{"id":137,"date":"2007-08-20T23:11:42","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T13:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=137"},"modified":"2007-08-20T23:11:42","modified_gmt":"2007-08-20T13:11:42","slug":"from-holyhead-to-dublin-port-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/from-holyhead-to-dublin-port-ireland","title":{"rendered":"From Holyhead to Dublin Port &#8211; Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DAY 7 &#8211; At Holyhead we boarded our ferry for Dublin.\u00a0 For those interested in technology, this high-tech gangplank was interesting to watch as the gangplank itself consisted of metal slats that were raised electronically.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8385-2\/GB_0477.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Hi-tech gangplank\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Hi-tech gangplank\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our ferry, the Ulysses is the largest car ferry in the world, according to Irish Ferries.\u00a0 The stats are quite impressive, i.e. it is 12 decks high, has 3 miles of car parking space and holds 1,342 cars and 2,000 passengers.\u00a0 Facilities on board include restaurants, cinemas, TV lounges, children&#8217;s play area and two large lounge bars and a shop.\u00a0 The Ulysses operate two return sailings each day between Holyhead and Dublin Port and the trip takes approximately 3 hrs 15 mins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/17555-2\/DSC_0226.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Sailing into Dublin\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Sailing into Dublin\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were rather impressed that there were cinemas on board and decided that a movie was the best way to past the time.\u00a0 The 2003 movie Veronica Guerin was playing and on reflection, it probably wasn&#8217;t a smart\u00a0movie choice to set the mood for our arrival in Dubin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Guerin is the true story of the assassinated Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin.\u00a0 In the mid-1990s, Dublin resembled a\u00a0war zone, with a few powerful drug lords battling for control. \u00a0Veronica was the crime reporter for the Sunday Independent investigating the criminal underworld in Ireland and she was gunned down in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAY 7 &#8211; At Holyhead we boarded our ferry for Dublin.\u00a0 For those interested in technology, this high-tech gangplank was interesting to watch as the gangplank itself consisted of metal slats that were raised electronically. 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