DAY ONE - Arrival in Dublin
Welcome at Dublin Airport
Panoramic Dublin City Tour
Dinner and overnight in Dublin |
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You will be welcomed by our professional tour guide and driver at Dublin Airport and transferred to the city centre. Enjoy a panoramic tour of Dublin, and amongst the beauty of this capital city you will see the residences of some of the city's most celebrated writers, including Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker, author of Dracula.
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DAY TWO – Dublin
Trinity College, St. Patrick's Cathedral & Writers Museum
Dinner and overnight in Dublin |
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Today you will discover Dublin and its great connection with literature. Your first visit will be to Trinity College, the oldest University in Ireland and the splendid ancient library which contains over twenty thousand manuscripts, including the world famous 9th century Book of Kells. You also enjoy a guided tour of St. Patrick's Cathedral and see the grave and death mask of Jonathan Swift who was the Dean of the cathedral in the 18th century. In the afternoon you visit the Dublin Writers Museum which contains a plethora of real literary treasure , including portraits, first editions, letters and personal belongings of such writers as Swift, Sheridan, Shaw, Wilde, Yeats, Beckett and of course Joyce.
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DAY THREE - Galway
Visit Locke Distillery,
Visit Nora Barnacle's House,
Dinner and overnight in Galway |
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The route to the west takes you through many charming villages. In Kilbeggan, visit Locke's Whiskey Distillery which was established in 1757 and is now a museum. Of course nobody leaves the premises without tasting the whiskey! Galway is considered to be the capital of the west. A seaboard town, which has kept its medieval charm.Galway was the place where the Irish Literary Revival movement was born at the turn of the 20th century, inspired by the vision of W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. In Galway, also visit the house where Nora Barnacle, James Joyce's wife, was raised, the house includes information on the couple, on James Joyce himself and on his work connected to Galway.
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DAY FOUR - Limerick
Visit Thoor Ballylee
Stop at the Cliffs of Moher
Dinner and overnight in Limerick |
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First stop on the way south-west is Thoor Ballylee. This tower house, dating from the 15th century, is associated with the Nobel prizer winning poet and antiquarian W.B. Yeats who spent summers there. An audio-visual traces the history of the castle and the Yeats connection. Continue south through the Burren, a strange and unique region in Europe. Often described as lunar,no tree grows here and no earth covers the stone but between the cracks in the rock, unique flora can be found. Stop at the Cliffs of Moher, the most majestic cliffs in Ireland rising 215 metres. From this height, admire the Aran Islands, the Connemara mountains and the many sea birds that colonise this place from Spring.
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DAY FIVE - Kerry
Kerry Literary & Cultural Centre,
& Muckross House and Gardens
Dinner and overnight in Kerry |
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Start the day with an Angela's Ashes Walking Tour. It is informative, interactive and really good fun. 'Angela's Ashes', written by Frank MacCourt, is an autobiographical account of a poor childhood in 1920s Limerick. Onward to Kerry, stop in Listowel for an Irish Coffee. Described as the Literary Capital of Ireland, this little town has produced an abundance of world famous writers. Visit the cultural & Literary Centre which honours about 100 local writers, including John.B.Keane, known world-wide for his play 'the Field', and others including Bryan MacMahon, Brendan Kennelly and Maurice Walsh. Continue on to Killarney and visit Muckross House. Built in 1843 in Elizabethan style, this house, and its beautiful gardens, is one of the most sumptuous residences of Ireland.
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DAY SIX - Dingle Peninsula
Excursion to the Blasket Islands
Dinner and overnight in Kerry |
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The Dingle Peninsula is the most northern of the Kerry peninsulas. With its charming villages, painted in bright colours, it provides a dramatically beautiful landscape that is rough and wild, but also agricultural, and attached to its traditions. Visit Dingle, a thriving fishing town and continue along to the sheer cliffs of Slea Head. Here the blue of the marine landscape surrounds a group of six islands called the Blaskets Islands. They are probably the most famous inhabited islands in Ireland - they have played a major role in the creation of a written Irish-language literature, based on and developed from the oral tradition. Visit The Great Blasket and enjoy a tour of the old village with a local guide, learn about the community and its famous writers. The islands are remote, unspoilt, unpolluted and are spectacularly beautiful.
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DAY SEVEN - Ring of Kerry
Stop at the Tore Waterfall
Dinner and overnight in Kerry |
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On the last day, discover" The Ring of Kerry", so called, and is without a doubt the most famous and panoramic route in Ireland. The astonishing beauty of this large peninsula comes from the great diversity of its scenery offering wonderful
contrasts. The principal element is water: whether it is the rivers going through charming villages such as Sneem, the Atlantic Ocean and its gulfs, or the famous Killarney Lakes in the heart of the MacGillyCuddy Reeks. The mild climate favours exuberant and surprising vegetation. This very romantic scenery has inspired so many poets and writers alike. At the end of the day, why not enjoy a walk up to Tore Waterfall in the woods of the National Park.
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DAY EIGHT - Kerry to Shannon
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Transfer to Shannon Airport and departure. |
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