Day by Day Itinerary Day 1 Depart USA: Our Pilgrimage begins with an overnight flight Tarbert to the Clare shore at Killimer. Our drive along the coast will to Dublin. thrill us as we behold the Cliffs of Moher, which in 2009 were named one of 28 global finalists in the “New Seven Wonders of Nature.” We Day 2 Arrive Dublin: Where There Is Sorrow, There Is Holy then make our way to Galway through the Burren Region. We will Ground (Oscar Wilde, De Profundis): Upon arrival in Dublin, stop at at Corcomroe Abbey, once known as "St. Mary of the Fertile we’ll enjoy a tour of Ireland’s capital. We will begin with a main Rock" to appreciate its detailed carvings and other rich thoroughfare of O’Connell Street. We’ll see the General Post Office ornamentation.Corcomroe Abbey lies close to another interesting (GPO), the Custom House, and Phoenix Park. This part of the city monastic settlement, a group of three small early Christian Churches is also dominated by Trinity College, home to the Book of Kells, a which nestle in the pass of Oughtmana and which are dedicated to St. splendidly illuminated version of the Christian Gospels. We’ll also Colman. At the end of a memorable day, we find ourselves in Galway explore Christchurch Cathedral, site of Dublin’s first wooden for dinner and an overnight stay. church. We’ll have ample time this afternoon to further explore the Overnight: Galway (B, D) city before checking into our hotel and enjoying Dinner and an overnight stay. Day 7 Connemara: We Must Laugh and We Must Sing, We Are Overnight: Dublin (D) Blest by Everything, Everything We Look Upon Is Blest (William Butler Yeats): Today we depart Galway to the Connemara Region, Day 3 Dublin/Cashel/Blarney: Land of Heart’s Desire, Where consisting of a broad peninsula. Today we’ll see beautiful Beauty Has No Ebb, Decay No Flood, But Joy Is Wisdom, Time Lough Corrib, then proceed westward through Maam Cross to the an Endless Song (William Butler Yeats): This morning we depart village Leenane and Kylemore Abbey. Main areas of interest include Dublin continuing to County Cork. We will see the Rock of the Abbey, the Gothic Church, the Victorian Walled Gardens, and Cashel, which contains one of the most remarkable collections of much more. Tonight, we’ll return to Galway for dinner and an Celtic art. We continue on to Blarney’s Castle, one of Ireland’s overnight stay. oldest and most famous castles. Surrounding the castle are Overnight: Galway (B, D) extensive gardens with paths along the grounds. Cork is the day’s final destination where we’ll stop for dinner and an overnight stay. Day 8 Galway/Clonmacnoise/Dublin: May You Live All the Days of Overnight: Cork (B, D) Your Life (Jonathan Swift): Today, we’ll enjoy a tour of Galway. Points of interest may include Lynch’s Castle, St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Day 4 Cork City/Gougane: Welcome, O Life! I Go to Encounter Church, and Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven. We’ll for The Millionth Time the Reality of Experience and To Forge journey on to Clonmacnoise where there is much to see, including in The Smithy of My Soul the Uncreated Conscience of My ruins of churches, the largest of which is the Cathedral. Originally Race (James Joyce, A Portrait of The Artist as A Young Man): standing in front of the Cathedral is the remarkable Cross of the Our day will begin with a tour of beautiful Cork city, a major Irish Scriptures. Also preserved in the museum and replaced with a replica seaport. We’ll explore the English Market or properly named in its original position is the South Cross. The North Cross, dates from Princes Street Market. As we head for Killarney, we’ll stop by about 800, but only the shaft and base survive. We’ll continue to Gougane Barra, whose name derives from St. Finbarr. Today, Dublin for dinner and an overnight stay. Gougane Barra is best known for its fine forest park which sports Overnight: Dublin (B, D) many roads and walking paths, and is home to many animals and bird species. We’ll enjoy dinner and an overnight stay in Killarney. Day 9 Boyne Valley: We Appeal to You, Holy Servant Boy, To Come Overnight: Killarney (B, D) and Walk Among Us (From the People Near the Wood of Foclut As They Cried Out with One Voice to St. Patrick According to His Day 5 Dingle Peninsula: How Many Loved Your Moments of Account of a Vision a Few Years After Returning Home After Being Glad Grace, And Loved Your Beauty with Love False or True, Held Captive as a Slave. He Wrote That His Faith Grew in But One Man Loved the Pilgrim Soul in You, And Loved the Captivity, And That He Prayed Daily): Our travel this morning takes Sorrows of Your Changling Face (William Butler Yeats): Today us through Boyne Valley, a complex of tombs, and prehistoric we travel to The Dingle Peninsula, famous for its Christian enclosures. Our next stop is The Abbey of Kells, a former monastery churches. The road around the peninsula passes through Slieve located in Kells, County Meath. In the churchyard, we’ll find the Mish and allows us to admire Iveragh Peninsula and Rossbeigh Round Tower and several of the High Crosses. The day’s last stop is Beach. As we drive around the coast to Slea Head, we’ll have a Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland. We dramatic view of Basket Islands. We will also see in the distance return once more to Dublin where we might have time enough to enjoy the rocky Skellig islands where the ruins of an early Christian a bit of shopping or personal sightseeing before our Farewell Dinner Monastery can be found. We travel to the excavated monastery at and last stay in Ireland. Riask and dwellings at Fahan. Finally, we explore the impressive Overnight: Dublin (B, D) Gallarus Oratory, an early Christian monument built in the shape of an upturned boat and was used as a place for prayer and Day 10 Return USA: We Will Let the Wonder of All We Have Seen reflection. We enjoy dinner and an overnight stay in a hotel in the and Heard Settle Over Us; Then Like Other Pilgrims Of Other Kerry area. Times, Go Back To Our LIVES WITH RENEWED FAITH: After a Overnight: Kerry Area (B, D) final Irish breakfast, we transfer to the Dublin Airport for our departure flight home. Day 6 Burren Region/Cliffs of Moher: Burren Is A Country Where There Is Not Enough Water to Drown A Man, Wood Enough to Hang One, Nor Earth Enough to Bury Him... And Yet Their Cattle Are Very Fat; For the Grass Growing in Turfs of Earth, Of Two- or Three-Foot Square, That Lie Between the Rocks, Which Are of Limestone, Is Very Sweet and Nourishing Tour Number: GTD-21IR-10D (Edmund Ludlow, 1651-52): Today we travel by car ferry from Holy Land Travel Center - [email protected] Tel. 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