Rosslare Europort

Rosslare Europort is Ireland's second-busiest passenger ferry port, handling services to Wales (Fishguard and Pembroke) and northern France (Cherbourg and Roscoff). Stena Line and Irish Ferries operate the crossings. The crossing to Fishguard takes about three and a half hours; to Pembroke, four hours; to Cherbourg, around eighteen to twenty hours on the direct overnight service.

The port has expanded significantly in recent years and is reasonably well-equipped with a café, waiting areas, and customs facilities. If arriving in Ireland this way, the drive north through County Wexford toward Dublin on the N25/N11 is pleasant and passes through some of the most fertile farmland in the country. Rosslare Europort has its own railway station with connections to Wexford and Dublin Connolly, making it one of the few Irish ferry ports with a direct rail link.

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The port at Rosslare was first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway to handle steam-ferry traffic between Britain and Ireland. The site was chosen because it is the closest point in Ireland to the Welsh coast — just 86 kilometres across St George's Channel to Fishguard, the same distance as the English Channel between Calais and Dover. It has been the main sea gateway to Ireland from Britain ever since, and the approach across the channel by ferry remains the only way to arrive in Ireland that gives you a proper sense of the island's geography.