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Enchanted

        Ireland

        Featuring Dublin, Galway, & Killarney
        Dates:  June 2 - 12, 2018
        Price:  $3,250 double occupancy, $800 additional single

        Accommodations
        Day 1 – 2:  Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
        Day 3:   Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland
        Day 4:   Hotel Trident, Kinsale, Ireland
        Day 5 – 8:  Killarney Plaza Hotel, Killarney, Ireland
        Day 9:   Radisson Blu, Galway, Ireland
        Day 10:  Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Ireland
        Arrival and Departure

        Tour begins and ends in Dublin, Ireland.

        Highlights and Inclusions
        – Full Time Tour Manager
        – Full Time Destination Manager
        – Ten Nights First Class Accommodations
        – Welcome Meeting
        – Welcome Dinner
        – Dublin City Tour
        – Trinity College
        – Book of Kells                                                                               Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
        – Avoca Handweavers
        – Cushendale Woollen Mills
        – Rock of Cashel                               DAY 1  Welcome to Ireland! Arrive in Dublin and explore this exciting city on
        – Kinsale Walking Tour                         your own before meeting traveling companions and Tour Manager at our
        – Blarney Woollen Mills                        Welcome Evening of traditional Irish food and entertainment.  D
        – Kiss the Blarney Stone
        – Kilkeny Castle & Gardens                     DAY 2   After breakfast – included daily – we’ll discover Dublin on a sightseeing tour
        – Muckross House
        – Ring of Kerry                                that includes St. Patrick’s Cathedral, O’Connell Street, Grafton Street and elegant
        – Gap of Dunloe                                Georgian town houses with traditional colorful doors. After visiting a local quilt shop,
        – Dingle Peninsula                             we’ll enter Trinity College Library to see Ireland’s most visited treasure, the Book of
        – Rathburn Farm                                Kells, 680 pages of gospels hand-copied and decorated by 9th-century Irish monks.  B
        – Scone Making Class
        – Sheep Shearing Demonstration                 DAY 3   Begin your day in the beautiful Irish countryside with a guided tour of the
        – Clontarf Castle
        – Celtic Impressions Class                     6th-century Glendalough monastic site and its 1000-year-old Round Tower. In
        – Baggage Handling                             charming Wicklow, watch the entire process at Avoca Handweavers Mill before
        – Signature Shopping Bag                       browsing in their specialty shop. Continue to Cushendale Woolen Mill to see
        – 16 Meals: 10 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch,  5 Dinners  natural-fiber yarns and textiles made with mohair, Irish wool and merino, then to the
                                                       vibrant arts town of Kilkenny for the night.  B
        Call 1.800.346.9820
        www.CountryHeritageTours.com















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