Haunted Adventure in Ireland with Katie Manning Psychic Medium May 1 – 9, 2020 $2,775 LAND & AIR per person, double occupancy (minimum 30 traveling) Single Room Supplement $550

Tour Includes:

• Exclusive transport by luxury motorcoach with a driver/guide HIGHLIGHTS

• Meet and greet service with one group transfer upon arrival • Guided tour of Dublin and departure at the airport • Excursion to Spike Island with lunch • Hotel accommodation based on twin bedded rooms with • Passage on the Tarbert Ferry private bath as listed for 7 nights • Medieval Banquet at an Irish castle • Full breakfasts (8) • Gallery readings with Katie

• Dinners (4) • Daily meditation

• Visits and admission fees to: Trinity College (Books of Kells), St. Michan’s Cathedral, Hill of HOTELS – 7 Nights Tara, Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre, , , Cobh Heritage Center, & Woolen Mills, Camden Court Hotel | Dublin (2) Ross Castle, Cliffs of Moher & St. Brigid’s Well River Lee Hotel | Cork (2) • Hotel porterage, service charges and government taxes Avenue Hotel | Killarney (2) Radisson Blu Hotel | Limerick (1) • Flight bags, ticket wallets, baggage tags and identifying strap

To book or for more information, contact: Join us for an informational evening Connie Dyer November 20, 6:30 pm Phone: (518) 833-6543 Holiday Inn Express & Suites Email: [email protected] 400 Old Loudon Road, Latham NY 12210 Pack Your Bags Travel Please RSVP to Connie at Pack Your Bags Travel by November 15

This tour is subject to CIE Tours’ booking guidelines and cancellation penalties. Refer to General Conditions of your group contract. CST# 485893 Haunted Adventure in Ireland with Katie Manning

