There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Ireland by plane, train, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CGN - DUB
5h 4m€67–205Train, ferry
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- 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
14h 44m€226–592Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Dublincar
29h 28m€263–573Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DUS - DUB
5h 25m€67–262Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FRA - DUB
5h 51m€70–273Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BRU - DUB
6h 34m€74–255Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane EIN - DUB
8h€95–282Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane AMS - ORK
7h 35m€116–355
Cologne to Ireland by train, foot, ferry, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Ireland is to fly which costs €65 - €210 and takes 5h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs €65 - €210.
The distance between Cologne and Ireland is 994 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Ireland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 44m and costs €220 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 4m to get from Cologne to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 4:11 AM in Cologne and 3:11 AM in Ireland.
There are 1080+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €135–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €18–30
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- 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
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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