Holyhead to Dublin runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 01:30 and the last around 22:15. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €12.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h over 113 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for September 21, 2026
€11.88 to €12.44
- 37%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Holyhead
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.
- 01:30First departure
- 22:15Last 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.
10:0113:5951h 58m
TfW RailTransport for Wales7 changes
Holyhead → Dublin Heuston
Bikes carriedStep-free
Book with Transport for Wales10:0108:3046h 29m
TfW RailTransport for Wales5 changes
Holyhead → Cork
Bikes carriedStep-free
Book with Transport for Wales
Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
01:3005:003h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €216.00business seat €241.50 €256.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
04:0007:303h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €36.00 €55.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
07:3011:003h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €236.00business seat €261.50 €276.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
10:0013:303h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €44.00 €68.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
13:1516:453h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel ULYSSESDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €216.00 €240.00business seat €241.50
Vehicles carriedPets carried
16:0019:303h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ADVENTURERDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €44.00 €68.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
19:3023:003h 30m
IRISH FERRIESVessel JAMES JOYCEDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €216.00business seat €241.50
Vehicles carriedPets carried
22:1501:453h 30m
STENA LINEVessel STENA ESTRIDDirect
HOLYHEAD → DUBLIN
from €36.00 €55.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €36.00 to €276.00 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 Dublin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dublin for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Holyhead to Dublin
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
- €11.897 days
- €13.543 days
- €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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Holyhead to Dublin and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
11:01 → 16:01
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
113 km
107 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
11,431 → 1,024,027
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 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 113 km against 107 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Dublin is large, and the road in from DUB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Dublin
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dublin costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Dublin Heuston
Most of the points near Dublin Heuston open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Holyhead to Dublin
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 Holyhead to Dublin?
The fastest journey from Holyhead to Dublin takes 5h door to door, of which 3h 31m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 5h 16m, 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 Holyhead to Dublin?
The cheapest fare from Holyhead to Dublin is €11.88, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €12.44. 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 Holyhead to Dublin?
The cheapest way from Holyhead to Dublin is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 21, 2026. That journey takes 5h 1m 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 Holyhead to Dublin?
Fares from Holyhead to Dublin 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 37 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Holyhead to Dublin?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Holyhead to Dublin, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Holyhead to Dublin?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Holyhead to Dublin, 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 Holyhead to Dublin?
2 operators sell services from Holyhead to Dublin 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 Holyhead to Dublin?
Every service we sell from Holyhead to Dublin is direct, with around 16 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 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 Holyhead to Dublin use?
Services from Holyhead to Dublin by ferry leave from HOLYHEAD and arrive at DUBLIN. 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 Holyhead to Dublin?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Holyhead to Dublin 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 Holyhead to Dublin 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 door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Holyhead reaches 1 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 107 to 107 km. Dublin reaches 209 places in 44 countries, from 43 to 8,306 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Arriving in Dublin
Leaving Dublin
- 209Places you can leave for
- 44Countries
- 76Operators