There are 10 ways to get from Carlow to Kerry by car, car ferry, train, ferry, bus, or plane
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Drive, car ferry
best- Drive from Carlow to Dublin Terminal 1car
- Take the car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Drive from Liverpool to Kerrycar
9h 38m£58–352Train, ferry, bus, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Carlow to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyheadferry
- Take the bus from Llys Watling to Ffordd y Parcbus 545
- Drive from Betws-y-Coed station to Kerrycar
12h 54m£41–139Train, ferry
- Take the train from Carlow to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyheadferry
- Take the train from Holyhead to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Newtown (Powys)train
11h 47m£90–230Bus, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Stn to Red Cow Luasbus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Liverpool (LPL)plane DUB - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the bus from Welshpool Tesco to Herbert Armsbus
9h 5mBus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Stn to 3Arenabus 736
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the bus from Welshpool Bus Station Stand D to Herbert Armsbus 81
13h 29mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Carlow to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyheadferry
- Take the bus from Llys Watling to Bangor Bus Station Stand Abus 545
- Take the bus from Bangor Bus Station Stand B to Bus Depotbus T2
- Take the train from Machynlleth to Newtown (Powys)train
14hBus, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Stn to Red Cow Luasbus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Welshpooltrain
- Take the bus from Welshpool Tesco to Herbert Armsbus
9h 16mBus, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Stn to Red Cow Luasbus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUB - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the bus from Welshpool Tesco to Herbert Armsbus
10h 15mBus, fly to East Midlands Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Stn to Red Cow Luasbus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane DUB - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Welshpooltrain
- Take the bus from Welshpool Tesco to Herbert Armsbus
10h 40mBus, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Stn to Red Cow Luasbus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane DUB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Welshpooltrain
- Take the bus from Welshpool Tesco to Herbert Armsbus
11h 13m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Liverpool (LPL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Carlow to Kerry is to train and ferry and bus and drive which costs £40 - £140 and takes 12h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Carlow to Kerry is to drive and car ferry which takes 9h 38m and costs £55 - £360.
The distance between Carlow and Kerry is 306 miles.
The best way to get from Carlow to Kerry without a car is to train and ferry which takes 11h 47m and costs £85 - £230.
It takes approximately 9h 38m to get from Carlow to Kerry, including transfers.
There are 482+ hotels available in Kerry.
What companies run services between Carlow, Ireland and Kerry, Wales?
There is no direct connection from Carlow to Kerry. However, you can drive to Dublin Terminal 1, take the car ferry to Isle of Man Douglas, take the car ferry to Liverpool, then drive to Kerry. Alternatively, you can take a train from Carlow to Kerry via Dublin Heuston, Heuston, The Point, Dublin Ferryport B+I, Holyhead, Holyhead, Shrewsbury, and Newtown (Powys) in around 11h 47m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–80
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from Dublin Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £19–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–85
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–85
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Carlow to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £7–11
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Shrewsbury to Newtown (Powys)
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Machynlleth to Newtown (Powys)
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham International to Welshpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Wilmslow to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Welshpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 800 44 11
- customer.services@arriva.co.uk
- Website
- arrivabus.co.uk
Bus from Llys Watling to Ffordd y Parc
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
Bus from Llys Watling to Bangor Bus Station Stand A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Carlow Bus Stn to Red Cow Luas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
Bus from Carlow Bus Stn to 3Arena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- 01691 780212
- info@tanat.co.uk
- Website
- tanat.co.uk
Bus from Welshpool Tesco to Herbert Arms
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- http://www.tanat.co.uk/
Bus from Welshpool Bus Station Stand D to Herbert Arms
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- http://www.tanat.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 1654 702100
- info@lloydscoaches.com
- Website
- lloydscoaches.com
Bus from Bangor Bus Station Stand B to Bus Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://lloydscoaches.com/
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–282
- Website
- https://www.steam-packet.com/
- Foot Passanger
- £40
- Motorcycle&Adult
- £144
- Car&Adult
- £282
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Website
- https://www.steam-packet.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–100
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–35
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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