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Your pre-match stops en route to the LIME Stadium at Stair Park ⬇️

🔵 Stranraer FC Fitba’ Bar
📍 9-15 North Strand Street, DG9 7LD

🔵 THE PUB
📍 3 Hanover Street, DG9 7SB

🔵 Craignelder Hotel
📍 Cairnryan Road, DG9 8HA

🔵 The Pavilion Bar
🏟️ The Lactalis Stand
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
jscheir.bsky.social
In Schottland wäre ich nur auf der Durchreise, um die Fähre von Cairnryan nach Belfast zu nehmen. Hab' nämlich Heimweh nach Irland 🤣. Schottlandfotos kann ich trotzdem posten, ich war schon mal paar Monate dort.
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social
this was discussed at length before the brexit vote. And in the minutes of the NI Affairs Committee report on same, May 2016.

The preferred option for the UKG was always a sea border. PM (David Cameron): "not on the physical separation of NI from Republic"
highlighted text from a report from may 2016. "The UUP told us they had been told by the UK Government that it did not envisage policing the border with the Republic and that the Government’s preferred solution would be to put in place a more robust system of checks at relevant ports and airports on the mainland. Mike Nesbitt told us: “The Prime Minister indicated pretty clearly that it would not be on the physical separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic but it is more likely to be at Stranraer, Cairnryan, Heathrow, Gatwick, our ports and our airports" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026 front page of a NI Affairs committee report from May 2016 highlighting that the preferred solution for the UK Gov (for policing & security) in the event of brexit, was a border in the Irish sea. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026
January 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
arachnidpress.bsky.social
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The hunt for a spy leads the book’s central characters to the military port at Cairnryan.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...
Loch Ryan lighthouse. During the war this was the focal point of the huge military port built at Cairnryan in case traditional ports on the Clyde or Mersey were destroyed by enemy bombing. This modern image shows a view along a rocky shoreline that comes in from the bottom right and extends across the bottom of the frame. There are two derelict concrete structures in the bottom middle. Above them is a short white lighthouse with beige trim and black top surrounded by a white wall. On the right is a length of fence with a ‘keep out’ sign and a brick building beyond it. In the distance there is more water and then the land rises to a low ridge with a field and trees. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top left corner.
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
mccustard.bsky.social
Today's walk in the December sunshine. 2025 has just 1 day left. May it be a peaceful one.
The Stena ferry leaves Cainryan on its way to Cairnryan. Calm, smooth water in the loch made it a perfect day to make the trip. Tiny Christmas trees. The wood is full of them. A white cottage is almost hidden by wintry trees. There's a wee burn to the bottom right of the picture.
December 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
emilymfg.bsky.social
Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde

Larne —> Cairnryan this morn
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
charlielynch.bsky.social
I think moving the ferry terminal from Stranraer to Cairnryan without extending or adapting the railway line to service it was a very, very bad policy decision and one we should be hearing more about.
December 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
arachnidpress.bsky.social
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. The hunt for a spy leads the book’s central characters to Lochryan House in Cairnryan.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...
This modern image shows Lochryan House in Cairnryan. A pair of gateposts topped off by stone balls dominate the centre of the frame, with lower walls either side of them. Between the gateposts, a drive leads from the foot of the frame into its centre, where part of a three-storey white mansion can be seen, topped off by crenellations. There are trees and bushes either side of the drive and beyond the mansion a wooded hillside leads out of the top of the frame. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
tourscotland.bsky.social
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of Cairnryan in Dumfries and Galloway. It is a linear settlement, looking across to Loch Ryan. It was established in 1701 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2016/11/tour...
Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Cairnryan
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December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
klillington.bsky.social
Getting a cabin on the Belfast/Cairnryan ferry is so worth it if you badly need sleep or to escape the crowds. Yeah it’s just a 2 hour crossing but the rooms have a big window, a comfy double bed, your own toilet and shower and tea and coffee facilities plus biscuits and chocolates
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
charlielynch.bsky.social
Can’t wait for the Cairnryan-Belfast ferry crossing this festive season.
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
tourscotland.bsky.social
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of cottages and church on the Main Street in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway. Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/12/old-...
Old Photograph Main Street Cairnryan Scotland
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December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
charlielynch.bsky.social
Sadly what it would not bring back would be the lovely Victorian railway. But it would be hoped as much surviving infrastructure as possible might be reused, as with the Borders Railway. Cairnryan would be good. The station situation at Stranraer is pretty absurd.
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
gingertrevtrev.bsky.social
Yes, I think there would need to be deviations from the original route to better serve areas of population. Maybe including a spur to Cairnryan port.
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
kenlussey.bsky.social
‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Cairnryan in Galloway plays an important part as the search for a spy builds towards its conclusion.
Available in paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html
This modern image shows part of Cairnryan in Galloway. A road crosses the frame from the bottom left corner to the lower right. On its near side is a grassy area that fills the bottom right of the frame. On the far side of the road is a line of houses and cottages mainly finished in white, with some houses on a higher level at the near end. Behind the buildings is a wooded hillside. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top right corner.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
stcstc.bsky.social
Ferry warning notices, Cairnryan to Belfast.

