| Day
1-Friday May 29 |
USA
- Ireland: Depart USA on your overnight flight to Ireland.
Dinner is served on board. |
| Day 2-Saturday May 30 |
Dublin:
Early morning arrival at the Dublin Airport. Having
cleared Irish customs, we are greeted by our Celtic Tours
representative. Transfers from Dublin Airport are at 8:15am and 11:15am
to our hotel. The afternoon is free to explore the capital city of
Dublin on your own. |
| Day 3-Sunday May 31 |
Dublin-Waterford-Cork:
Morning departure from our hotel, we travel south via County Kildare to
Kilkenny Town where we pause to visit Kilkenny Castle, ancestral home
of the Butler Clan. We continue on to the nearby Crystal City of
Waterford to visit the famed Crystal Factory. Our tour continues south
to Cork City for dinner and our overnight stop. |
| Day 4-Monday June 1 |
Cork-Cobh-Blarney-Killarney:
Morning visit to Cobh Heritage Center, which documents the
history of the Irish emigration and the story of the ill-fated
superliners- the Lusitania and Belfast-built Titanic. We continue on to
Blarney for an optional visit to Blarney Castle where we have a chance
to kiss the famed Blarney Stone, said to bestow eloquence on all who
dare. Optional shopping for tweeds, knitwear, linen, crystal and china
at nearby Blarney Woolen Mills. We travel over the scenic Cork and
Kerry Mountains to Killarney for dinner and our overnight stop. Tonight
we have an optional visit to the lively pubs in Killarney. |
| Day 5-Tuesday June 2 |
Ring
of Kerry-Killarney: "Heavens Reflex," Killarney, we will see,
is one of Irelands loveliest districts. Poets, writers and musicians
have all tried to convey its beauty of mountains and lakes. A
delightful day includes a drive along the coastline of the broad
Iveragh Peninsula through the villages and towns of Killorglin,
Cahirciveen, Waterville and Irish speaking Sneem. Dinner and our
overnight stop in Killarney. This evening we have the option of
visiting the pubs in Killarney. |
| Day 6-Wednesday June 3 |
Killarney-Dingle
Peninsula-Limerick: Departing Killarney, we drive along the
Kerry Coast to the Dingle Peninsula, which offers magnificent coastal
scenery. Beyond Slea Head, we see the Blasket Islands, the last outpost
of Europe. We continue on to Quin Village where we enjoy a medieval
castle banquet at Knappogue Casle. Our overnight stop is in Limerick. |
| Day 7-Thursday June 4 |
Limerick-Galway:
Morning departure from our Limerick hotel. We travel via
Ennis to the scenic Cliffs of Moher where we stop for a photo-op.
Continue to Ardrahan in County Galway where we pause for morning
coffee/tea and scones at Rathbaun Farm. Here we will see a farming
family carry out everyday chores including sheep shearing and watch as
the sheepdogs maneuver the flock. We continue on to Galway City.
Afternoon sightseeing includes the Gaelic speaking Connemara region.
Dinner and our overnight stay are in our Galway hotel. |
| Day 8- Friday June 5 |
Galway-Sligo-Belleek-Donegal:
Morning depature from Galway. Our tour takes us north via
Sligo, birthplace of W.B. Yeats to County Donegal where we cross over
the border for a visit to the Belleek China Factory. After a short
stop, we continue on through Donegal town and Ballybofey and along the
coast of Lough Foyle to our hotel in Redcastle, where we will have
dinner and spend the night. |
| Day 9- Saturday June 6 |
Donegal-Buncrana-Inishowen Peninsula: Today, have your camera ready as we tour the historic and scenic Inishowen Peninsula. We travel via Bruncrana, the principle town and resort of the Peninsula to Dunree where we visit the Military Fort with scenic views over Lough Swilly. The fort has a large array of large guns and artifacts from the 20th Century. The Fort and the Lough below is of immense historical interest which dates back to the Norsemen, the Anglo-Norman's and the Flight of the Earls. We continue on via Clonmany, Ballyliffin and Carndonagh where we view the 7th Century St. Patricks Cross. Our tour continues via Malin to Malin Head, a spectacular Headland on Ireland's most northerley point. Leaving Malin Head, we travel via historical Culdaff, Kinnagoe Bay and the fishing port of Greencastle to Moville where we stop breifly to visit Moville Pottery Factory. We then will continue on to our nearby hotel in Redcastle for dinner and overnight stay. |
| Day 10-Sunday June 7 |
Donegal-Coleraine-Portrush-Giant's
Causeway-Belfast: Morning departure from our Donegal hotel. We
travel just a few miles to the Ferry that will take us on the short 15
minute cruise across Lough Foyle to Northern Ireland.We travel via
Coleraine to Portrush on the Atlantic Ocean. Visit the Giant's Causeway
Museum before we are ferried by small bus to the Causeway and its
volcanic columns, which were formed over 60 million years ago. Our tour
continues along the scenic Antrim Coast to our Belfast hotel for dinner
and overnight. |
| Day 11-Monday June 8 |
Belfast-Titanic
Tour-Newry-Dublin: This morning we depart on an historical tour
of Belfast and its harbor and dock area, where the Titanic and her
sister ships, Britanic and Olympic, were built. The Titanic keel was
laid here in 1910 and the majestic ship sailed from Belfast to
Southhampton in England on April 03, 1912, where she took on supplies,
coal and crew for her fateful journey into destiny. Leaving Belfast,
wetravel south via Newry to Dublin, arriving at our hotel approximately
3:00PM. Toniht we depart our hotel for an Irish Cabaret show and dinner
at the Merry Ploughboy. Overnight in Dublin. |
| Day 12-Tuesday June 9 |
Dublin: Depart our ho |