Fri, May 1- DEPART THE UNITED STATES according to records. Some 900 prisoners are buried in mass graves on the Depart your hometown and take an overnight flight across the Atlantic. island, as a result of the lowly conditions and overcrowding subjected upon them. Also, enjoy a picnic lunch on the island before returning to the Sat, May 2- TRINITY COLLEGE & ST. MICHAN’S CHURCH mainland. Then motor a short distance to visit the Cobh Heritage Center, Your CIE Tours driver/guide, who will welcome you to Ireland. Have which depicts the varied history of emigration from Ireland and many breakfast at a local venue with your group before setting off with a local European countries to the United States over the past 150 years. Cobh was guide who will show you around Dublin. Stop at Trinity College to see the the last port of call for the "Titanic" and many liners that carried emigrants Book of Kells, an 8th century illuminated manuscript of the gospels and to the New World. Return to Cork for a free evening. see the Old Library. If you look closely you may see the infamous Dr. OVERNIGHT: RIVER LEE HOTEL, CORK Samuel Closey, whom roam the halls to this day. During his time at Trinity, it is said Dr. Closey would experiment on bodies or even just parts that he Wed, May 6- BLARNEY CASTLE & ROSS CASTLE had dug up. Next, visit St. Michan’s Church, which was built on the site of A short drive from Cork will take you to Blarney. Stop to climb to the an early Danish chapel. A unique (and, let it be noted, most macabre) of Blarney Castle to kiss the famous "Stone of Eloquence." feature of this church is the underground burial vault. Because of the dry While kissing the stone is good luck, there is the Blarney Castle Curse to atmosphere, bodies have lain for centuries without showing signs of fear. It said whomever, removes even a pebble from the castle, misery and decomposition. The most famous of these mummies is what may have misfortune will fall onto them so respect the castle and you will be safe. been a Norman man from the 13th century, whom was given the Also, visit the Blarney Woollen Mills, which has an excellent range of Irish nickname, “Crusader” by locals. While vising the tombs, perhaps you will products. You will also have time to browse around the village, charmingly hear the whispers of silent screams of “Crusaders” or one of his fellow set around a large village green. From Blarney, journey through the rugged mummies, whom are forever trapped in their mummified states. Then countryside to visit Ross Castle, which overlooks Killarney's tranquil lower check into your hotel and settle in to your room. In the evening, join your lake. Ross Castle was once home of O'Donoghue Ross, an Irish Chieftain fellow travelers for dinner in the hotel restaurant. and one of the last significant Irish strongholds to fall to Cromwell. It is said DINNER & OVERNIGHT: CAMDEN COURT HOTEL, DUBLIN that late at night doors can be heard slamming along with sound of whispering but no one will be there. After your visit, check into your hotel. Sun, May 3- HILL OF TARA & BOYNE VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE Join your group for Gallery Reading Event with Katie*. After your readings, enjoy dinner with your group at the hotel restaurant. Today, travel into County Meath and visit the Hill of Tara, seat of the High DINNER & OVERNIGHT: KILLARNEY AVENUE HOTEL, KILLARNEY Kings of Ireland, which was at the height of its power in the early centuries after Christ. It is also the site of a passage-tomb dating from the late Stone Age. Also, believed to be a dwelling place of gods and Thu, May 7- DINGLE PENINSULA & DUN AN OIR entrance to the Otherworld of eternal Joy. A major ritual site since the Today, discover the beauties of the Dingle Peninsula, once described by stone age, it became the Seat of Irish High Kings in the early centuries of the National Geographic Traveler as “the most beautiful place on earth.” Christ. Its complex of circular mounds, barrows, ditches, tombs, Drive along the south shore of the peninsula for plenty of vistas of heathery monuments and banks breathe an unmistakable Aura-an evocative rally mountains, sandy stretches of beach, stunning green landscapes and rocky point down the ages. Continue on to visit the Boyne Valley Visitor Centre headlands. Pause in Dun an Oir, where you may hear the screams of (subject to availability). While here, learn about the nearby passage tombs Spanish Soldiers, whom in October 1580 were defeated and killed by the of Newgrange and Knowth. These prehistoric monuments and English. Head back to Killarney, where you can sightsee, shop and dine on exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic period, your own. around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian OVERNIGHT: KILLARNEY AVENUE HOTEL, KILLARNEY pyramids. It is also a place of astrological, spiritual, religious and ceremonial importance, much as present day cathedrals are places of Fri, May 8- CLIFFS OF MOHER & ST. BRIGID’S WELL prestige and worship where dignitaries may be laid to rest. Return to Departing Killarney, travel via Tralee and Listowel to Tarbert, where you Dublin, where you are free for individual pursuits and dining. take the ferry across the wide mouth of the River Shannon. Drive via OVERNIGHT: CAMDEN COURT HOTEL, DUBLIN Lahinch to view the Cliffs of Moher. This impressive wall of rock rises to a height of almost 700 feet above the churning Atlantic Ocean and stretches Mon, May 4- LEAP CASTLE & ROCK OF CASHEL for five miles along the coast. Walk along the top of the cliffs to O’Brien’s Tower for views across Galway Bay of Connemara and the Aran Islands on a Leaving Dublin, drive to Roscrea and visit Leap Castle, which was built in clear day. Also, an eye out for the ghost of Sir Cornelius O’Brien, 800 AD by the O'Bannon family. Once the principal seat of the powerful whom not only had O’Brien’s Tower build but also couldn’t leave the land and warlike O'Carrolls who were the Princes of Ely. This castle has long he loved even after his death. Then drive a few miles to the town of been regarded by many to be the most haunted castle in Ireland. Next, Liscannor to visit St. Brigid’s Well. The well as it exists today, is found within travel into County Tipperary and visit the Rock of Cashel. While you take a stone well house where pilgrims continue to leave a great variety of votive in the beautiful and serene ruins, note locations dark and spooky past. offerings. Within the well house is a modern statue of St. Brigid, where Some myths suggest, that the ruins were formed by a struggle between people kneel to say prayers and perform other ritualized worship activities. St. Patrick and the Devil. The devil while trying to defeat St. Patrick threw Before Christianity the site was dedicated to Brigid, a Celtic Goddess of a rock from his cave, which became the Rock of Cashel. Another story Fire so one can imagine the ancient site is a hotbed of spiritual activities. goes that the devil decided to bite the side of a mountain and broke his After your visit, drive to your hotel in Limerick and check in. You will have tooth, which became the famous rock. After your visit, drive to Cork, some time to relax or freshen up before tonight’s farewell festivities. where you can check into your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. This evening, join in the fun and feasting at Bunratty or . DINNER & OVERNIGHT: RIVER LEE HOTEL, CORK Your medieval-style banquet is served in the hall of the 15th century castle. OVERNIGHT: RADISSON BLU HOTEL, LIMERICK Tue, May 5- SPIKE ISLAND & COBH HERITAGE CENTER This morning, travel via ferry to Spike Island formerly a monastic Sat, May 9- RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES settlement than used for an army base and prison. Established in the Transfer to Shannon Airport and check in for your flight. You may do some 1850s, its sole purpose was to punish those in incarceration. During its 36 last minute shopping at the duty free stores before flying back to the U.S. years in existence, it is believed that 1000 convicts died on the island,

*For legal reasons-all readings should be considered for the purpose of entertainment. Gallery style format. No readings for anyone under the age of 18 years old. No guarantee that everyone will be read during the event. Filming of this event may take place and will be used for Katie’s Psychic On The Scene Series, Facebook, Website, Social Media or any Promotional Materials

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