edited by stewh on Thursday 16th of April 2009 08:44:31 PM

Itallian Chauffeur · Moderator

While, admittedly, we seldom are coming from Cobh, we have always found the tunnel to be expedient enough when coming from the N8. The ferry MIGHT be an interesting and expedient diversion, but probably only if you were going to Cobh, anyway.

More info: (fares may be out of date)

The journey of the ferry is from Carrigalo, Cobh to Glenbrooke, Passage and back.

Average Crossing Time Only 5 Minutes.
Sailings everyday including Sunday.
Commercial Vehicles.

Capacity 28 Cars.
No Reservations Necessary.

E4.50 per journey, E6.50 return.
Ten journey ticket E25
Fares Payable on Ferry.

Bob

-- Edited by Itallian Chauffeur on Thursday 16th of April 2009 08:54:07 PM

Fotobug · Veteran Member

Thanks to all of you for the information on the Cobh Ferry! Yes, I'm sure that is the one he was talking about but since I had never heard anyone mention it, I wondered if it was viable. I didn't realize there was a tunnel in the area, too. I appreciate the help and will check out the web site and maps.

We have split up the trip and each are responsible for planning certain parts of it. I didn't want to ask my husband too much about it - he gets understandably defensive if it seems I'm butting in on "his" assignment. But being a control-freak, it lowers my anxiety level if I hear that yes, there is such a ferry and yes, others have used it! (And Yes, we have travelled together a lot and have always come home still speaking to each other, amazingly enough.)

Barb

Michele Erdvig · Host

Barb,

I have taken the ferry many times. It is listed on my Transport page. It is great if going from Kinsale to Cobh and back again. The trip is very short. Only thing is that when going from Kinsale to the ferry you must follow the signs to Passage West not the signs showing the cars inside a ferry. Otherwise you might get on the ferry to France!

Michele