There are 9 ways to get from Poole to Ireland by train, plane, or ferry
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Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOU - DUB
5h 25m€72–257Train, ferry
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
11h 39m€155–364Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LHR - DUB
6h 39m€106–247Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane LHR - ORK
6h 44m€117–311Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BRS - DUB
7h 36m€77–308Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane BRS - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
8h 19m€87–294Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BRS - ORK
7h 51m€98–332Train, ferry via Stafford
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
14h 9m€202–518Train, ferry via Newport
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
14h 37m€212–443
Poole to Ireland by train, subway, ferry, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Ireland is to train and fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 5h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Ireland is to train and fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €70 - €260.
The distance between Poole and Ireland is 509 km.
The best way to get from Poole to Ireland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 11h 39m and costs €150 - €370.
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Poole to Ireland, including transfers.
There are 1066+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Poole, England and Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Poole to Ireland. However, you can take the train to Southampton Airport Parkway, walk to Southampton Airport (SOU) airport, fly to Dublin Airport (DUB), walk to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 20, then take the line 702 bus to Schoolhouse Hotel. Alternatively, you can take a train from Poole to Spencer Dock via London Waterloo, Waterloo station, Euston station, London Euston, Holyhead, Holyhead Ferry, Dublin Ferryport B+I, and The Point in around 11h 39m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Dublin Airport via Guernsey
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €55–80
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €110–160
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Bournemouth to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €100–150
- 1st Class
- €210–300
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- 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
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