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Doolin ferry

  • 03-11-2015 8:15pm
    #1
    Woodville56
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    Was planning on going to Inisheer via a ferry from Doolin one of these days but it seems the ferries shut up shop at the end of October ? Alternative is now the long way round via the ferry from Rossaveel it seems? Is there even a reduced / limited service from Doolin over the winter months ?


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  • #2
    elastico
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    Woodville56 wrote: »
    Was planning on going to Inisheer via a ferry from Doolin one of these days but it seems the ferries shut up shop at the end of October ? Alternative is now the long way round via the ferry from Rossaveel it seems? Is there even a reduced / limited service from Doolin over the winter months ?

    I doubt it. The only ferry operating is Rossaveel as it is government subsided so operates in winter. No tourists to Inisheer in winter.


  • #3
    dee_mc
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    No ferries from Doolin til March, finished last week unfortunately.


  • #4
    philstar
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    elastico wrote: »
    I doubt it. The only ferry operating is Rossaveel as it is government subsided so operates in winter. No tourists to Inisheer in winter.

    do they ask before you board? could you not chance your arm and just say i'm visiting a relative?


  • #5
    elastico
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    philstar wrote: »
    do they ask before you board? could you not chance your arm and just say i'm visiting a relative?

    There is no ferry because there is no demand from tourists to go to Inisheer in the winter to make running a ferry profitable, that's what I meant!


  • #6
    philstar
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    but how about the natives how do they get back and forth?


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  • #7
    toughtofind
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    Well, so far as I know they swim ...:eek:


  • #8
    Clareman
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    philstar wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    but how about the natives how do they get back and forth?

    A lot of the islanders mightn't leave the islands from 1 year to the next, but in the event that someone does want to get off then there's private boats, fishing boats, Garda/Navy boats or the lifeboats, there'd be a fair bit of traffic the whole time.


  • #9
    elastico
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    philstar wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    but how about the natives how do they get back and forth?

    Daily ferry to Rossaveel for the natives. Just nothing from Doolin in the winter. Which is what the OP asked.


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