P2020 Ireland_Brochure A4 17/02/2020 09:09 Page 19 IRELAND IRELAND Wild Atlantic Way The longest defined & signed tourist route in the world AAcchhiillll IIssllaanndd && BBaalllliinnaa Holiday Highlights Achill Island Knock Shrine Ballintubber Abbey Belmullet Killala Bay Downhill Inn Hotel ★★★★★★ Holiday Itinerary The Downhill Inn Hotel, prides itself on offering value for money, excellent service and quality accommodation. Day 1: Join your tour Dublin City Centre. Full Day - Ballintubber Abbey & This 3 star hotel is a real treat to discover. The rooms Depart for Mayo by way of Mullingar, Longford Knock Shrine are ensuite and decorated in contemporary style with TV, and Strokestown with stops enroute before Today we visit Ballintubber Abbey, set in hairdryer, tea/coffee making facilities and phone. Wifi arriving at the Downhill Inn Hotel with time to beautiful grounds it was founded in 1216 and available on ground floor. The hotel has a restaurant and relax before evening dinner. During your stay is set beside St. Patricks Well, from which it bar and during your stay you can enjoy a complimentary enjoy the included tours. gets its name. Despite being burned by glass of wine with your evening meal plus music on 2 Full Day - Achill Island Tour Cromwell forces in 1653, the Abbey continued nights and bingo/table quizz on the other night. Family to serve and for 236 years mass goers This magnificent area of mountain scenery run hotel under personal supervision of attended the unroofed Abbey in the rain! In and roving donkeys is, at 36223 acres, the John & Nicola Rafferty & Staff. 1966 the roof was restored and today largest island off the Irish coast. The island is Ballintober is a popular location for weddings. separated from the mainland by a narrow Free Glass Of Wine With The nearby Celtic Furrow visitor centre is also channel and crossed by a swivel bridge. The worth a visit. Evening Dinner island is dominated by two peaks, Slievemore (671m) and Croghaun (667m). Kildavnet We continue to Knock Shrine. Once a small, Music On 2 Nights Castle, commanding the southern entrance to quiet village, after an Apparation in 1879 Achill Sound, is associated with Granuaile Knock changed forever and today now boasts (Grace O’Malley). its own Basilica and even international airport. The award winning Knock Folk Museum tells The island has many fine beaches including this story of what life was like in 1879, the Keem, sitting in a perfect horseshoe shaped Apparation and the visit of Pope John Paul II bay and perfect for swimming on a hot in 1979. Time for personal sightseeing. summer day and Trawmore, stretching for over 3km and popular with bathers and Last Day: We depart for home today after watersports. breakfast with still a lot to see on the way. We In 2017, the island made news worldwide as have refreshment stops enroute (own the beach at Dooagh magically appeared from expense). Arriving in Dublin City Centre the sea, only to disappear again in 2019. approx. 3.30pm with fond memories of an enjoyable tour. Your Holiday Includes Weekends Comfortable Hotel 4 Days Weekends Easter Weekend Half Board evening dinner April 10 €299 and full breakfast each day October Bank Holiday Weekend Comfortable coach with October 23 €319 reserved seat Single Room €89 Entrance Ceide Fields Premier Seats Over 55’s Visitor Centre Front Row €10 PP / 2nd Row €5 PP Save €15 Your 4 Day Tour Includes Full Touring Itinerary with tickets Oct 23 2 Full Day Tours BALN / DIHO BOOK ONLINE Dublin (01) 8733411 For Connections Available From All Over www.pabtours.com Cork (021) 4271932 19 Ireland Please See Page 59 D.