There are 10 ways to get from Lorient to Ireland by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, or ferry
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Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the train from Lorient to Nantes
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Dublin Airport (DUB)NTE - DUB
6h 59m€93–406Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lorient to Port de Roscoff
- Take the car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Port
- Drive from Cork Port to Dublin
18h 57mBus
- Take the bus from Lorient to Lille
- Take the bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoort
- Take the bus from Gent to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
3d 21h€138–560Train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Rennes
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)RNS - DUB
8h 51m€120–331Train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Rennes
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Cork Airport (ORK)RNS - ORK
8h 51m€150–325Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantes
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Cork Airport (ORK)NTE - ORK
8h 59m€104–410Train to Brest Bretagne Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Brest
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Dublin Airport (DUB)BES - DUB
10h 9m€129–325Train to Brest Bretagne Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Brest
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Cork Airport (ORK)BES - ORK
10h 19m€140–279Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lorient to RennesTgv
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
26h 56mTrain, ferry
- Take the train from Lorient to RennesTgv
- Take the train from Rennes to LisonC12
- Take the train from Lison to CherbourgK2+ / ...
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
27h 32m€138–196
Lorient to Ireland by train, ferry, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lorient to Ireland is to train and fly which costs €90 - €410 and takes 6h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Lorient to Ireland is to train and fly which takes 6h 59m and costs €90 - €410.
The distance between Lorient and Ireland is 985 km.
The best way to get from Lorient to Ireland without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 21h and costs €130 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Lorient to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Lorient. It is currently 11:06 PM in Lorient and 10:06 PM in Ireland.
There are 1062+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Lorient, France and Ireland?
You can take a bus from Lorient to Dublin via Lille, Ghent Dampoort, Gent Dampoort, Gent, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 21h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Dublin Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cork Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–280
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cork Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Dublin Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Dublin Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Dublin Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Dublin Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Dublin Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Dublin Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lorient to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €33–34
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lison to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lorient to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lorient to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Rennes to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Lison to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lorient to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Gent to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–180
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Port
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
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