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Ireland Travel Show Preview of “Irish Spirit” 8-day tour of in March 2015

Wednesday, August 2oth

6:00 - 7:30pm F & M Bank Lobby 7641 Lake Drive, Lino Lakes

Please RSVP by Monday, August 18th to Sue Peacock 651.784.8000

Join us For An Unforgettable Adventure Irish Spirit

March 20, 2015 – March 28, 2015 TOUR INCLUDES:  Airport transfers at start and end of tour Visits and admissions to:  Sightseeing by luxury coach  Professional driver/guide Book of Kells at Trinity College, House of Crystal,  7 nights in hotels listed Experience, Blarney Castle, Blarney Woollen Mills,  Full breakfast daily (B) except on day 1 Skellig Experience and  4 dinners (D) including - Abbey Tavern traditional Irish dinner/show Hotels: - 3 table d'hote dinners  2 Lunches (L) on Ring of Kerry and in Ballsbridge Hotel  Welcome get-together drink (1 night)  Tour of Dublin with a local guide  Tea and scones at Jerpoint Park Farm Dooley’s Hotel  Walking tour of Waterford Waterford (1 night)  Ferry ride across the Killarney Towers Hotel  Sheepdog trials at Caherconnell Killarney (2 nights)  Coffee and talk on Irish life at Standun of Westwood House Hotel  “” walking tour of Cong (2 nights)  Corrib Princess cruise from Galway  Tour and tasting at Distillery Experience Grand Hotel  Headsets for walking tours Dublin (1 night)  Deluxe carry-on backpack, ticket wallet, luggage tags & strap  All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person

For more information Contact: Mary Krueger Join Us! Butterfly Travel International F & M Bank Lobby Lino Lakes, MN 55014 August 20, 2014—6PM Tel: (763) 795-8800 7641 Lake Drive Email: [email protected] Lino Lakes, MN

This tour is subject to CIE Tours’ booking guidelines and cancellation penalties. Refer to General Conditions on website (cietours.com) or back cover of current brochure CST# 2021285-20 IRISH SPIRIT OUTLINE ITINERARY Day 1 : Dublin Tour & Trinity College rience to learn about the rocky islands off the end of Your tour starts at with a group the peninsula where monks lived in early Christian transfer to your hotel between 7:00 am and times. Today the islands form a protected bird sanc- 12:00 noon. If you arrive later than noon, tuary. Stop in the transfer to the hotel at your own expense. At attractive village of Sneem and also at Moll’s Gap for 2:00 pm join your group and a local guide for panoramic mountain views. Relish some free time to an introductory look around central Dublin. See browse around Killarney before dining on your own. fashionable shopping areas around Grafton and (B, L) Nassau Streets, view Dublin’s famous elegant Day 5 : Cliffs of Moher & Georgian squares and pause at the evocative Leave Killarney and drive north to Tarbert for a 20- figures at the Famine minute ferry ride across the wide River Shannon Es- Memorial. Walk through Trinity College to the tuary. Your tour continues along the Clare coast to Old the Cliffs of Moher, a Library to view the illuminated manuscript of spectacular wall of sandstone that reaches to almost the 8th century Book of Kells and learn how 700 feet above the . Walk along the monks created this and other masterpieces. top of the cliffs to O’Brien’s Tower for great views. Back at your hotel meet with your tour director Drive through and stop in Caherconnell to and travel companions for a welcome drink and watch as trained dogs show their skills in herding discuss your itinerary. sheep. Continue around the shores of Galway Bay to Day 2 : Farm Visit & Waterford Crystal take a short orientation tour of Galway city before Drive through the Irish countryside to checking in to your hotel. (B, D) for a stop at a farm in Jerpoint for tea Day 6 : Connemara & ”Quiet Man” Walk and home-made scones. Chat with the owners Today explore another of Ireland’s famous scenic about farming and also see one of Ireland’s regions, Connemara, with granite hills, sparkling best examples of a deserted 12th century town. lakes and peat bogs. Travel alongside Galway Bay Continue south to visit the famous House of and stop at Standun of Spiddal for coffee and a talk Waterford Crystal to see how molten glass is on various aspects of Irish life and transformed into elaborate and shimmering tro- traditional crafts. In Cong take a walking tour with a phies by the skilled blowers and cutters. Also local guide to see places associated with “The Quiet view a huge array of stemware in the show- Man” movie which was made in the village in 1952. rooms. Check in to your hotel in the center of Head to Eddie’s Pub in nearby for lunch be- the compact city and, after dinner, take a gen- fore returning to Galway to tle walking tour with a local guide to learn embark on the Corrib Princess for a scenic cruise on about local history. (B, D) to the north of the city (B, L) Day 3 : Titanic Experience & Blarney Castle Day 7 : Kilbeggan Distillery & Abbey Tavern Travel along the south coast to Cobh to visit the This morning enjoy some free time in Galway before Titanic Experience. Learn about the people who driving to Kilbeggan to visit the Kilbeggan Distillery embarked for the United States aboard the ill- Experience, fated RMS Titanic. Visit Blarney Castle to kiss established in 1757 making it the world’s oldest. See the famous “Stone of Eloquence.” Also shop at how whiskey is distilled on modern equipment in the the Blarney Woollen Mills for quality old buildings and enjoy a sample of the finished Irish-made souvenirs. Drive into product. Continue your journey to Dublin and check to in to your hotel. Finish up Killarney, picturesquely set beside lakes and your tour at the popular Abbey Tavern with a hearty mountains. Check in to your hotel and relax be- dinner and a lively show of traditional music, songs fore dinner. (B, D) and Day 4 : Ring of Kerry & Lunch step-dancing. (B, D) View the highlights of Ireland’s natural scenery Day 8 : Depart for Home on the famous Ring of Kerry route. The road Group transfers are provided to Dublin Airport to ar- winds between the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks rive at 6:00 am, 9:00 am or 12:00 noon. (B) Mountains on one side and the Atlantic coast- line on the other. Enjoy lunch before taking the B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner bridge to Valencia Island. Visit the Skellig Expe-

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