There are 8 ways to get from Skellig Islands to Dublin by ferry, bus, train, plane, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, bus, train via Cahersiveen
best- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the bus from Cahersiveen to Tralee Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Tralee to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
8h 39mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the bus from Cahersiveen to Killarney Bus Stationbus 280
- Take the bus from Killarney Bus Station to Cork Bus Stationbus 40
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
9h 59mFerry, bus to Kerry Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the bus from Cahersiveen to Killorglinbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane KIR - DUB
8h 7mFerry, drive, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Drive from Portmagee to Dinglecar
- Take the bus from Dingle to Tralee Bus Stationbus 275
- Take the train from Tralee to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
9h 12mFerry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the bus from The Glen to Traleebus R37
- Take the train from Tralee to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
9h 18mFerry, bus via Tralee
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the bus from The Glen to Traleebus R37
- Take the bus from Tralee Bus Station to Cork Bus Stationbus 40
- Take the bus from Cork Anderson's Quay to Bachelors Walkbus 600
13h 12mFerry, bus, bus to Shannon Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the bus from Cahersiveen to Tralee Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tralee Bus Station to Limerick Colbert Stationbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SNN - DUB
12h 33mFerry, train to Cork Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Skellig Island to Portmageeferry
- Take the train from Killarney to Corktrain
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ORK - DUB
12h 23m
Kerry Airport (KIR) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Skellig Islands and Dublin is 437 km.
The best way to get from Skellig Islands to Dublin without a car is to ferry and bus and train via Cahersiveen which takes 8h 39m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Skellig Islands to Dublin, including transfers.
There are 1080+ hotels available in Dublin.
What companies run services between Skellig Islands, Ireland and Dublin, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Skellig Islands to Dublin. However, you can take the ferry to Portmagee, take the taxi to Cahersiveen, take the bus to Tralee Bus Station, walk to Tralee, then take the train to Dublin Heuston. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Skellig Island to Bachelors Walk via Portmagee, Cahersiveen, Killarney Bus Station, Cork Bus Station, and Cork Alfred Street in around 9h 59m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–85
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Shannon Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Cork Airport to Dublin Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Tralee to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €28–40
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
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Cahersiveen to Tralee Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Cahersiveen to Killorglin
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Dingle to Tralee Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- 066 714 7038
- bookings@locallinkkerry.ie
- Website
- locallinkkerry.ie
Bus from Cahersiveen to Tralee Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- https://www.locallinkkerry.ie/
Bus from Cahersiveen to Killarney Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinkkerry.ie/
Bus from Cahersiveen to Killorglin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.locallinkkerry.ie/
Bus from The Glen to Tralee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- https://www.locallinkkerry.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Killarney Bus Station to Cork Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Tralee Bus Station to Cork Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Tralee Bus Station to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Cork Anderson's Quay to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 87 2362344
- skelligsrock@skelligsrock.com
- Website
- skelligsrock.com
Ferry from Skellig Island to Portmagee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Skelligs Rock Ferry
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