November 3-10, 2020

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JOIN SEASIDE SHADOWS ON THEIR Tour Includes: TOUR OF • Deluxe motorcoach vehicle throughout your tour, Hammond Tours Presents: including all transfers, sightseeing and services of professional Irish driver and guide

• Accommodations for 7 nights Daily Itinerary (as follows or similar in standard rooms) – Camden Court Hotel, (2 Nights) **** Day 1, November 3 – Tuesday: Dublin – The River Lee Hotel, (1 Night) **** Morning arrival at Dublin Airport where you make your way ON YOUR OWN via – The Killarney International Hotel, Killarney taxi or UBER (approx. 25 euros for 2 passengers) and are transferred to your Dublin (2 Nights) **** City Centered Hotel. You then check into the Camden Court Hotel located in the – Solis Lough Eske Castle, Donegal (1 Night) ***** – Castle, Bunratty (1 Night) **** very heart of Dublin City. Step out the door and you are on pedestrianized Grafton Street with its many shops and restaurants. The rest of the day is free to browse • Full Irish breakfast daily except the day of arrival this 1000-year-old city on your own. Overnight at the Camden Court Hotel • 2 dinners in Killarney, 1 dinner at Solis Lough Eske Castle and 1 dinner at Bunratty Medieval Banquet Day 2, November 4 – Wednesday: Dublin • Admissions to Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, After breakfast you are met by our Driver/Guide in the lobby of your hotel at 9:00 am. Cobh Heritage Center, Titanic Trail, Jameson We experience the three Dublin’s: Viking Dublin, Georgian Dublin and Modern Dublin Distillery Tour, Michael Collins Tour, Ross Castle, in this full day contemporary tour. From her humble beginnings as a Viking trading Muckross House, Brendan Ferris Sheep Farm and port to a walled medieval city and then – in a glorious century of expansion – to an Bunratty Folk Park elegant Georgian Metropolis with wide streets, gracious squares and great houses, • Fully escorted sightseeing as per itinerary neatly bordered by its two canals. This includes a visit to the priceless Book of Kells • Porterage of 1 suitcase per person at Trinity College. We then make our way to the Guinness Storehouse brewery for (plus 1 carry-on bag) a tour. Tonight, we will enjoy a tour at Kilmainham Jail, with its ghostly vibe. Overnight at the Camden Court Hotel • All driver’s expenses (except tip to the Driver/Guide) • Hotel taxes Day 3, November 5 – Thursday: Dublin - Cork After breakfast we meet our Driver/Guide in the lobby of our hotel. Our next stop NOT INCLUDED: is the Cobh Heritage Center which depicts immigration from Ireland during the • Any items of a personal nature • Dinners and items not mentioned as included • Sightseeing not indicated as included Itinerary continued on next page

