Ferries in Ireland

28 routes and 3 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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We sell 28 Ferries routes in Ireland, serving 9 places through 3 operators. 28 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is €11.88 and the median route runs 444 km.

Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in Ireland, in numbers

  • €11.88 to €69.64Fare range
  • 01:15 to 10:15First and last departure
  • 28Routes we sell
  • 9Places served
  • 3Operators
  • 0Domestic routes
  • 28Cross border routes
  • 444 kmMedian route
  • 1,034 kmLongest route

€11.88 to €69.64 for one passenger across the 14 routes priced below, all of them on October 5, 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

What the operators filed inside Ireland on September 17, 2026, taken from the busiest routes we sell there. Real times, and a fare only where an operator published one.

Sailings on September 17, 2026

Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.

  1. 01:1504:453h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect

    DUBLINHOLYHEAD

  2. 01:3005:003h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect

    HOLYHEADDUBLIN

  3. 01:3005:304h

    STENA LINEVessel STENA NORDICADirect

    FISHGUARDROSSLARE

  4. 02:4506:464h 1m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel ISLE OF INNISFREEDirect

    PEMBROKEROSSLARE

  5. 04:0007:303h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect

    HOLYHEADDUBLIN

  6. 04:3008:003h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect

    DUBLINHOLYHEAD

  7. 07:3011:003h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect

    DUBLINHOLYHEAD

  8. 07:3011:003h 30m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect

    HOLYHEADDUBLIN

  9. 08:1511:453h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA NORDICADirect

    ROSSLAREFISHGUARD

  10. 08:4512:464h 1m

    IRISH FERRIESVessel ISLE OF INNISFREEDirect

    ROSSLAREPEMBROKE

  11. 10:0013:303h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect

    HOLYHEADDUBLIN

  12. 10:1513:453h 30m

    STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect

    DUBLINHOLYHEAD

Routes

The busiest Ferries routes in Ireland

The routes we sell in Ireland, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Dublin to Holyhead ferry€11.885h 13m107 km
Holyhead to Dublin ferry€11.885h 10m107 km
Fishguard to Rosslare ferry€11.885h 6m101 km
Rosslare to Fishguard ferry€11.885h 4m101 km
Pembroke to Rosslare ferry€11.885h 53m121 km
Rosslare to Pembroke ferry€11.885h 50m121 km
Cherbourg to Rosslare ferry€31.1417h 52m444 km
Rosslare to Cherbourg ferry€31.1416h 39m444 km
Roscoff to Cork ferry€33.3418h 56m475 km
Cork to Roscoff ferry€33.3417h 15m475 km
Cherbourg to Dublin ferry€45.4414h 53m521 km
Dublin to Cherbourg ferry€45.4420h 39m521 km
Bilbao to Rosslare ferry€69.6438h 25m1,034 km
Rosslare to Bilbao ferry€69.6433h 54m1,034 km

Being on the water gives Dublin a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Dublin and across Ireland

Day trips that leave Dublin in the morning and cover a good part of Ireland by evening.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1243%Fishguard, 101 km
200 to 600 km1243%Cherbourg, 444 km
600 to 1,500 km414%Bilbao, 1034 km
Across the border

Where Ireland connects to

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
France1243%
United Kingdom1243%
Spain414%
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.
OperatorOn board
Brittany FerriesBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
Irish FerriesBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
Stena LineBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries
  • Stena Line

Ferry destinations

Common questions about Ferries in Ireland

What Ferries routes are there in Ireland?

We sell 28 Ferries routes in Ireland, serving 9 places run by 3 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Ferries tickets in Ireland cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare in Ireland is €11.88 for one passenger, across the 28 routes we sell there. The median route runs 444 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Ireland by Ferries?

28 of the Ferries routes we sell touching Ireland cross a border and 0 stay inside it, reaching 3 other countries including France, United Kingdom, Spain. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Ferries services in Ireland?

3 operators run Ferries services on routes we sell in Ireland: Brittany Ferries, Irish Ferries, Stena Line. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalog, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Ferries route in Ireland?

The longest Ferries route we sell touching Ireland runs from Bilbao to Rosslare, 1,034 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 444 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

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.

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 Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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

A hotel room

A room in Dublin for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Dublin Heuston and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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