There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Limerick by plane, bus, or train
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 Dublin Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MEL - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
28h 44m€534–1,145Fly to Kerry Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane MEL - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbertbus
32h 9m€324–840Fly to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane MEL - SNN
30h 26m€509–1,434Fly 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 Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
35h 20m€711–1,030Fly to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane MEL - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
32h 12m€591–1,352Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane MEL - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Henry Streetbus
34h 12m€495–1,358
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Limerick is to fly and bus which costs €320 - €850 and takes 32h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Limerick is to fly and bus which takes 28h 44m and costs €500 - €1200.
The distance between Melbourne and Limerick is 17423 km.
It takes approximately 28h 44m to get from Melbourne to Limerick, including transfers.
Limerick is 11h behind Melbourne. It is currently 2:13 AM in Melbourne and 3:13 PM in Limerick.
There are 140+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Limerick, Ireland?
Qatar Airways, Ryanair, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shannon Airport (SNN) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Abu Dhabi, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Doha, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Dubai, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Doha, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Doha, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Doha, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Dubai, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Abu Dhabi, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Doha, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from ATU Galway to Henry Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 61 511070
- hello@flightlink.ie
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- Flight Link Limited
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- J.J.Kavanagh & Sons
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- J.J.Kavanagh & Sons
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Ireland W Airport to ATU Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
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