By Boat & Ferry in Northern Ireland

Norfolkline has 12 eight-hour daytime or overnight car ferries that connect Belfast with the English west-coast port of Liverpool every day. P&O European Ferries has a one-hour sailing to Larne from Cairnryan, Scotland; infrequent trains take passengers on to Belfast. The StenaLine HSS fast catamaran sails between Belfast and Stranraer, Scotland in 1½ hours.

Boat & Ferry Information

Port of Belfast (Belfast Harbour Commissioners, Corporation Sq., Belfast. 028/9055-4422. www.belfast-harbour.co.uk)) Norfolkline (Victoria Terminal 2, W. Bank Rd., Belfast. 028/9077-9090. www.norfolkline.com). P&O European Ferries (0871/664-4777. www.poirishsea.com). Steam Packet Company Services (0870/552-3523. www.steam-packet.com). StenaLine HSS (028/9074-7747. www.stenaline.com).