# Passage East

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Village in Munster, Ireland

Passage East Irish: An Pasáiste Village Passage East as seen from the car ferry Passage East Location in Ireland Coordinates: 52°14′21″N 6°58′22″W / 52.23910°N 6.97274°W / 52.23910; -6.97274 Country Ireland Province Munster County County Waterford Population (2022)[1] • Total 634 Time zone UTC+0 (WET) • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

**Passage East** ([Irish](/source/Irish_language): *An Pasáiste*, meaning 'the passage')[2] is a [fishing village](/source/Fishing_village) in [County Waterford](/source/County_Waterford), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland), situated on the west bank of [Waterford Harbour](/source/Waterford_Harbour). It is 12 km from [Waterford city](/source/Waterford_(city)) 10 km from Dunmore East and 21 km from [Tramore](/source/Tramore).

## History

On 23 August 1170, [Strongbow](/source/Richard_de_Clare%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke) landed at Passage East with 200 knights and 1,000 men-at-arms, a year after the first Normans had landed at [Bannow](/source/Bannow), symbolising the beginning of the [Norman](/source/Normans) invasion of Ireland. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Nearby are the ruins of [Geneva Barracks](/source/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](/source/1798_rebellion).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Tourism and fishing

Passage East has a long beach which is used for fishing bass, codling, whiting, various flatfish and pollocks.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] It is possible to walk from Passage to Woodstown when the tide is out.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The Waterford Estuary Mussel Festival is held each September in Passage East and some nearby villages.[3][*[needs update](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*]

## Transport

### Car ferry

Passage East Ferry Company Limited, which has been in operation since 1982, links the village, and [County Waterford](/source/County_Waterford) as a whole, with [County Wexford](/source/County_Wexford), specifically the village of [Ballyhack](/source/Ballyhack%2C_County_Wexford). A journey on the company's vessel, *The Tintern*, which has a capacity for 28 cars, saves motorists a road journey of approximately 55 km. There has been some local concern in recent years[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] about the level of traffic through the village generated by the car ferry.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Bus service

[TFI Local Link](/source/TFI_Local_Link) operate the bus route 358, linking Passage East to [Waterford](/source/Waterford), [Dunmore East](/source/Dunmore_East) and [Tramore](/source/Tramore).[4]

## Sport

The local GAA club, [Passage GAA](/source/Passage_GAA_(Waterford)), concentrates on hurling. Its best known players are [Sean Cullinane](/source/Sean_Cullinane) and [Eoin Kelly](/source/Eoin_Kelly_(Waterford_hurler)). Eoin Kelly won Passage's first [All-Star](/source/GAA_All_Stars_Awards) award in [2008](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_2008). The football club associated with the Passage area is [Gaultier](/source/Gaultier_GAA).

## See also

- [List of towns and villages in Ireland](/source/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland)

- [Crooke Preceptory](/source/Crooke_Preceptory)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cso2022_1-0)** ["Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Passage East"](https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=8ff1d046-f7a2-47fd-a147-22eb92628ff2). *Census 2022*. [Central Statistics Office](/source/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)). Retrieved 26 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["An Pasáiste/Passage East"](https://www.logainm.ie/50345.aspx). *logainm.ie*. Irish Placenames Commission. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210924225631/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/50345) from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Estuary villages organise mussel festival"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/estuary-villages-organise-mussel-festival-1.104808). *irishtimes.com*. Irish Times. 10 September 1997. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210924225659/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/estuary-villages-organise-mussel-festival-1.104808) from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021. *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*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_4-0)** ["Timetables"](https://www.transportforireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TFI-Local-Link-Waterford-Route-358-May25.pdf) (PDF). *transportforireland.ie*. Transport for Ireland. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Passage East](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Passage_East).

- [Passage Car Ferry website](http://www.passageferry.ie)

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