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Claddagh Royal
13 Day Escorted Coach Tour
About Your Tour
On this 13 day tour you will learn about Ireland’s past visiting many of its historic and scenic locations. From the Royal County of Meath you travel to Armagh, to the ancient walled city of Derry, via Knock Shrine and thru’ rugged Connemara, across the central plains and River Shannon to Dublin’s ‘Fair City’, thru’ the Wicklow Mountains to Waterford, along the coast to Cork to Glengarriff and the Ring of Kerry road to Tralee. The tour ends after a glorious medieval banquet in Bunratty Castle.
Highlights Of Your Tour
Boyne Valley • Armagh • Omagh • Donegal • Derry • Belleek Pottery • Drumcliffe • Sligo • Knock Shrine • Galway City • Connemara • Kylemore Abbey • Clifden • Clonmacnois • Tullamore • Dublin • Wicklow Mountains • Kilkenny • Waterford • Midleton • Cobh • Cork City • Bantry Bay • Glengarriff • Kenmare • Moll’s Gap • Lakes of Killarney • Killarney National Park • Tralee • Blennerville • Dingle • Cliffs of Moher • Burren of Clare
What's Included On Your Tour
- Admissions to:
Ulster American Folk Park
, Glenveagh Castle
, Belleek Pottery
, National Monument at Clonmacnois
, Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre
, Old Midleton Distillery
, Cobh Heritage Centre
, Muckross Traditional Farms
, Blennerville Windmill
, Cliffs of Moher
- Transportation throughout by modern touring coach
- Services of an experienced driver/guide
- 12 nights accommodation in first class hotels
- All rooms ensuite
- 12 full Irish Breakfasts (B)
- 9 table d’hôte evening meals in hotels (D)
- Welcome drink on arrival
- Farewell dinner and entertainment in an Irish Castle
- Snack lunch at Muckross Traditional Farms
- Baggage handling charges at all hotels
- Service charges and local taxes
Hotels On Your Tour
- Dunboyne Castle, Dunboyne, Meath (1 Night)
- Kee's Hotel, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal (2 Nights)
- Foster Court Hotel, Galway, Co. Galway (2 Nights)
- Clarion Hotel I.F.S.C., Dublin, Co. Dublin (2 Nights)
- Faithlegg House Hotel, Faithlegg, Co. Waterford (1 Night)
- Imperial Hotel , Cork, Co. Cork (1 Night)
- Fels Point Hotel , Tralee, Co. Kerry (2 Nights)
- Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co. Clare (1 Night)
Your Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Dublin (Thursday)
Today is leisurely as we all gather in our hotel
in the Royal County of Meath just north of
Dublin city. If you have purchased our Air &
Land package you are transferred from the
airport to the tour hotel. Enjoy a pre-dinner
drink and an introduction to your travelling
companions before an early dinner this evening. (D)
Day 2 Armagh & Omagh (Friday)
The town of Trim is first on our agenda this
morning to view Trim Castle. We then head
north, thru’ the rich pasturelands of the Boyne
valley to Armagh. Two cathedrals, both called
St. Patrick, sit on opposing hills of which the
more visually striking is the Roman Catholic one.
In the afternoon we visit the Ulster American
Folk Park near Omagh, an outdoor museum of
emigration in the 18th & 19th centuries. (B, D)
Day 3 Glenveagh & Derry (Saturday)
Our first stop this morning is at Glenveagh National
Park where a castle has been strategically placed to
offset the surrounding wild natural beauty. In the
afternoon we visit Londonderry or Derry as most
people call it. A local guide will tell the ‘Story of
Derry’ on a walking tour of this historic walled city. (B, D)
Day 4 Yeats Country & Knock Shrine (Sunday)
Leaving Donegal we travel south to Belleek to visit
the world famous porcelain factory. We then enter the
romantic domain of W.B. Yeats via Drumcliffe and
other sites in Sligo associated with the life of the poet.
