Irish Travel Bureau

Highlights:
Limerick City • Adare Village • Killarney • Dingle Peninsula • Kenmare • Moll’s Gap on Ring of Kerry • Killarney National Park • Blarney • Cahir Castle • Kilkenny City • Waterford City • Curragh of Kildare

Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrive Shannon (Friday)

Join us in the late afternoon / early evening and meet your travelling companions. An optional Traditional Irish Night at the Corn Barn in Bunratty Folk Park is on offer tonight.

Day 2 Limerick & Adare (Saturday)

f Kerry. A tour of Limerick City is undertaken before travelling to Adare where thatched cottages line the broad main street amid the ruins of medieval churches. We continue via Rathkeale and Abbeyfeale and arrive in Killarney, home for the next 3 nights. (B, D)

Day 3 Dingle Peninsula (Sunday)

We take a voyage back through time this morning on a visit to the Kingdom of Kerry Museum. Afterwards a tour of the Dingle Peninsula, an area rich in antiquities ranging from Iron Age stone forts to beehive huts. We will visit the fishing port of Dingle and view the Blasket Islands as we round Slea Head. (B, D)

Day 4 Killarney National Park (Monday)

Enjoy views of the Lakes of Killarney from Aghadoe Heights before taking the short drive to the market town of Kenmare. Travel the Ring of Kerry road into Killarney thru’ Moll’s Gap and by Ladies View that provides spectacular vistas of the famous lakes. Walk the shores of Muckross Lake and visit the Traditional Farms which preserve the farming traditions of rural Ireland in the past. On option to the National Folk Theatre (Siamsa Tire) is on offer tonight. (B, D)

Day 5 Blarney & Tipperary (Tuesday)

Leaving Kerry we travel over the Kerry Mountains to Blarney to shop for handcrafts and a chance to kiss the famous ‘stone of eloquence’ (optional). From Cork City we head north to Tipperary with its lush, green landscape. We visit Cahir for a tour of one of Ireland’s best preserved castles and the town of Cashel, dominated by the spectacular Rock of Cashel, before arriving in Kilkenny. (B, D)

Day 6 Waterford & Kilkenny (Wednesday)

Follow in the footsteps of a group of Famine emigrants as you board a replica of the sailing vessel Dunbrody at the quayside in New Ross. We continue to the city of Waterford, founded by the Vikings some 1,100 years ago and then it’s back to Kilkenny for a leisurely afternoon. (B, D)

Day 7 Curragh of Kildare (Thursday)

Enroute to Dublin this morning we travel through the Curragh Kildare and a guided tour of the Irish National Stud, which is home to some of Ireland’s finest thoroughbreds. You also visit the Horse Museum and both the Japanese and Saint Fiachra’s Gardens. Your tour ends in Dublin after a panoramic tour of the city. Tour Ends. (B)

What’s Included:

Admissions to: Kingdom of Kerry Museum, Muckross Traditional Farms, Cahir Castle, Dunbrody Famine Ship, Irish National Stud & Japanese Gardens
Transportation throughout by modern touring coach
Services of an experienced driver/guide
6 nights accommodation in first class hotels
All rooms ensuite
6 full Irish Breakfasts (B)
5 table d’hote evening meals in hotels (D)
Snack lunch at Muckross Traditional Farms
Baggage handling charges at all hotels
Service charges and local taxes

Hotels:

Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co. Clare (1 Night)
Dromhall Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry (3 Nights)
Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny (2 Nights)

Dates & Rates:
May 7 – May 14: $1149
May 21 – Jun25: $1249
Jul 2 – Aug 20: $1199
Aug 27 – Sep 24: $1249
Oct 1 – Oct 15: $1149

Single Supplement: $350
Tour leaves Bunratty Fridays and returns to Dublin Thursdays.