There are 7 ways to get from Kiel to Ireland by bus, plane, train, ferry, or car ferry
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Bus, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg Airportbus
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane HAM - DUB
6h 12m€44–184Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 050 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
31h 25m€162–295Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hanover central bus stationbus N73
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Doverbus
- Take the bus from Dover to Dunkerque Portbus
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Docktrain Ic
2d 2h€129–601Bus, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg Airportbus
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane HAM - ORK
8h 11m€74–257Bus, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg Airportbus
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane HAM - SNN
8h 47m€77–217Bus, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg Airportbus
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane HAM - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
9h 36m€118–277Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 050 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Doverbus
- Take the bus from Dover to Dunkerque Portbus
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Docktrain Ic
2d 3h
Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kiel to Ireland is to bus and fly which costs €40 - €190 and takes 6h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Kiel to Ireland is to bus and fly which takes 6h 12m and costs €40 - €190.
The distance between Kiel and Ireland is 1188 km.
The best way to get from Kiel to Ireland without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 31h 25m and costs €160 - €300.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Kiel to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Kiel. It is currently 2:46 PM in Kiel and 1:46 PM in Ireland.
There are 1169+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Kiel, Germany and Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Kiel to Ireland. However, you can take the bus to Hamburg Airport, walk to Hamburg Airport (HAM) airport, fly to Dublin Airport (DUB), walk to Dublin Airport Zone 16, take the line 726 bus to Red Cow Luas, walk to Red Cow, then take the vehicle to Tallaght. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kiel central bus station to Eastmoreland Place via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Ghent Dampoort, Gent-Dampoort, Birmingham, Birmingham New Street, Holyhead, Holyhead Ferry, Dublin Ferryport B+I, and Sean Moore Road in around 31h 25m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Dunkerque Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- 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
- €45–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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