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Dundalk Steam Packet Company

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Industry
  
Shipping

Founded
  
1837

Defunct
  
1871

Fate
  
Taken over

Founder
  
Neal Kelly

Successor
  
Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company

The Dundalk Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between Dundalk and Liverpool from 1837 to 1871.

History

The company was founded in 1837 by Neal Kelly.

In 1871 the company amalgamated with the Newry Steam Packet Company to form the Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company. This survived until 1926 when it was taken over by the British and Irish Steamship Company.

Services from Liverpool to Dundalk and Newry ceased in 1968.

References

Dundalk Steam Packet Company Wikipedia