There are 8 ways to get from Leuven to Limerick by plane, car, car ferry, train, 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.
Fly to Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BRU - SNN
8h 17m€105–293Fly to Dublin Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BRU - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
6h 59m€55–244Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leuven to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Limerickcar
28h 44m€441–645Train, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Aachen to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
3d 9h€106–480Fly to Kerry Airport, bus
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane BRU - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbertbus
9h 45m€100–279Fly to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BRU - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
9h 31m€101–292Train, bus via Liège
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the bus from Liege to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from TU Dublin to Sallins Stationbus
- Take the train from Sallins to Limericktrain
3d 12h€84–334Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Burgh Quay to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
3d 14h
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Limerick is to fly and bus which costs €50 - €250 and takes 6h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Limerick is to fly and bus which takes 6h 59m and costs €50 - €250.
The distance between Leuven and Limerick is 988 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Limerick without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 9h and costs €100 - €480.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Leuven to Limerick, including transfers.
The best way to get from Leuven to Limerick is to fly which takes 8h 17m and costs €100 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 3 days 14h.
Limerick is 1h behind Leuven. It is currently 2:45 PM in Leuven and 1:45 PM in Limerick.
There are 161+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Limerick, Ireland?
Brussels Airlines, Airbus France, and three other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Shannon Airport (SNN) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leuven Wijnpers to Limerick Arthurs Qy via Schaarbeek Meiser, Meiser, Heysel, Brussels, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, Navan Rd Stn, D'Olier Street, and Burgh Quay in around 3d 14h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shannon Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kerry Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kerry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kerry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Louvain to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Louvain to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- 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 Sallins to Limerick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–180
- 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
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- https://www.transportforireland.ie
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
Bus from TU Dublin to Sallins Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Liege to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Brussels to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Burgh Quay to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- 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
- €380–550
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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