There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Cork by plane, train, or ferry
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Fly to Dublin Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MEL - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
29h 26m€540–1,965Fly to Kerry Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane MEL - KIR
- Take the train from Killarney to Corktrain
32h 11m€300–695Fly to Cork Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane MEL - ORK
28h 10m€480–1,123Fly to Shannon Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane MEL - SNN
- Take the train from Limerick Junction to Corktrain
33h 57m€491–1,152Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane MEL - NOC
- Take the train from Claremorris to Portarlingtontrain
- Take the train from Portlaoise to Corktrain
37h 44m€653–1,880Fly to Manchester Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
37h 25m€606–2,404Fly to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane MEL - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
35h 1m€365–791Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MEL - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
34h 9m€458–1,029
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Cork is to fly and train which costs €300 - €700 and takes 32h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cork is to fly which takes 28h 10m and costs €480 - €1200.
The distance between Melbourne and Cork is 17496 km.
It takes approximately 29h 26m to get from Melbourne to Cork, including transfers.
Cork is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:02 AM in Melbourne and 3:02 PM in Cork.
There are 134+ hotels available in Cork.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cork, Ireland?
Emirates, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cork Airport (ORK) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Abu Dhabi, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–650
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Doha, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Dubai, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–650
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Dubai, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–950
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,400
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
Train from Killarney to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Limerick Junction to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Claremorris to Portarlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €13–20
Train from Portlaoise to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €16–23
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- 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/
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