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Dinner and overnight at Solis the anticipation of the long journey ahead. The Titanic Trail Tour is Lough Eske Castle Hotel the only guided walking tour of Cobh exploring in depth the last hours of Titanic. Afterwards we make our way to Jameson Distillery for a Day 7, November 9 – Monday: - - tour of the distillery. Overnight at The River Lee Hotel Adare - Bunratty After a full Irish breakfast, we meet our Driver/Guide in the lobby Day 4, November 6 – Friday: Cork - Blarney - Killarney of the hotel and depart Galway. We continue through Limerick, Morning departure from Cork. Our next stop, Blarney Castle, is Ireland’s third largest city and home to author Frank McCourt who home to the blarney stone, which legend has it bequeaths the wrote Angela’s Ashes. Limerick is an area steeped in history. The “gift of eloquence” to all who kiss it. (ADMISSION IS NOT origin of Limerick city dates back to the 9th century, a site settled INCLUDED AS THE STAIRS ARE VERY STEEP AND SLIPPERY by the Vikings. Limerick City is known as “City of the Broken Treaty”, AND IS APPROXIMATELY 15 EUROS. PEOPLE CAN DECIDE due to the treaty which was signed surrendering the city to William. WHEN THEY ARRIVE). The grounds at Blarney are beautiful and The terms of the treaty including respect for the rights of Catholics there’s time to shop at the woollen mills or stop in Christy’s Pub were immediately breached. The treaty was signed on the Treaty for a pint! We then make our way to Clonakilty where we do the Stone which can still be seen today. King John’s Castle is a fortified famed Michael Collins Tour with our group. Our journey takes us 13th century Castle on ‘King’s Island’ in the heart of medieval east over the Kerry and Cork Mountains to Macroom where we pause Limerick. The castle overlooking the River Shannon opens an for a short visit. This is the main market town for the Gaelic speaking exciting window on the lives and stories of the people through region to the west. We arrive in Killarney and may visit Victoria political upheaval, war and famine. Archaeological excavations Muckross House and Killarney National Park. In the park, we will also open to the public roll back the mists of time to pre-Norman houses visit Ross Castle and Muckross Friary. Time permitting you may be which predate the castle by 100 years, as well as siege mines, able to ride today at the Killarney Stables, as well as tomorrow after garrison and soldiers’ quarters and sallyport all found under the Dingle. Dinner and overnight at the Killarney International Hotel level of the present courtyard. The castle itself features an imaginative exhibition spanning the castle’s history. We make our Day 5, November 7 – Saturday: Killarney - way to the town of Adare, which has been voted “The Prettiest Town Dingle Peninsula - Killarney in Ireland” primarily because of its authentic thatched roof cottages, After breakfast we depart Killarney for the Dingle Peninsula. The which are still in use today. It is then onto Bunratty for our overnight. journey begins with some of the most magnificent scenery in all of Prior to the Bunratty banquet, we will visit the Bunratty Medieval Ireland. The little town of Dingle is straight out of a story book. The Folk Park. TONIGHT, WE ENJOY THE BUNRATTY MEDIEVAL fishing boats in the harbor and tiny brightly painted pubs portray BANQUET DINNER at BUNRATTY CASTLE at 5:30 p.m. a time that has continued to stand still. The population of 1500 people Overnight at Bunratty Castle Hotel and only 52 pubs are ready to welcome you this afternoon. Worth the wait is the native seafood chowder served up at lunch time with Day 8, November 10 – Tuesday: Bunratty - Shannon Airport freshly baked brown bread. We continue on to Slea Head. Along After breakfast we make our way the quick distance to Shannon the way, we will see beehive-style huts, originally inhabited by 12th Airport via taxi or UBER (approx. 25 Euros for 2 passengers). century monks, which overlook the rugged Blasket Islands. The In true Irish tradition, we wish you a “safe home”. awe-inspiring beauty of this particular area is unmatched. There is no other landscape in Western Europe with the density and variety of archaeological monuments as found on the Dingle Peninsula. We then visit the Brendan Ferris Sheep Farm and spend time at this farm. This traditional farm has approximately 1000 sheep. This afternoon, we will enjoy a jaunting cart ride throughout the city. Dinner and overnight at the Killarney International Hotel

Day 6, November 8 – Sunday: Killarney - - Doolin - Donegal After breakfast we depart Killarney. We then take a tour of Ireland’s stony place - the Burren (Bhoireann). It is home to rare alpine plants, delicate wonders that grow in the thin soil and crevices - gentians, orchids and maidenhair ferns amongst others. The survival of both alpine and Mediterranean plants in this unusual habitat continues to arouse and to delight its visitors. The Burren contains dozens of megalithic tombs, Celtic crosses and a ruined Cistercian Abbey dating from the 12th century, . You can find villages abandoned since famine times and green roads on which you can walk for miles without ever seeing a car. Continue on and gaze at the majestic awe of the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs, a spectacular natural Reservation Application Seaside Shadows Tour of Ireland November 3-10, 2020 Land Only $2098 Please reserve seat(s) on your November 3-10, 2020 Seaside Shadows Tour of Ireland Enclosed is a deposit of $ ($250 per person) Deposit Due: ASAP to hold seats FINAL PAYMENT DUE: August 2, 2020 Name (as on passport): DOB:

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