There are 8 ways to get from Greece to Ireland by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
8h 4m€87–241Bus
- Take the bus from Athens Karolou to Ruse Tsar Osvoboditelbus
- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airportbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 4h€137–357Fly Athens International Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ATH - ORK
9h 48m€129–283Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SKG - ORK
10h 42m€107–356Fly Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ATH - SNN
10h 20m€140–295Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane HER - DUB
7h 51m€99–193Fly Rhodes International Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane RHO - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalktrain
9h 57m€96–297Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 8h€159–459
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Ireland is to fly which costs €95 - €200 and takes 7h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 51m and costs €95 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Ireland. However, there are services departing from Athens Karolou and arriving at Dublin via Ruse Central Bus Station, Bucharest Otopeni Airport and Rădăuți. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 4h.
The distance between Greece and Ireland is 2922 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Ireland without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 4h and costs €130 - €360.
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Greece to Ireland, including transfers.
Greece to Ireland bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Athens Karolou station.
The best way to get from Greece to Ireland is to fly which takes 8h 4m and costs €85 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €360 and takes 3 days 4h.
Greece to Ireland bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Ruse Tsar Osvoboditel station.
Ireland is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 3:16 PM in Greece and 1:16 PM in Ireland.
What companies run services between Greece and Ireland?
Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens Karolou to Dublin via Ruse Central Bus Station, Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 4h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Athens Karolou to Ruse Tsar Osvoboditel
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–29
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
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