"Then away to St Steven's, and get a Steam Act". The Act obtained Royal assent on 1st June 1829 (10 George IV cap 98 (local)).

Leinster Lass was built in Govan on the Clyde and brought into service by Drogheda Steam Packet Company in 1849 [Ref: Jim Garry www.irishships.com]

Leinster Lass approaching Drogheda, 1849. By William Kimmins Mcminn.

How monny in crossing does th' watter bury. A contemporary observer noting the dangers of the ferry and the uncertain duration of the crossing wrote that it was "not to be hazarded by persons of weak nerves, and least of all by those who had been so thoughtless as to come on board without provisions, for to descend to a sporting phrase, it was a five to one chance that they were not the victims of hunger before they reached their destination" [Ref Lewenhak, Sheila. Steamships and Shipbuilders of the Industrial Revolution]

"On Newfound Green she had been seen ":- Newfoundwells is east of Drogheda on the north bank of the Boyne