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Tour Code: TZ
Tour Length: 11 days
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IRISH FAITH & HISTORY
Overview Click map for larger sizeEnjoy the scenic vistas and fascinating history of Ireland. Your Dublin orientation features visits to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Oscar Wilde's Trinity College. Travel through dairy-farm country in the center of the "Emerald Isle" to Knock. Visit Knock Shrine, the Church of the Apparition, the basilica, and the Folk Museum, and maybe join the evening rosary processions. On the way to Galway, stop to visit the Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre in Murrisk and Kylemore Abbey. From Galway, enjoy an excursion to Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands. Many Catholics fled to this island during Oliver Cromwell's conquest of Ireland in the 17th century. Visit the Aran Heritage Centre, spectacular clifftop Dun Aengus, and the Visitor Centre. Next, drive across The Burren and visit The Burren Centre at Kilfenora on your way to Killarney for your 2-night stay. Join the famed "Ring of Kerry" for a panoramic drive around the island's southwestern tip and enjoy a horse-drawn jaunting car ride through the National Park. Travel into County Cork and stop in Blarney, renowned for its castle and magical Kissing Stone, before arriving in Waterford to visit the world-famous Crystal Factory. Next is Enniscorthy, site of the final battle of the Great Rebellion of 1798; Ireland's oldest handweaving mill at Avoca; and Glendalough Visitor Center with its fascinating audiovisual show Ireland of the Monasteries. Return to Dublin for an overnight and the end of your wonderful Irish getaway. City Highlights
Dublin:
Welcome dinner; orientation drive, visit Our Lady of Lourdes Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity College
Knock:
Visit the Shrine, the Church of the Apparition, the Basilica and the Folk Museum
Murrisk (Croagh Patrick):
Visit the Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre
Kylemore:
Visit the Benedictine abbey
Aran Islands:
Ferry to and from Inishmore, visit the Heritage Centre, take a minibus tour with a driver-guide, visit Dun Aengus and its visitor centre
Kilfenora:
Visit The Burren Centre
Bunratty:
Take pictures of the castle
Adare:
Admire the thatched cottages
Ring of Kerry:
Scenic peninsula drive
Killarney:
Horse-drawn jaunting car ride
Blarney:
Visit the famous woolen mills
Waterford:
Guided tour of the Waterford Crystal factory
Avoca:
Guided tour of the handweaving mill
Glendalough:
Guided tour of St. Kevin's center of Irish Christianity |
