There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Ireland by plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, 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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane LYS - ORK
5h 27m€89–211Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dublin Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LYS - DUB
5h 43m€78–208Train, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
14h 53m€233–672Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
27h 10m€199–349Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane GVA - DUB
7h 33m€92–265Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane LYS - SNN
8h 3m€96–211Train to Alpes–Isère Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Grenobletrain
- Fly from Alpes–Isère Airport (GNB) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane GNB - DUB
7h 40m€104–270Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Perrache to Rennestrain
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
30h 6mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Rennes - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
36h 33m
Lyon to Ireland by train, foot, ferry, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Ireland is to fly which costs €75 - €210 and takes 5h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs €85 - €220.
The distance between Lyon and Ireland is 1233 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ireland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 53m and costs €230 - €700.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Lyon to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 11:15 AM in Lyon and 10:15 AM in Ireland.
There are 1075+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Ireland?
Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Air France fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cork Airport (ORK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Grenoble
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Perrache to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €120–170
- 1st Class
- €160–210
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Grenoble
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Perrache to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €130–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €200–290
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Rennes - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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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