Haunted Adventure in Ireland with Katie Manning Psychic Medium October 22 - 30, 2021 $2,875 LAND & AIR per person, double occupancy (minimum 30 traveling) Round-trip air is out of JFK Single Room Supplement $575 Tour Includes: • Exclusive transport by luxury motorcoach with a driver/guide HIGHLIGHTS • Meet and greet service with one group transfer upon arrival • Guided tour of Dublin and departure at the airport • Gudied walking tour of Drogheda • Hotel accommodation based on twin bedded rooms with • Excursion to Spike Island with lunch private bath as listed for 7 nights • Sheepdog trials on the the Dingle Peninsula • Full breakfasts (8) • Medieval Banquet at an Irish castle • Dinners (4) • Gallery reading with Katie • Daily meditation • Visits and admission fees to: Trinity College (Books of Kells), St. Michan’s Cathedral, Hill of Tara, Battle of the Boyne Centre, Leap Castle, Rock of Cashel, HOTELS – 7 Nights Cobh Heritage Center, Blarney Castle & Woolen Mills, Ross Camden Court Hotel | Dublin (2) Castle, Cliffs of Moher & St. Brigid’s Well River Lee Hotel | Cork (2) • Hotel porterage, service charges and government taxes Great Southern Hotel | Killarney (2) • Flight bags, ticket wallets, baggage tags and identifying strap Bunratty Castle Hotel | Bunratty (1) To book or for more information, contact: Connie Dyer Phone: (518) 833-6543 Email: [email protected] Pack Your Bags Travel This tour is subject to CIE Tours’ booking guidelines and cancellation penalties. Refer to General Conditions of your group contract. CST# 485893 IRELAND SCOTLAND ENGLAND WALES ITALY ICELAND Haunted Adventure in Ireland with Katie Manning Fri, Oct 22 - DEPART THE UNITED STATES according to records. Some 900 prisoners are buried in mass graves on the Depart your hometown and take an overnight flight across the Atlantic. island, as a result of the lowly conditions and overcrowding subjected upon them. Also, enjoy a picnic lunch on the island before returning to the Sat, Oct 23 - TRINITY COLLEGE & ST. MICHAN’S CHURCH mainland. Then motor a short distance to visit the Cobh Heritage Center, Your CIE Tours driver/guide, who will welcome you to Ireland. Have which depicts the varied history of emigration from Ireland and many breakfast at a local venue with your group before setting off with a local European countries to the United States over the past 150 years. Cobh was guide who will show you around Dublin. Stop at Trinity College to see the the last port of call for the "Titanic" and many liners that carried emigrants Book of Kells, an 8th century illuminated manuscript of the gospels and see to the New World. Return to Cork for a free evening. the Old Library. If you look closely you may see the infamous Dr. Samuel OVERNIGHT: RIVER LEE HOTEL, CORK Closey, who roam the halls to this day. During his time at Trinity, it is said Dr. Closey would experiment on bodies or even just parts that he had dug Wed, Oct 27 - BLARNEY CASTLE up. Next, visit St. Michan’s Church, which was built on the site of an early A short drive from Cork will take you to Blarney. Stop to climb to the Danish chapel. A unique feature of this church is the underground burial battlements of Blarney Castle to kiss the famous "Stone of Eloquence." vault. Because of the dry atmosphere, bodies have lain for centuries While kissing the stone is good luck, there is the Blarney Castle Curse to without showing signs of decomposition. The most famous of these fear. It said whomever, removes even a pebble from the castle, misery and mummies is what may have been a Norman man from the 13th century, misfortune will fall onto them so respect the castle and you will be safe. whom was given the nickname, “Crusader” by locals. While vising the Also, visit the Blarney Woollen Mills, which has an excellent range of Irish tombs, perhaps you will hear the whispers of silent screams of “Crusaders” products. You will also have time to browse around the village, charmingly or one of his fellow mummies. Then check into your hotel for dinner and set around a large village green. From Blarney, journey through the rugged overnight stay. countryside to Killarney and check into your hotel. Then join your group for DINNER & OVERNIGHT: CAMDEN COURT HOTEL, DUBLIN Gallery Reading Event with Katie*. After your readings, enjoy dinner with your group at the hotel restaurant. Sun, Oct 24 - HILL OF TARA & BATTLE OF THE BOYNE DINNER & OVERNIGHT: GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL, KILLARNEY Today, travel into County Meath and visit the Hill of Tara, seat of the High Kings of Ireland, which was at the height of its power in the early centuries Thu, Oct 28 - DINGLE PENINSULA & SHEEPDOG TRIALS after Christ. It is also the site of a passage-tomb