There are 8 ways to get from Penzance to Limerick by bus, plane, train, busferry, or car ferry
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Bus to Newquay Cornwall Airport, fly to Kerry Airport, bus
best- Take the bus from Albert Pier Road to Newquay Bus Station
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Kerry Airport (KIR)NQY - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Bus Station
10h 59m€64–227Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Take the train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Navigation St to Buchanan Bus StationM11 / ...
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin ConnollyIc / ...
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to LimerickIc
26h 47mTrain, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Penzance to Saltash
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Port de Roscoff
- Take the car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Port
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Limerick Colbert Station51
31h 54mBus to Newquay Cornwall Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Take the bus from Albert Pier Road to Newquay Bus Station
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Dublin Airport (DUB)NQY - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
9h 32m€72–305Bus to Newquay Cornwall Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the bus from Albert Pier Road to Newquay Bus Station
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Shannon Airport (SNN)NQY - SNN
9h 16m€93–343Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Penzance to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shannon Airport (SNN)LHR - SNN
10h 12m€142–354Bus to Newquay Cornwall Airport, fly to Cork Airport, train
- Take the bus from Albert Pier Road to Newquay Bus Station
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Cork Airport (ORK)NQY - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junction
12h 31m€90–330Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Albert Pier Road to Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Durham Street to Dublin Airport Zone 14785
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthur's Quay712
28h 34m
Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Kerry Airport (KIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Penzance to Limerick is to bus and fly which costs €60 - €230 and takes 10h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Penzance to Limerick is to bus and fly which takes 9h 16m and costs €90 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Penzance to Limerick. However, there are services departing from Albert Pier Road and arriving at Limerick Arthur's Quay via Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange, Glasgow Buchanan, Grand Central Station Durham Street and Dublin Airport Zone 10. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 34m.
The distance between Penzance and Limerick is 523 km.
The best way to get from Penzance to Limerick without a car is to train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 26h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 59m to get from Penzance to Limerick, including transfers.
Penzance to Limerick bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Albert Pier Road station.
Penzance to Limerick bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bus Station.
There are 138+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Penzance, England and Limerick, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Penzance to Limerick. However, you can take the bus to Newquay Bus Station, take the line 56 bus to Newquay Airport, walk to Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) airport, fly to Kerry Airport (KIR), walk to Kerry Airport, then take the bus to Limerick Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Penzance to Limerick via Plymouth, Birmingham New Street, Navigation St, Buchanan Bus Station, Glasgow Buchanan, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Belfast Grand Central, and Dublin Connolly in around 26h 47m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–220
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Shannon Airport via Dublin Airport, Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Cork Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Cork Airport via Dublin Airport, Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Penzance to Saltash
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–18
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Penzance to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
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 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
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Albert Pier Road to Newquay Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Albert Pier Road to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Albert Pier Road to Newquay Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Albert Pier Road to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Grand Central Station Durham Street to Dublin Airport Zone 14
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Navigation St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Grand Central Station Durham Street to Dublin Airport Zone 14
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- 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/
- 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
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Port de Roscoff
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–390
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €30–40
- Car
- €65–95
- Single Ticket
- €45–90
- Single Ticket Car
- €100–390
Car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Port
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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