Photograph: Ship [The Ulster]

PHOTOGRAPH: Ship [The Ulster].

The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company (CofDSPCo) was formed in Dublin in 1822, and was originally called Charles Wye Williams and Company. On the 24th January 1839 they were contracted to run a night mail service from Holyhead to Ireland carrying the Royal Mail on behalf of the Post Office. Their ships operated from the Admiralty Pier in Holyhead. On the 1st August 1848, the first mail train to connect with the ships ran into Holyhead, operated by the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company. The train named the ‘Irish Mail’ was actually the first train in the world to be given a name. In 1859, the CofDSPCo ordered 4 ships, each named after one of the provinces of Ireland: Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster. They were collectively known as ‘The Provinces’. They bore the illustrious prefix R. M. S. Royal Mail Steamer. It would not be until 1920 that the rival LNWR company ships would finally carry the mail.

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