There are 9 ways to get from Basque Country to Ireland by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly San Sebastián Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane EAS - DUB
5h 45m€128–304Train, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbaotrain E1
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Docktrain Ic
37h 5m€73–205Train, ferry
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
31h 40m€186–393Bus
- Take the bus from San Sebastián to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 21h€136–422Fly Bilbao Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BIO - DUB
5h 20m€75–194Fly Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BIO - SNN
8h 47m€98–208Fly Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane BIO - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
9h 18m€106–200Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Donostia / San Sebastián to Bilbaocar
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Dublincar
32h€83–226Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the bus from Wexford O'Hanrahan Station to Grand Paradebus 740
37h 31m€86–235
Basque Country to Ireland by train, subway, ferry, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basque Country to Ireland is to train and car ferry which costs €70 - €210 and takes 37h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Basque Country to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs €75 - €200.
The distance between Basque Country and Ireland is 1182 km.
The best way to get from Basque Country to Ireland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 31h 40m and costs €180 - €400.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Basque Country to Ireland, including transfers.
The best way to get from Basque Country to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €120 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €430 and takes 3 days 21h.
Ireland is 1h behind Basque Country. It is currently 3:59 PM in Basque Country and 2:59 PM in Ireland.
There are 1069+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Basque Country, Spain and Ireland?
British Airways, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from San Sebastián to Dublin via Padova, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 21h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Dublin Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Dublin Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €60–90
- Rail 1st Class
- €95–140
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from San Sebastián to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Padova to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 053 9142742
- info@wexfordbus.com
- Website
- wexfordbus.com
Bus from Wexford O'Hanrahan Station to Grand Parade
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Wexford Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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