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WHEN THE LIFFEY ferry service was decommissioned in 1984, former ferry coxswain Richie Saunders decided to save the boat and preserve it.
It was that very same boat – with Richie behind the helm – that took off from the Dublin docklands today as the No. 11 Liffey Ferry serviced was relaunched.
The ferry service will taxi passengers between the 3Arena to Sir John Rogerson’s Quay to MV Cill Airne at North Wall Quay and back, following restoration efforts by Dublin Port Company and Dublin City Council.
Saunders hopes the new service – which is part of a maritime training programme – succeeds and that, “there’ll be a second ferry on the river” before too long.
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Great to see the ferry in action again.
Well done lad’s fantastic work
Good initiative and should make up for the short-comings of DCC by making it easier to cross taht stretch of the Liffey for pedestrians.
Trying to go from say Capital Dock over to The Point luas is a horrible experience when walking, you have to walk 650m down to cross the Samuel-Beckett bridge followed by the same distance back. The lack of bridge further down makes offices/apartments on the north docks a 15-20 min walk from the luas instead of like 5.
Lovely to see the old stuff coming back well done and every success
Fantastic
Best of luck, but i hope ye have a radar for the Trollies
I used to travel on that in 1969. Cost 6p. Inflation = 80 times
2 euro ha ha that won’t last long.pretty soon they ll be on strike for better pay.just wait and see.
Nice to see the Cill Airne nearby, I spent a lot of time avoiding work on her in Cork.
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