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Escorted Small Group Tour of Ireland 2012 - Inclusive costs & Services
Excellent Varied Accommodation – Award winning Rural Farmhouse, 3/4 Star Hotels, 4 Star Castle 8 Days / 7 Nights - Maximum of 15 Participants Arrive Dublin, Depart Dublin What your tour includes:
All our tours are private driver/guide for your group only, we do not mix or share groups. Day 1. Arrive Dublin Airport A.M. - Tuesday You will be greeted by your guide and driver for the next 8 days we depart Dublin Airport to the mysterious Neolithic passages which pre-date the Egyptian pyramids The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was constructed approx 3200 BC. The 19 metre long inner passage leads to a cruciform chamber with a corbelled roof. It is estimated that the construction of the Passage Tomb at Newgrange would have taken a work force of 300 at least 20 years to construct. We take an overview of Dublin City founded by the Vikings visiting the Book of Kells with your driver / guide We continue back to your hotel to check in, now you have time to browse Dublin City your hotel is in the heart of Dublin at Temple Bar or relax your eyes for 40 winks before dinner arranged in your hotel and then the craic (Gailge for fun) is in Dublin city Centre and Temple Bar tonight. After dinner we take the Dublin Literary walking pub tour and finish your night with great Irish Music session in Ireland's left bank.
Overnight: Morgan Hotel Dublin City Centre (Including dinner) Day 2. Wednesday We depart Dublin to County Waterford to an award winning farmhouse off the beaten track our day starts with a visit to Kilmainham Jail built in 1796 and witness to Irelands turbulent past from the late 18thc to the early 20thc. Prisoners from the United Irish rebellion of 1796 to the Easter Rising in 1916 and the Irish Civil War were held and often executed here. We continue to the medieval City of Kilkenny where lunch awaits on a setting overlooking the River Noir. After lunch we take a guided tour of Kilkenny Castle the Butlers of Kilkenny Castle were an Anglo-Norman family who came to Ireland in 1171 in the first wave of the Norman invasion. Kilkenny castle was the venue for the meeting of the General Assembly, or parliament, of the Confederate Ireland government in the 1640s. We now have time to browse Kilkenny with the locals and sample the creamy Kilkenny beer brewed in the City before heading for a rural setting Ballymacarbary County Waterford. After dinner we visit the local pub which is off the beaten track were a great Irish music session waits, this could be a late night for those who can last the pace. Overnight: Glasha Farmhouse Ballymacarbary & local B+B (includes homemade evening dinner) Day 3. Thursday Homemade breakfast is served by Olive your host, our journey continues to Midleton home of Irish whiskey, we take a guided tour of the old distillery and sample some of Ireland’s famous whiskeys. Cobh Queenstown Heritage Centre is our next port of call, Cobh is where the Titanic last docked before its ill fated journey. Here you can visit a heritage centre that has a story to be told, where 2.5 million adults and children emigrated on Coffin Ships, Steamers, and Great Ocean Liners, and the sinking of the Lusitania off Cork harbour in World War 1. Lunch awaits in the heritage centre café after lunch our tour continues to visit Blarney Castle built in the 15thc
No trip to Ireland would be complete without kissing the Blarney Stone, said to endow the speaker with extraordinary powers of eloquence, what we call in Ireland the 'gift of the gab'. Time to browse Blarney Woolen mills introducing to you the best of Irish fair. We continue to Killarney translated to gailge means Church of the Sloes. Dinner is served in your hotel after dinner an Irish music session with the locals a stones throw from your hotel, or relax and use the hotel facilities swimming pool, sauna, gym or steam room.
Overnight: Towers Hotel Killarney (including dinner) Day 4. Friday Your fifth day sees you on one of the most popular drives in Ireland – the Ring of Kerry, offering unrivalled lake, ocean and mountain views – 100 miles of pure heaven. The Ring of Kerry is part of the mystical & unspoilt region of Ireland that has attracted visitors for hundreds of years. Its spectacular beauty is beyond question Along the way we’ll stop at the Gap of Dunloe where your private horse and carriage will take you through a U shaped glaciated valley returning to Kate Karneys Cottage, the Bog village to take in a history of the Bog and sample their famous Irish coffee, and visit Sneem a beautiful village on the Ring. Lunch is included on the Ring. Day 5. Saturday Before we say farewell to Killarney we stop for a group photo overlooking the lower lake of Killarney, then depart Killarney to County Clare via the Tarbart Ferry across the River Shannon. We visit the Cliffs of Moher known as the Great Wall of Thomand standing 700 feet above sea level. We overview the Burran with a visit to Poulnabrone This dramatic site, on the karstic limestone pavement of the Burren, is one of the most famous Irish dolmens. Poulnabrone Dolmen (Poll Na mBrón in Irish meaning "hole of sorrows") is an ancient portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC to 2900 BC. Our journey continues to the City of the Tribesmen Galway arriving late afternoon here you have time to browse Galway City in your own time before dinner
Day 6. Sunday
We depart Galway City to visit an early Christian site founded by St. Ciaran in the mid-6th century on the eastern bank of the River Shannon. The site includes the ruins of a cathedral, seven churches (10th -13th century), two round towers, three high crosses and the largest collection of Early Christian graveslabs in Western Europe. The original high crosses and a selection of graveslabs are on display in the visitor centre. We continue to visit Sean Ryan at Leap Castle (Limited Months) this Tower House is recognized as the most spiritualist sites in Ireland and a 15thc stronghold of the O Carroll Clan. Sean is recognized as the finest tin whistle player in Ireland so you can bring your instruments along for a session in the castle, finger food available for lunch bring your own refreshments there is a session looming and one to remember. We continue to Kinnitty Castle the Castle has a long and colorful history which dates back to ancient times. Located on an ancient druidic ceremonial ground, where leylines cross and mystical forces are prevalent, the area around Kinnitty can be considered to be the solar plexis chakra of Ireland. After dinner in the Castle an Irish music session in the bar hosted by Con Ryan the proprietor of the Castle. Overnight Kinnitty Castle County Offally Day 7. Monday We depart Kinnitty to Dublin and visit St.Patricks Cathedral St Patrick's Cathedral is traditionally the site of a holy well used by St Patrick for baptisms and a church was established here as early as the late fifth century. We continue our tour to Duvblina and the Viking world a heritage centre in the heart of Dublin City, it will introduce you to medieval Dublin and the story of the Vikings in Dublin or Guinness Store House We continue to your hotel to check in and take time to refresh before dinner at your hotel. You have the opportunity to visit Temple Bar Dublin’s cultural quarter in the heart of Dublin City. Here you will find pubs with Irish music and a multi cultural society, or take the time to ponder over your Ireland adventure and relax at your hotel. Overnight Morgan Hotel Temple Bar Dublin City Day 8. Tuesday Alas your driver will transfer you from your hotel to Dublin Airport with fond memories of the Emerald Isle and your new friend your driver, we say slan abhaile (safe home).
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