There are 10 ways to get from Caen to Ireland by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, or ferry
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Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CDG - DUB
7h 23m€122–294Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BVA - DUB
8h 22m€85–320Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Caen to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
20h 52m€130–780Bus
- Take the bus from Caen - Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 15h€110–466Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CDG - ORK
7h 17m€127–347Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ORY - DUB
7h 34m€115–302Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BVA - ORK
8h 16m€95–663Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport, train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane CDG - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
9h 8m€123–288Train, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Le Manstrain
- Take the train from Le Mans to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane NTE - DUB
8h 46m€111–326Train, ferry
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain K2+ / ...
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry Cherbourg-Dublin Ferryport B+I
22h 13m€101–601
Caen to Ireland by train, ferry, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Caen to Ireland is to train and ferry which costs €100 - €600 and takes 22h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Caen to Ireland is to train and fly which takes 7h 17m and costs €120 - €350.
The distance between Caen and Ireland is 1081 km.
The best way to get from Caen to Ireland without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 15h and costs €110 - €470.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Caen to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Caen. It is currently 2:49 PM in Caen and 1:49 PM in Ireland.
There are 1161+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Caen, France and Ireland?
You can take a bus from Caen - Bus Station to Dublin via Lille - Europe Train Station, Lille, Ghent Dampoort, Gent Dampoort, Gent, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 15h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–550
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cork Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@normandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Le Mans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
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 Caen to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Caen to Le Mans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Le Mans to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
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
- +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
- 0818 294 015
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Le Mans to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Caen - Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Caen - Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Gent to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–180
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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