Whiskey, Culinary & Genealogy 7 Day Tour of

Discover Ireland’s Spectacular Coastline “Wild Atlantic Way” & Taste Ireland’s Artisan Food from Land & Sea. 7 DAY

www.wildatlanticwaydaytours.com TOUR Day 1 Arrive Shannon Airport - ‘Céad Míle Fáilte’

Travel to – ‘European Region of Gastronomy 2018’. www.galwaygastronomy.ie Check into Galway Bay Hotel . www.galwaybayhotel.ie Rest 14:00pm Walking tour of Galway City accompanied by your Tour Guide & Genealogist. 18:00pm Dinner in ‘Hooked Restaurant’ Galway’s leading Seafood Restaurant. www.hookedhenryst.com Day 2 Tour of

9:00am Travel the Coast Road by the homestead of famous Movie Director John Ford – ‘The Quiet Man’ starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara Visit Pearse Cottage & Visitor Centre – Home of Padraig Pearse Leader of the Easter Rising 1916. www.heritageireland.ie Take The Bog Road through Connemara’s wilderness to the fishing village of Roundstone. Visit the Emigrants Commemorative Centre, Carna. www.carnaemigrantscentre.com From Roundstone travel the road by the edge of the Atlantic Ocean to the Signature Discovery Points – Alcock & Brown - the first transatlantic landing site in 1919 & The Marconi Transatlantic Transmission Station 1907 site. Walk the Coral Strand at Dun Loughan – a nature reserve & hidden gem. Lunch & Shopping in – the Capital of Connemara. Drive the Sky Road to enjoy the most spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean. On the way back to Galway, stop at Maam Cross and view The Quiet Man Bridge & Cottage featured in The Quiet Man Movie. Visit Micil Irish Poitin Distillery - Whiskey / Poitin tasting session and hear the fascinating story of traditional Poitin making in Connemara. www.micilpoitin.com

19:00pm Dinner in Michelin Star Restaurant ‘Loam’ in Galway. Loam – meaning ‘rich, fertile soil’ – focuses on modern ambitious cooking rooted in tradition and seasonally driven. www.loamgalway.com Day 3 Cliffs of Moher & The Burren - Clare

9:00am Visit Dunguaire Castle – 16th Century Towerhouse. Travel the Wild Atlantic Way through the UNESCO Heritage site of The Burren to the fishing village of Doolin. Lunch in the famous Irish Music Pub - Gus O’Connor’s of Doolin. www.gusoconnorspubdoolin.net Visit the Cliffs of Moher Visit the Town of Lisdoonvarna – world famous for one of Ireland’s oldest traditional Festivals – The Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival – over 150 years old. www.matchmakerireland.com

18:30pm Dinner in Moran’s Oyster Cottage, The Weir, , Galway Fresh Oysters and Guinness Tasting. www.moransoystercottage.com Day 4 Depart for Killarney - Kerry

Visit Coole Park the site of the home of Lady Augusta Gregory, dramatist, folklorist and co-founder with Poet William Butler Yeats of Ireland’s National Theatre – The Abbey Theatre. Visit Gregory Museum, . The Schoolhouse built by Lady Gregory. View the famous ‘Autograph Tree’. Learn of Kiltartan School’s connection with the iconic photograph – ‘Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ taken in 1932 – Who are the men in the most famous photograph in the World? Lecture on History and Genealogy of the West of Ireland. Travel on to Adare Village – an Irish Heritage Town. Lunch in the Heritage Centre. Travel on to Killarney. Check-in to Randles Hotel, Killarney. www.randleshotel.com Dinner in Hotel Restaurant. Day 5 Dingle Peninsula

9:00am Tour The Dingle Peninsula. Visit the location of David Lean’s Movie – ‘Ryan’s Daughter’ starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles & John Mills Walk the famous Inch Beach. Visit the Blasket Island Centre – learn of Irish Emigration in particular how the people of Balsket Island made their new homes in Springfield Massachusetts, USA. www.blasket.ie Visit Dingle Distillery – an artisan distillery which has rekindled the independent distillery tradition in Ireland. Enjoy the tastes of their original Unique Whiskey and also the fruits of their labour in the forms of their original Gin and Vodka. www.dingledestillery.com 20:00pm Dinner Gaby’s Restaurant, Killarney. www.gabys.ie Day 6 Cork

9:00am Depart for Cork. Visit Titanic Experience Cobh. The last Port of call of the ill-fated Titanic in 1912. Live the history, feel the story of your ancestors departure from Ireland. www.titanicexperiencecobh.ie Visit The Famous Midleton Distillery - the home of Jameson Irish Whiskey. Taste Ireland’s most iconic Whiskeys. www.jamesonwhiskey.com Check-in to The Kingsley Hotel Cork – B&B and Dinner www.thekingsley.com Lecture on the history and genealogy of Cork including the fascinating story of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company whose father William Ford emigrated to America from Ballinascarthy, County Cork during the Great Famine of Ireland in 1847. Day 7 Depart for Shannon Airport ‘Slán abhaile’ Also available: WILD ATLANTIC WAY TOURS The WIld Atlantic Way is world’s largest defined coastal touring rout. It’s inspiring, renewing, relaxing and invigorating. It is yours to experience however you choose. GOLF TOURS ON CHAMPIONSHIP LINKS COURSES North and West Coast Links. A choice of Eleven Championships Links venues. Unspoilt terrain, fantastic scenery, links tradition, tee time availability, quality and value - staying in luxurious accommodations.

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