There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Limerick by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly to Dublin Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MEL - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthur's Quaybus
28h 28m€533–2,044Fly 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 Colbert Stationbus
30h 54m€313–689Fly to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane MEL - SNN
30h 46m€498–1,133Fly to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane MEL - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
31h 2m€504–1,142Fly 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 Limerick Junctiontrain
34h 19m€465–1,022Fly 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 West Airport to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Henry Streetbus
34h 12m€694–1,757Fly to Manchester Airport, train, ferry, bus
- 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 bus from Dublin Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthur's Quaybus
38h 13m€624–2,414
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Limerick is to fly and bus which costs €310 - €700 and takes 30h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Limerick is to fly and bus which takes 28h 28m and costs €500 - €2100.
The distance between Melbourne and Limerick is 17423 km.
It takes approximately 28h 28m to get from Melbourne to Limerick, including transfers.
Limerick is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 1:11 PM in Melbourne and 4:11 AM in Limerick.
There are 116+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Limerick, Ireland?
Etihad, Airbus France, and six other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Shannon Airport (SNN) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
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 Kerry Airport via Abu Dhabi, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–650
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 Singapore Changi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kerry Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–650
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
- €470–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 18m
- 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
- €460–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,100
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 Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
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
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
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
- €700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
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
- €700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Shannon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cork Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
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
- €500–1,400
- 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
- €480–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–950
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
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
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- 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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthur's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from ATU Galway to Henry Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthur's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- https://www.transportforireland.ie
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthur's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ireland West Airport to ATU Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- 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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