Ferry from Wales to Dublin

Essentially, there are trains from Conwy to Holyhead and buses from Dunlahogaire into Dublin. The ferry ride is a couple or three hours, depending on departure time. The Welsh train takes about an hour and a bit less for the Irish bus. You're looking at four to five hours each way (not counting time from stations to hotels and verse visa) - -pretty rough for a one-nighter. The ferry departure times probably aren't what you'd hope for. Directferries.co.uk will have the scoop on the boats.

Be aware that some ferry companies will not transport people without cars. I'm not sure I understand it either but read the website fine print closely because entire ferry lines may not be open to you. We wanted to do it but ultimately ended up flying because of the time required. If you just want the romance of boat ride I'd look closer to the mainland - Isle of Man? - than Ireland. That's a lot of time out of you week just for a boat ride, IMHO. Have a great time,
=Tod

Hi there, would'nt normally post in an American forum, but stumbled on this page, and feel you are being given slightly wrong information. Firstly, I think Tod may be confusing the ferrys from Liverpool, with Holyhead. 3 P and O ferrys run from liverpool to Dublin, and yes I think he may be correct about no foot passengers, as they are mainly truck freight boats, also the isle of man ferry runs from liverpool, which is why i think he may be confusing the 2 ports. There are a lot of ferrys from Holyhead to Dublin. Stena line, run two large cruise ferrys into Dublin port,and a fast ferry into Dun Laoghaire, just to the south of Dublin, which berths right beside the main commuter rail line. Irish ferrys have a large cruise ferry,(the biggest in the world when it was built) and a smaller fast ferry which run into Dublin port. So there are many, many, crossings a day. fast ferrys take just under 2 hours, but they can be cancelled if its rough weather, cruise ferrys take 3 and a half hours. I personally think you'll love the trip on the big ferrys if you want to just relax, lots to do and see on board. unless its changed recently some of the big ferrys, bus foot passengers onto the boats. there are buses and taxies at dublin port to transfer the couple of miles into the city centre. I'd advise you just look up the stena line, and the irish ferrys, web sites and you will find all the timetables, and information on foot passengers. Hope this helps, and you get to pop over to see us.

For detailed information on the train-ferry-train routes, including timetables, see the Ireland page at seat61.com.

The website mentioned has incredibly good information on trains. We just booked train/ferry from London to Dublin for something like 38 English Pounds per person, directly from that website. BTW: one of the ferries (the one to Dun L., not the one to Dublin port) doesn't run after the summer. But the nice fast ferry does (we're going in early October).

What Laura said about train/ferry. Check to see if you can get a combined ticket for train-ferry; supposedly much cheaper than separate tickets.

To Angus-welcome aboard. Don't be shy about posting on this American board. We have a number of American ex-pats and European citizens who post here. We love to get info directly from the source. Especially when it's as detailed and informative as your post. Thanks.