A Ferry Good Holiday - Limerick Competition

 

“A Ferry Good Holiday”

Calling all young writers, poets, and daydreamers across Ireland, the UK, and France!

Do you love making people laugh? Can you come up with clever rhymes and silly stories? Then it’s time to jump aboard our Limerick Writing Competition!

We’re inviting children aged 15 and under to create their very own limerick based on the theme: “A Ferry Good Holiday

A limerick is a funny five-line poem with a catchy rhythm and rhyme.

Your limerick could be about an exciting ferry adventure, a magical holiday, or even a mischievous pet on board, - the sillier and more creative, the better!

There are amazing prizes to be won:

  • Monthly prizes of Irish Ferries travel vouchers worth €400/£400 in each age category (up to 9 years, 10-15 years)
  • PLUS one grand prize of and Irish Ferries travel voucher worth €2,000/£2,000
    • and 2 runners-up prizes of Irish Ferries travel vouchers worth €800/£800

You can write your limerick at home, in school, or even while sailing onboard our ships!

We've come up with a few of our own to get things started.

I went on a Irish Ferries holiday to France

So good I would just love the chance

To go back on a ferry

With my family from Kerry

And we’d eat snails and all have a dance 

For holidays with sunshine and sea

Irish Ferries is where I want to be

Take the car and my pet

Mum - Are we there yet

Ferry travel makes me soooo happy

Now it's over to you, it’s time to get “ferry” creative, and get ready to make us laugh. We can’t wait to read your brilliant ideas!

Enter by post Limerick Competition
Irish Ferries Marketing, Ferryport, Dublin 1, Ireland. Eircode D01 W2F5

Entry Form

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Terms and Conditions

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Who can enter

  • Children aged 15 or under living in Ireland, the UK or France

What do I need to do?

  • Write a fun limerick poem containing the words Irish Ferries.
  • Theme: A Ferry Good Holiday
  • It can be about any holiday you imagine, remember or that you would love to go on. The theme is simply about ferry travel and holidays.

How do I enter?

  • Ask your parent or guardian permission to enter and to help you send your poem:
  • Using our online form on www.irishferries.com/limerick or on our mobile app
  • Onboard our ships using our entry form given to reception
  • By email to limericks@irishferries.com
  • By post to: Limerick Competition, Irish Ferries Marketing, Ferryport, Dublin 1, D01 W2F5, Ireland

When can I enter

  • Anytime but no later than 31st October 2026 at 11.59pm

What happens to my poem?

  • We might share it on our website, on pur mobile App or Irish Ferries social media
  • We might put it in an Irish Ferries’ newsletter or magazine
  • We might publish it in a newspaper

Full Terms & Conditions

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The Prizes

  • One overall prize: €2000 or £2000 Irish Ferries Travel Voucher
  • Runners-up prize: 2 x €800 or £800 Irish Ferries Travel Vouchers
  • Monthly: Prize 2x €400 and 2 x £400 Irish Ferries Travel Vouchers to be awarded in each age category (up to 9 years, 10-15 years)
  • Runners-up prize: Children’s Limerick book in each age category

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