Whiskey, Culinary & Genealogy 7 Day Tour of Ireland

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1 Whiskey, Culinary & Genealogy 7 Day Tour of Ireland Discover Ireland s Spectacular Coastline Wild Atlantic Way & Taste Ireland s Artisan Food from Land & Sea.

2 Day 1 Arrive Shannon Airport - Céad Míle Fáilte 14:00pm 18:00pm Travel to Galway European Region of Gastronomy Check into Galway Bay Hotel. Rest Walking tour of Galway City accompanied by your Tour Guide & Genealogist. Dinner in Hooked Restaurant Galway s leading Seafood Restaurant.

3 Day 2 Tour of Connemara 9:00am Travel the Coast Road by the homestead of famous Movie Director John Ford The Quiet Man starring John Wayne and Maureen O Hara Visit Pearse Cottage & Visitor Centre Home of Padraig Pearse Leader of the Easter Rising Take The Bog Road through Connemara s wilderness to the fishing village of Roundstone. Visit the Emigrants Commemorative Centre, Carna. From Roundstone travel the road by the edge of the Atlantic Ocean to the Signature Discovery Points Alcock & Brown - the first transatlantic landing site in 1919 & The Marconi Transatlantic Transmission Station 1907 site. Walk the Coral Strand at Dun Loughan a nature reserve & hidden gem. Lunch at the Old Station House and Shopping in Clifden the Capital of Connemara. Drive the Sky Road to enjoy the most spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean. On the way back to Galway, stop at Maam Cross and view The Quiet Man Bridge & Cottage featured in The Quiet Man Movie. Visit Micil Irish Poitin Distillery - Whiskey / Poitin tasting session and hear the fascinating story of traditional Poitin making in Connemara. 19:00pm Dinner in Michelin Star Restaurant Loam in Galway. Loam meaning rich, fertile soil focuses on modern ambitious cooking rooted in tradition and seasonally driven.

4 Day 3 Cliffs of Moher & The Burren - Clare 9:00am 18:30pm Visit Dunguaire Castle Kinvara 16 th Century Towerhouse. Travel the Wild Atlantic Way through the UNESCO Heritage site of The Burren to the fishing village of Doolin. Lunch in the famous Irish Music Pub - Gus O Connor s of Doolin. Visit the Cliffs of Moher Visit the Town of Lisdoonvarna world famous for one of Ireland s oldest traditional Festivals The Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival over 150 years old. Dinner in Moran s Oyster Cottage, The Weir, Kilcolgan, Galway Fresh Oysters and Guinness Tasting.

5 Day 4 Depart for Killarney - Kerry Visit Coole Park the site of the home of Lady Augusta Gregory, dramatist, folklorist and co-founder with Poet William Butler Yeats of Ireland s National Theatre The Abbey Theatre. Visit Kiltartan Gregory Museum, Gort. The Schoolhouse built by Lady Gregory. View the famous Autograph Tree. Learn of Kiltartan School s connection with the iconic photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper taken in 1932 Who are the men in the most famous photograph in the World? Lecture on History and Genealogy of the West of Ireland. Travel on to Adare Village an Irish Heritage Town. Lunch in the Heritage Centre. Travel on to Killarney. Check-in to Randles Hotel, Killarney. Dinner in Hotel Restaurant.

6 Day 5 Dingle Peninsula 9:00am 20:00pm Tour The Dingle Peninsula. Visit the location of David Lean s Movie Ryan s Daughter starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles & John Mills Walk the famous Inch Beach. Visit the Blasket Island Centre learn of Irish Emigration in particular how the people of Balsket Island made their new homes in Springfield Massachusetts, USA. Visit Dingle Distillery an artisan distillery which has rekindled the independent distillery tradition in Ireland. Enjoy the tastes of their original Unique Whiskey and also the fruits of their labour in the forms of their original Gin and Vodka. Dinner Gaby s Restaurant, Killarney.

7 Day 6 Cork 9:00am Depart for Cork. Visit Titanic Experience Cobh. The last Port of call of the ill-fated Titanic in Live the history, feel the story of your ancestors departure from Ireland. Visit The Famous Midleton Distillery - the home of Jameson Irish Whiskey. Taste Ireland s most iconic Whiskeys. Check-in to The Kingsley Hotel Cork B&B and Dinner Lecture on the history and genealogy of Cork including the fascinating story of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company whose father William Ford emigrated to America from Ballinascarthy, County Cork during the Great Famine of Ireland in 1847.

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