Passenger lists Dublin to Liverpool

[Richard1955]

My Grandmother, Bridget Mary Byrne b1903 in Dublin, came to the UK in the 1920's and I assume she travelled
by boat/ship.
Where would I find passenger lists?
Can anyone find this info for me?

Please, thanks
Richard:

[Waitabit]

Interesting question Richard, perhaps they just boarded a Ferry where bookings & names were not required. I look forward to more knowledgeable answers here.

[Jellylegs]

I would think the answer would be the same as the one on this thread.

https://www.british-genealogy.com/for...ast-to-heysham

[Kevin Garrad]

In 1903, Dublin (& the rest of Ireland) was part of the UK.

So she would have travelled on a demestic ferry service, where passenger lists were not compiled.

[Richard1955]

It was possibly a domestic ferry service. Did they run in the 1920's as very few people travelled until the 1950's.
I would have thought there were passenger lists for all types of trips.

Any ideas?

[Jan1954]

Did they run in the 1920's as very few people travelled until the 1950's.

There has been travel in and around the British Isles for a lot longer than that. The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, just as an example, has run ferries between the Isle of Man, Britain and Ireland since 1830. However, these journeys are domestic and so no passenger lists would be held.

[Richard1955]

Many thanks Jan
I'm sure your right as I have used the Steam Packet Company many times myself
and some of the vessels must be as old as 1920's.

[Elwyn Soutter]

They only really compiled passenger lists for the intercontinental sailings eg to the US, Canada, South Africa and the Far East etc. There were a few compiled for sailings to Eastern Europe but none for all the millions of sailings over the years to France, Holland etc, let alone Ireland. In most cases you just turned up, bought a ticket and that was that. There were passport controls on the European voyages, conducted by the respective countries immigration authorities but the shipping companies were normally not required to compile or keep passenger lists.

As Jan said the ferries to Ireland have been running regularly since at least 1830. The first railway in Ireland was built in 1834 from Dublin to what is now Dun Laoghiare, to link with the ferry to Wales.


Elwyn

[spison]

Hi Richard,
I know little about how people travelled this route but I know I have one Irish family in Liverpool by 1828 at the latest - arriving sometime after 1815. You might only be able to narrow down the time they made the trip.
Jane

[Mutley]

Just for fun...
This photo was taken in about 1953. I was sitting in the sidecar of the BSA motorbike awaiting its turn to be hoisted aboard the ferry.
I don't know if it was taken at Holyhead or Fishguard. We travelled from both.
No details were ever taken of the vehicles or the passengers. The ferries were like buses, you bought a ticket, got on, slept, got off and went your way.