There are 10 ways to get from Brussels to Ireland by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BRU - DUB
4h 49m€39–186Train, ferry
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
11h 35m€216–394Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
18h 42m€104–200Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Brussels to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Dublincar
27h 30m€88–529Fly Brussels Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BRU - ORK
6h 39m€82–260Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Luttretrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CRL - DUB
6h 9m€61–232Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane AMS - DUB
6h 29m€63–240Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Luttretrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CRL - ORK
6h 13m€47–256Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane AMS - ORK
6h 39m€94–334Bus, train, ferry via Caen
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Caenbus 712
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain K2+ / ...
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
30h 41m€122–295
Brussels to Ireland by train, foot, ferry, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Ireland is to fly which costs €35 - €190 and takes 4h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Ireland is to fly which takes 4h 49m and costs €35 - €190.
The distance between Brussels and Ireland is 810 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Ireland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 11h 35m and costs €210 - €400.
It takes approximately 4h 49m to get from Brussels to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Brussels. It is currently 7:04 PM in Brussels and 6:04 PM in Ireland.
There are 1150+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Ireland?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and British Airways fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dublin Airport (DUB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cork Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Luttre
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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