Dublin to Holyhead ferry

Ferries from Dublin to Holyhead start at €11.88 and take 5h 1m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Dublin to Holyhead starts at €11.88 and takes 5h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 113 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 1mDoor to door
  • 3h 31mMoving
  • €11.88 to €16.84From
  • 01:15 to 22:30First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 13.0 kgCO2

First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 17, 2026, across 8 services on the day.

€11.88 to €16.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Sailings on September 17, 2026

Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.

  1. 01:1504:453h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €216.00business seat €241.50

  2. 04:3008:003h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €36.00 €60.00

  3. 07:3011:003h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €236.00 €260.00business seat €261.50

  4. 10:1513:453h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €44.00 €68.00

  5. 13:4517:153h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €236.00business seat €266.00 €281.00

  6. 16:3020:003h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €44.00 €63.00

  7. 19:4523:153h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €216.00business seat €241.50 €256.00

  8. 22:3002:003h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect

    DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD

    from €36.00 €60.00

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Fares by date

What the operator is charging, by departure date.

September 17, 2026

€36.00

IRISH FERRIES

This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Irish Ferries IF191312:393h 41m16:20DUBLINHOLYHEAD

Door to door 5h 11mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€12.44
  1. Stena Line SL941206:413h 31m10:12DUBLINHOLYHEAD

Door to door 5h 1mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFastest
Irish Ferries5h 1m
Stena Line5h

The ferry gets you into Holyhead. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Holyhead for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Dublin to Holyhead

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.897 days
  8. €13.543 days
  9. €16.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 37 percent. The most expensive point is €16.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.89Fri
  7. €11.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Dublin

Ferry
  • DUBLIN
  • Dublin Ferryport
  • Dublin Port Terminal 1

Holyhead

Ferry
  • HOLYHEAD
  • Irish Ferries
  • Stena Line
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 113 km against 107 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dublin at 06:41 and the last at 20:41, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Dublin to Holyhead

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead take?

The Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead takes 5h 1m door to door, of which 3h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 113 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead cost?

The Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €14.37. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead?

2 operators run the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead: Irish Ferries, Stena Line. Between them they file around 16 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead use?

The Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead leaves from DUBLIN and arrives at HOLYHEAD. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead?

Fares for the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 37 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead produce?

The Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead produces about 13.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 113 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead?

Operators on the Ferry from Dublin to Holyhead publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 1m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Dublin to Holyhead on September 17, 2026: 113 km of route against 107 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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