There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Limerick by plane, car, car ferry, 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 Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ZRH - SNN
7h 53m€115–269Fly Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
7h 35m€90–240Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Limerickcar
35h 6m€538–784Train to Basel, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
9h 13m€133–339Fly Zurich Airport to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ZRH - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
8h 27m€111–298Train to Basel, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BSL - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
8h 35m€93–260
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Limerick is to fly and bus which costs €90 - €240 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Limerick is to fly and bus which takes 7h 35m and costs €90 - €240.
The distance between Zurich and Limerick is 1412 km.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Zurich to Limerick, including transfers.
Limerick is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 6:12 AM in Zurich and 5:12 AM in Limerick.
There are 159+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Limerick, Ireland?
Swiss, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–380
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–550
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- 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 Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–550
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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