New York To Ireland

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Hi,

My name is Susan and I am moving to Ireland at the end of Oct. '04.  I would like to take a freighter if possible.  Does anyone have any info. on this?  Any information anyone has will be very much appreciated.  Thank you.

Susan

[Steve]

Hi Susan

Did you have any luck from the agents you contacted - that spam filter you have set up on your email account could have stopped them replying.

That's the trouble with filters - they are not very good at separating spam from genuine messages!

Off the top of my head, I'm not aware of a service that goes direct from New York to Ireland - but you will have no trouble getting to the UK of course.

If you can't get to Ireland direct, I am pretty sure that one of the shipping lines has a service connecting Liverpool to the USA - if you could get a ship that arrived in Liverpool, you are only a few hours away from Ireland by ferry - much better than arriving in the usual UK ports located in the South and East of the country.

I'm afraid I can't remember the shipping line - but an agent would know.

Let us know how you get on.

Steve

[Steve]

Just had a search around

The service I was thinking of departs Chester PA for Liverpool - but it's via Antwerp in Belgium on the Eastbound voyage and takes around 14-16 days

Also, this service only takes passengers from April to October - so it would be a bit of a close call for you.

By comparison, NSB have a service that links New York direct to Southampton in 7 days - so although Southampton is further from Ireland than Liverpool, the overall journey will be shorter and much cheaper.

I believe this service takes passengers all year round - any of the agents will be able to book you with NSB.

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Thank you Steve.  You have been very nice and very helpful.  I am trying to secure passage to Liverpool.  I am happy with this.  We'll see what happens.

Susan