{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Passage East |native_name = {{Irish place name|An Pasáiste}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = The first ferry of the day from Passage East - geograph.org.uk - 1388506.jpg |image_caption = Passage East as seen from the car ferry |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = top |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Munster]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] |subdivision_name3 = [[County Waterford]] |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]] |population_footnotes = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=8ff1d046-f7a2-47fd-a147-22eb92628ff2 | title = Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Passage East | work = Census 2022 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]]| access-date = 26 September 2023}}</ref> |population_total = 634 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[West European Time|WET]] |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] ([[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|52.23910|-6.97274|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = |blank_info = }} '''Passage East''' ({{Irish place name|An Pasáiste|the passage}})<ref>{{cite web|title=An Pasáiste/Passage East|url=https://www.logainm.ie/50345.aspx|publisher=Irish Placenames Commission|website=logainm.ie|accessdate=30 August 2019|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924225631/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/50345|url-status=live}}</ref> is a [[fishing village]] in [[County Waterford]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], situated on the west bank of [[Waterford Harbour]]. It is 12&nbsp;km from [[Waterford (city)|Waterford city]] 10&nbsp;km from Dunmore East and 21&nbsp;km from [[Tramore]].

==History== On 23 August 1170, [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Strongbow]] landed at Passage East with 200 knights and 1,000 men-at-arms, a year after the first Normans had landed at [[Bannow]], symbolising the beginning of the [[Normans|Norman]] invasion of Ireland. {{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Nearby are the ruins of [[Geneva Barracks]], a one-time planned utopian colony turned into a notorious prison and point of departure for thousands of rebels transported from the country for participation in the [[1798 rebellion]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==Tourism and fishing== Passage East has a long beach which is used for fishing bass, codling, whiting, various flatfish and pollocks.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} It is possible to walk from Passage to Woodstown when the tide is out.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} Passage East also has a natural mussel bed in which it is possible to dig for ragworm. Lug can be dug all the way along the coast to Woodstown.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

The Waterford Estuary Mussel Festival is held each September in Passage East and some nearby villages.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/estuary-villages-organise-mussel-festival-1.104808 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Estuary villages organise mussel festival | date = 10 September 1997 | quote = ''The Waterford Estuary Mussel Festival, now in its fourth year [..] embraces the picturesque villages of Cheekpoint, Faithlegg, Passage East, Woodstown, Dunmore East, Ballymacaw and Cloughernagh. A range of music, food, craft and sports events will be on offer in these centres over the weekend of September 19th'' | access-date = 24 September 2021 | archive-date = 24 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210924225659/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/estuary-villages-organise-mussel-festival-1.104808 | url-status = live }}</ref>{{update inline|date=August 2019}}

==Transport== ===Car ferry=== Passage East Ferry Company Limited, which has been in operation since 1982, links the village, and [[County Waterford]] as a whole, with [[County Wexford]], specifically the village of [[Ballyhack, County Wexford|Ballyhack]]. A journey on the company's vessel, ''The Tintern'', which has a capacity for 28 cars, saves motorists a road journey of approximately 55&nbsp;km. There has been some local concern in recent years{{when|date=August 2019}} about the level of traffic through the village generated by the car ferry.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

===Bus service=== [[TFI Local Link]] operate the bus route 358, linking Passage East to [[Waterford]], [[Dunmore East]] and [[Tramore]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Timetables |url=https://www.transportforireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TFI-Local-Link-Waterford-Route-358-May25.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |accessdate=14 August 2025 |website=transportforireland.ie |publisher=Transport for Ireland}}</ref>

==Sport== The local GAA club, [[Passage GAA (Waterford)|Passage GAA]], concentrates on hurling. Its best known players are [[Sean Cullinane]] and [[Eoin Kelly (Waterford hurler)|Eoin Kelly]]. Eoin Kelly won Passage's first [[GAA All Stars Awards|All-Star]] award in [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008|2008]]. The football club associated with the Passage area is [[Gaultier GAA|Gaultier]].

==See also== * [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]] * [[Crooke Preceptory]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.passageferry.ie Passage Car Ferry website] <!-- {{coord|52|14|N|6|58|W|display=title|region:IE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} --> {{County Waterford}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Towns and villages in County Waterford]] [[Category:Fishing in Ireland]]