The number of cruise ships that have visited and berthed at individual ports in Ireland in the last ten years is set out in the following table:
Irish Ports
|
Statistic
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2022
|
Bantry Bay
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
9
|
11
|
9
|
Castletownbere
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Dun Laoghaire
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
6
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
65
|
Dublin
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
100
|
86
|
93
|
109
|
127
|
150
|
158
|
23
|
Shannon Foynes
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
Galway
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
10
|
14
|
Killybegs
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
6
|
10
|
9
|
13
|
12
|
15
|
11
|
21
|
Cork
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
64
|
52
|
57
|
57
|
68
|
93
|
100
|
81
|
Tralee Fenit
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Waterford
|
Cruise Ships Visits
|
19
|
16
|
18
|
14
|
12
|
18
|
17
|
24
|
There was a complete cessation of cruise visits to Ireland in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Further statistics in relation to cruise are available on the CSO website at: data.cso.ie/.
Cruise visits to ports are a day-to-day operational matter for the individual port companies, with commercial arrangements being made directly between the port company and the cruise company. Enquiries in relation to whether a port can accommodate a particular cruise ship visit must be made directly by the cruise company to the individual port concerned.
The schedules for upcoming cruise visits are published on the individual port websites.