dating from the late Stone Today, discover the beauties of the Dingle Peninsula, once described by the Age. Also, believed to be a dwelling place of gods and entrance to the National Geographic Traveler as “the most beautiful place on earth.” Drive Otherworld of eternal Joy. A major ritual site since the stone age, it along the south shore of the peninsula for plenty of vistas of heathery became the Seat of Irish High Kings in the early centuries of Christ. Its mountains, sandy stretches of beach, stunning green landscapes and rocky complex of circular mounds, barrows, ditches, tombs, monuments and headlands. Continue on to visit a local farm, where you will get the banks breathe an unmistakable Aura-an evocative rally point down the opportunity to meet an Irish farmer and to see some sheepdogs work in ages. In Donore, visit the Battle of the Boyne Centre to learn about the their natural environment. Head back to Killarney and visit Ross Castle great battle fought on July 1, 1690. There were over 60,000 troops fighting before enjoying the remainder of the day at leisure. that day, making it the largest number of troops ever deployed on an Irish OVERNIGHT: GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL, KILLARNEY battlefield. On that day, it is estimated roughly 2,000 soldiers died and of those deceased, some are still said to roam the battlefield. Next, set off on Fri, Oct 29 - CLIFFS OF MOHER & ST. BRIGID’S WELL a guided walking tour of Drogheda. See the 14th century St. Laurence Departing Killarney, travel via Tralee and Listowel to Tarbert, where you Gate, Mellifont Abbey, Magdalene Tower and Boyne Viaduct. Return to take the ferry across the wide mouth of the River Shannon. Drive via Lahinch Dublin, where you are free for individual pursuits and dining. to view the Cliffs of Moher. This impressive wall of rock rises to a height of OVERNIGHT: CAMDEN COURT HOTEL, DUBLIN almost 700 feet above the churning Atlantic Ocean and stretches for five miles along the coast. Walk along the top of the cliffs to O’Brien’s Tower for Mon, Oct 25 - LEAP CASTLE & ROCK OF CASHEL views across Galway Bay of Connemara and the Aran Islands on a clear day. Leaving Dublin, drive to Roscrea and visit Leap Castle, which was built in Also, keep an eye out for the ghost of Sir Cornelius O’Brien, whom not only 800 AD by the O'Bannon family. Once the principal seat of the powerful had O’Brien’s Tower build but also couldn’t leave the land he loved even and warlike O'Carrolls who were the Princes of Ely. This castle has long after his death. Then drive a few miles to the town of Liscannor to visit St. been regarded by many to be the most haunted castle in Ireland. Next, Brigid’s Well. The well as it exists today, is found within a stone well house travel into County Tipperary and visit the Rock of Cashel. While you take in where pilgrims continue to leave a great variety of votive offerings. Within the beautiful and serene ruins, note locations dark and spooky past. Some the well house is a modern statue of St. Brigid, where people kneel to say myths suggest, that the ruins were formed by a struggle between St. prayers and perform other ritualized worship activities. Before Christianity Patrick and the Devil. The devil while trying to defeat St. Patrick threw a the site was dedicated to Brigid, a Celtic Goddess of Fire so one can rock from his cave, which became the Rock of Cashel. Another story goes imagine the ancient site is a hotbed of spiritual activities. After your visit, that the devil decided to bite the side of a mountain and broke his tooth, drive to your hotel in Bunratty and check in. You will have some time to which became the famous rock. After your visit, drive to Cork, where you relax or freshen up before tonight’s farewell festivities. This evening, join in can check into your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. the fun and feasting at Bunratty or Knappogue Castle. Your medieval-style DINNER & OVERNIGHT: RIVER LEE HOTEL, CORK banquet is served in the hall of the 15th century castle. OVERNIGHT: BUNRATTY CASTLE HOTEL, BUNRATTY Tue, Oct 26 - SPIKE ISLAND & COBH HERITAGE CENTER This morning, travel via ferry to Spike Island formerly a monastic settlement Sat, Oct 30 - RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES than used for an army base and prison. Established in the 1850s, its sole Transfer to Shannon Airport and check in for your flight. You may do some purpose was to punish those in incarceration. During its 36 years in last minute shopping at the duty free stores before flying back to the U.S. existence, it is believed that 1000 convicts died on the island, *For legal reasons-all readings should be considered for the purpose of entertainment.