There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Limerick 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 Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shannon Airport (SNN)LYS - SNN
8h 3m€106–181Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)LYS - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
8h 56m€98–233Train, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Take the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to LimerickIc
18h 2m€242–712Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port de Roscoff
- Take the car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Port
- Drive from Cork Port to Limerick
25h 14mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Shannon Airport (SNN)GVA - SNN
9h 48m€120–330Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cork Airport (ORK)LYS - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junction
8h 42m€102–220Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Take the bus from Burgh Quay to Limerick Arthur's Quay300
33h 37m€165–305
Lyon to Limerick by bus, foot, subway, train, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Limerick is to fly and train which costs €95 - €240 and takes 8h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Limerick is to fly which takes 8h 3m and costs €100 - €190.
The distance between Lyon and Limerick is 1323 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Limerick without a car is to train and ferry which takes 18h 2m and costs €240 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Lyon to Limerick, including transfers.
Limerick is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 7:03 PM in Lyon and 6:03 PM in Limerick.
There are 134+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Limerick, Ireland?
British Airways, Aer Lingus, and five other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shannon Airport (SNN) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
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
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
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 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- 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
- €70–170
- 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
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- 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 21m
- 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 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Limerick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €17–25
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- 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 Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €60–90
- Rail 1st Class
- €95–140
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Burgh Quay to Limerick Arthur's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €190–200
- On Foot
- €40–50
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
- 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
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