Irish Ferries Dublin to Holyhead

The train station is linked to the ferry port, so not far at all.

You can buy tickets at the station but the walk-up fare to London will be expensive. UK trains are generally cheaper if purchased in advance. Check times and fares on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Going from the UK to Ireland there are some great special offers of combined rail/sail tickets, http://www.sailrail.co.uk/. I'm not sure if they are available in the other direction but it may be worth a google.

P.S. Dublin-London via train and ferry takes between 7 and 13 hours depending on connections - it may be worth looking into flying.

I agree that it may be better, and cheaper to fly. I was contemplating the train and ferry but I looked at it myself compared to fly there in terms of cost financially and cost of time [about 1.5 hrs to fly]. The only exception to flying would be if you want to experience a ferry ride across the Irish Sea.

Cheers,

Elaine

Thanks, I appreciate your help. We figured that it would be less expensive and quicker to fly, but we thought it might be something different. Does anyone know if the water if rough the end of September. Do I need crackers?

The water can be quite choppy in Sept. (or at any time really) but it could be like glass too. The weather is quite unpredictable around here. If you are bothered by sea-sickness I'd plan for the worst but be prepared for a pleasant surprise.

Also check the sailings carefully, there are slow and fast ferries. 2hrs of being bounced about are much better than 4.

I flew to Dublin, and then took the ferry to Holyhead as I was staying in Bangor.

It depends on the time you want to spend... figure a half day to do travel by plane, figure a full day to ferry and train.

The ferry did make me slightly ill, and it was a calm day. And I live on an island, and take ferries all the time! I just found that there was a very constant strong motion. If doing the train, def. buy tickets early. The train station IS right there as others have said, and it's a dead easy connection.

I would probably fly the next time if going to/from Dublin/London.

I've been on that Irish ferry route once. It was during early May and a sunny, windy day with pretty big waves (but not threatening).

There was some noticable rolling on the ferry. If you easily become sick, it may be worth some dramamine. If you aren't easily affected, it's not that bad.

I can't say how bad it is when there is a real storm.