📷 Fujifilm GFX 50Sii

#fujifilm #photography #ferry #travelphotography
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
smackie.org
There’s more than enough space around Stranraer station for a goods handling yard.

Add a passenger train from Dumfries and an actual transit bus service from Stranraer to Cairnryan and you have a functional Belfast ferry again without everyone having to always transit via Glasgow.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
gingertrevtrev.bsky.social
It would probably need to deviate from the original route in places to better serve populated areas (and the occasional section that have been built over) and would really need to serve Cairnryan port.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social
incidentally, all political parties in NI were fully aware - before the brexit vote - the preferred option for the UKG was always a sea border.

UK PM (David Cameron, at the time): "not on the physical separation of NI from Republic"

From may 2016 👇Dublin would have had a copy.
highlighted text from a report from may 2016. "The UUP told us they had been told by the UK Government that it did not envisage policing the border with the Republic and that the Government’s preferred solution would be to put in place a more robust system of checks at relevant ports and airports on the mainland. Mike Nesbitt told us: “The Prime Minister indicated pretty clearly that it would not be on the physical separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic but it is more likely to be at Stranraer, Cairnryan, Heathrow, Gatwick, our ports and our airports" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026 front page of a NI Affairs committee report from May 2016 highlighting that the preferred solution for the UK Gov (for policing & security) in the event of brexit, was a border in the Irish sea. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
uilliammac.bsky.social
The reason the Ulster Unionist Party recommended against voting for Brexit in 2016 is they had been in discusions with academics and officials in London and were convinced a trade border between GB and NI would be the most likely outcome (although they thought checks might be conducted in Cairnryan)
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
magstheobscure.bsky.social
I wish they still sailed from Stranraer because the train trip is so much nicer. But that whole section between Stranraer and Cairnryan is a nightmare of timings. I have the bus and boat down to a fine art.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
atmylifeoutside.bsky.social
Few highlights from a misty, drizzly Loch Ryan included 4 Knot and a skein of c30 Pink-footed Geese over at Bishop Burn. Eider numbers are up with at least 70 off Cairnryan along with a couple of Black Guillemot and Red-throated Diver. #birdingScotland #birds #UKWildlife @dgbirdnews.bsky.social
Eider
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social
they saw brexit as an opportunity to install a hard border back on the Island of Ireland - despite the UKGov telling them their preferred option was a sea border, "not on the physical separation of NI from Republic" (PM David Cameron).

an ECHR exit means ripping up the GFA.
highlighted text from a report from may 2016. "The UUP told us they had been told by the UK Government that it did not envisage policing the border with the Republic and that the Government’s preferred solution would be to put in place a more robust system of checks at relevant ports and airports on the mainland. Mike Nesbitt told us: “The Prime Minister indicated pretty clearly that it would not be on the physical separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic but it is more likely to be at Stranraer, Cairnryan, Heathrow, Gatwick, our ports and our airports" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026 front page of a NI Affairs committee report from May 2016 highlighting that the preferred solution for the UK Gov (for policing & security) in the event of brexit, was a border in the Irish sea. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social
this question came up pre brexit.

The preferred position for the UK GOV was always a sea border in the event of brexit.

PM (David Cameron): "not on the physical separation of NI from Republic"

from may 2016 👇and also a handy splainer to why the UUP didn't back brexit like the DUP did.
highlighted text from a report from may 2016. "The UUP told us they had been told by the UK Government that it did not envisage policing the border with the Republic and that the Government’s preferred solution would be to put in place a more robust system of checks at relevant ports and airports on the mainland. Mike Nesbitt told us: “The Prime Minister indicated pretty clearly that it would not be on the physical separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic but it is more likely to be at Stranraer, Cairnryan, Heathrow, Gatwick, our ports and our airports" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026 front page of a NI Affairs committee report from May 2016 highlighting that the preferred solution for the UK Gov (for policing & security) in the event of brexit, was a border in the Irish sea. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmniaf/48/4806.htm#_idTextAnchor026
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM