There are 8 ways to get from Europe to Limerick by train, plane, car, or car ferry
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 Cork Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane FRA - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
11h 4m€159–400Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FRA - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
11h 25m€102–336Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Limerickcar
33h 3m€163–642Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane HAJ - SNN
12h 7mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane FRA - SNN
8h 41m€163–391Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane CGN - SNN
11h 56m€131–343Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DUS - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
13h 46m€132–386Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane AMS - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
15h 29m€142–433
Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Limerick is to train and fly which costs €130 - €350 and takes 11h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Limerick is to train and fly which takes 8h 41m and costs €160 - €400.
The distance between Europe and Limerick is 1534 km.
It takes approximately 11h 4m to get from Europe to Limerick, including transfers.
Limerick is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 12:26 AM in Europe and 11:26 PM in Limerick.
There are 154+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Europe and Limerick, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Limerick. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Cork Airport (ORK), walk to Cork Airport, take the line 225 bus to Cork Kent Station, walk to Cork, take the train to Limerick Junction, then take the train to Limerick. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Europe to Limerick via Dunkirk and Rosslare Harbour in around 33h 3m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Shannon Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Shannon Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Hannover Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
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