Dublin to Holyhead runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 01:15 and the last around 22:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 9m over 118 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 28%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Dublin
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 17, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 01:15First departure
- 22:30Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
10:0009:1447h 14m
InterCityIarnród Éireann / Irish Rail7 changes
Dublin Heuston → Holyhead
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail timetable10:0019:5533h 55m
InterCityIarnród Éireann / Irish Rail8 changes
Dublin Heuston → Holyhead
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail timetable
Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
01:1504:453h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €216.00business seat €241.50
Vehicles carriedPets carried
04:3008:003h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €36.00 €60.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
07:3011:003h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €236.00 €260.00business seat €261.50
Vehicles carriedPets carried
10:1513:453h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €44.00 €68.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
13:4517:153h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €236.00business seat €266.00 €281.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
16:3020:003h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €44.00 €63.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
19:4523:153h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €216.00business seat €241.50 €256.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
22:3002:003h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect
DUBLIN → HOLYHEAD
from €36.00 €60.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €36.00 to €281.00 on September 17, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Irish Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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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.
The ferry gets you into Holyhead. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Holyhead for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from HOLYHEAD and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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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.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €14.093 days
- €15.191 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 28 percent. The most expensive point is €15.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Dublin to Holyhead and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
11:00 → 16:09
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
118 km
107 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
1,024,027 → 11,431
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 118 km against 107 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
Holyhead is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near HOLYHEAD
Most of the points near HOLYHEAD open before the first train and close after the last one.
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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 it take to get from Dublin to Holyhead?
The fastest journey from Dublin to Holyhead takes 5h 9m door to door, of which 3h 41m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 5h 25m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Dublin to Holyhead?
The cheapest fare from Dublin to Holyhead is €11.88, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €12.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Dublin to Holyhead?
The cheapest way from Dublin to Holyhead is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 5h 11m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Dublin to Holyhead?
Fares from Dublin to Holyhead bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 28 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Dublin to Holyhead?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Dublin to Holyhead, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Dublin to Holyhead?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Dublin to Holyhead, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Dublin to Holyhead?
2 operators sell services from Dublin to Holyhead across 1 mode: Irish Ferries, Stena Line. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Dublin to Holyhead?
Every service we sell from Dublin to Holyhead is direct, with around 16 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 9m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Dublin to Holyhead use?
Services from Dublin to Holyhead by ferry leave from DUBLIN and arrive at HOLYHEAD. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Dublin to Holyhead?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Dublin to Holyhead allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Dublin to Holyhead on September 15, 2026: 118 km of route against 107 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Holyhead a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Holyhead and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Holyhead in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Dublin reaches 207 places in 44 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 8,306 km. Holyhead reaches 1 places in 1 countries, from 107 to 107 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Dublin
- 207Places you can leave for
- 44Countries
- 76Operators