There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Ireland by train, plane, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)FRA - DUB
8h 36m€95–282Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Dunkirk
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Dublin
32h 4m€301–628Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda BahnhofRb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf25 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
3d 2h€108–442Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK)FRA - ORK
8h 36m€156–346Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)DUS - DUB
10h 37m€133–342Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Dublin Airport (DUB)HAM - DUB
9h 49m€119–318Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)CGN - DUB
9h 36m€137–347Train, bus to Hahn, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag to Frankfurt Hahn Airport
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)HHN - DUB
11h€103–282Bus
- Take the bus from Eisenach, ZOB to Suceava
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
3d 17h
Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Ireland is to train and bus and fly which costs €100 - €290 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Ireland is to train and fly which takes 8h 36m and costs €95 - €290.
The distance between Europe and Ireland is 1286 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Ireland without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 2h and costs €100 - €450.
It takes approximately 8h 36m to get from Europe to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 5:33 AM in Europe and 4:33 AM in Ireland.
There are 1069+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Europe and Ireland?
You can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Burlington Road via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Eisenach, ZOB, Suceava, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Navan Road Station in around 3d 17h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Hahn to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–190
Flights from Hahn to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Würzburg to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–150
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag to Frankfurt Hahn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Eisenach, ZOB to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- 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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