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Ireland

43 crossings between 5 ports, run by 18 operators, serving 7 cities. The busiest city is Dublin with 345 destinations, and the busiest port is Dublin with 25 crossings. 10 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Planning a trip to Ireland

Dublin, the main gate Somewhere to stay partner Every country we hold

Cities

7 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Dublin reaches 345 destinations

Cork reaches 261 destinations

Shannon reaches 244 destinations

Charlestown reaches 229 destinations

Castleisland reaches 220 destinations

Gweedore reaches 147 destinations

Rosslare reaches 9 destinations

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 2.8× the second.

Dublin crossings 25 crossings on record

Rosslare crossings 9 crossings on record

Cork crossings 5 crossings on record

Galway City Centre crossings 3 crossings on record

Dun Laoghaire crossings 2 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

18 operators appear in Ireland crossings.

DFDS

Stena but will not be our last

Windstar Cruises

The longest and the shortest

30 of 43 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Civitavecchia-Rome – Dublin 864 h 00 Azamara Cruises

Budapest – Dublin 792 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Dublin – Paris City 720 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Dublin – Longyearbyen 456 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Dublin – Malaga 408 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Copenhagen Busterminal – Dublin 312 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Windstar Cruises

Dublin – Porto-Leixoes 312 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Dublin – Lisbon (Oriente) 264 h 00 Scenic Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Shortest held

Dublin – Holyhead 3 h 15 Irish Ferries, Stena Line

Rosslare – Wales 3 h 15 Irish Ferries

Fishguard – Rosslare 3 h 30 Stena Line

Roscoff – Rosslare 4 h 00 Irish Ferries

Pembroke – Rosslare 4 h 01 Irish Ferries

Douglas – Dublin 5 h 15 Steam Packet

Dublin – England 8 h 00 P&O Ferries

Cork – Roscoff 14 h 07 Brittany Ferries

Every crossing we hold

All 43 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Barcelona – Dublin not held Azamara Cruises

Bilbao (Bus Station) – Rosslare 28 h 30 Brittany Ferries

Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Dublin 192 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club, Windstar Cruises

Budapest – Dublin 792 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Cherbourg – Dublin 19 h 15 Irish Ferries

Cherbourg – Rosslare 17 h 42 Brittany Ferries, Stena Line

Civitavecchia-Rome – Dublin 864 h 00 Azamara Cruises

Copenhagen Busterminal – Dublin 312 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Windstar Cruises

Cork – Dublin 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Cork – Honfleur (Central Bus Station) 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Cork – Roscoff 14 h 07 Brittany Ferries

Cork – Santander (Bus Station) 24 h 00 Brittany Ferries

Cork – Swansea University (Bay Campus) not held

Douglas – Dublin 5 h 15 Steam Packet

Dublin – Edinburgh Bus Station 192 h 00 Aurora Expeditions, Azamara Cruises, Lindblad Expeditions

Dublin – England 8 h 00 P&O Ferries

Dublin – Fishguard not held

Dublin – Greenock-Glasgow 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Dublin – Holyhead 3 h 15 Irish Ferries, Stena Line

Dublin – Lisbon (Oriente) 264 h 00 Scenic Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Dublin – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) not held

Dublin – Longyearbyen 456 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Dublin – Malaga 408 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Dublin – Paris City 720 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Dublin – Pembroke not held

Dublin – Porto-Leixoes 312 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Dublin – Portsmouth UK 192 h 00 Azamara Cruises, SeaDream Yacht Club

Dublin – Reykjavik 216 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Ponant Cruises

Dublin – Rouen (Avenue Champlain) not held Windstar Cruises

Dublin – Troon 192 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club

Dublin – Wales not held Irish Ferries

Dun Laoghaire – Edinburgh Bus Station 192 h 00 Windstar Cruises

Dun Laoghaire – Holyhead not held Stena but will not be our last

Dunkirk – Rosslare not held DFDS

Fishguard – Rosslare 3 h 30 Stena Line

Galway City Centre – Inisheer not held Aran Island Ferries

Galway City Centre – Inishmaan not held Aran Island Ferries

Galway City Centre – Inishmore not held Aran Island Ferries

Le Havre (Bus Station) – Rosslare not held Brittany Ferries

Pembroke – Rosslare 4 h 01 Irish Ferries

Roscoff – Rosslare 4 h 00 Irish Ferries

Rosslare – Santander (Bus Station) 24 h 00 Brittany Ferries

Rosslare – Wales 3 h 15 Irish Ferries

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Ireland ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.