In the afternoon we spend some time at Ireland’s
National Marian Shrine in Knock, the leading place of
pilgrimage in the Emerald Isle, before arriving in
Galway our home for the next two nights. (B, D)
Day 5 Connemara (Monday)
Connemara remains the wildest and the most
romantic place in Ireland. We travel west along
Galway Bay via Spiddal and Rossaveal with the Aran
Islands to view only a few miles offshore, through
Maam Cross and across the Maamturk mountains to
Leenane on Killary Harbour. Enjoy a photo stop at
Kylemore Abbey on the shores of Kylemore Lough
before continuing to Clifden, the capital of
Connemara. We return to Galway via Oughterard and
Moycullen stopping to shop for Connemara marble. (B, D)
Day 6 Clonmacnoise & Tullamore (Tuesday)
Saying goodbye to Galway we head back east and
cross the central plains of Ireland to Dublin - from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Irish Sea. We travel via the
market towns of Loughrea, Ballinasloe, Athlone on
the River Shannon and Tullamore in the county of
Offaly known as ‘the Faithful County’. At Clonmacnois
see the remains of an early monastery founded by St.
Ciaran and then visit the Tullamore Dew Heritage
Centre located on the banks of the Grand Canal. The
centre relates the story of Tullamore Dew Irish
Whiskey, Irish Mist Liqueur and the development of
the town from the early 1600’s. (B, D)
Day 7 Dublin's 'Fair City' (Wednesday)
The full day is yours to explore Dublin’s ‘Fair City’, an
ancient and cosmopolitan city as intimate as a village,
and friendly as a pub. A Dublin Bus Hop on / Hop off
ticket is an ideal way to get around. Alternatively you
can take the time to do some shopping around
fashionable Grafton Street or visit some of the city’s
museums. (B)
Day 8 Wicklow & Kilkenny (Thursday)
Leaving Dublin we travel south along Dublin Bay
via Dun Laoghaire into the Wicklow Mountains and visit Glendalough (valley of the two lakes), site of a 6th
century monastic settlement founded by St. Kevin.
We continue across the mountains to Kilkenny,
Ireland’s premier medieval city. Though only a town
in size, it has the status of a city having vied with
Dublin for the position of capital in the 17th century. (B, D)
Day 9 Midleton & Cobh (Friday)
Enroute to Cork this morning we pass thru’ the
coastal towns of Dungarvan and Youghal and view the
largest pot still in the world on a tour of the Old
Midleton Distillery. Then to nearby Cobh, formerly
known as Queenstown, which was the last port of call
of the ill-fated Titanic as well as several millions of
Irish emigrants heading for a better life in Canada and
the USA. Cobh’s historic and maritime story is
brought alive in the splendid Interpretive Centre.
Day 10 West Cork & Lakes of Killarney (Saturday)
We follow the River Lee this morning to its source
at Gougane Barra Lake. Then it’s over the Shehy
Mountains to sub-tropical Glengarriff on Bantry Bay
and through Turner’s Rock Tunnel to Kenmare. We
continue to Killarney on the Ring of Kerry road to
Killarney National Park and visit the Traditional
Farms which preserve the farming traditions of rural
Ireland in the past. An option to the National Folk
Theatre (Siamsa Tire) is on offer tonight. (B, D)
Day 11 Dingle Peninsula (Sunday)
We stop at Blennerville, the port from which
thousands of Kerry people emigrated during the 19th
century famine and visit the Windmill Visitor Centre
for an audio-visual on Blennerville’s colourful history.
Afterwards a tour around the Dingle Peninsula, an
area rich in antiquities ranging from Iron Age stone
forts to beehive huts. We will visit the thriving fishing
port of Dingle, view the Blasket Islands as we round
Slea Head and walk Inch beach where scenes from the
epic film ‘Ryan’s Daughter’ were shot. (B, D)
Day 12 Cliffs of Moher & Burren (Monday)
This morning we cross the Shannon Estuary by
ferry and enter to county of Clare where our
destinations are the Cliffs of Moher, which stretch for
over 5 miles between Hag’s Head and O’Brien’s Tower
and the vast limestone plateau in northwest Clare
known as The Burren. It was once described as ‘a
savage land, yielding neither water enough to drown a
man, nor a tree to hang him, nor soil enough to bury’.
This evening join the Earl of Thomond for a glorious
Medieval Banquet in a 15th century castle. (B, D)
Day 13 Tour Ends (Tuesday)
Your tour ends after a final hearty Irish breakfast in
your hotel. A transfer will be provided to Shannon
Airport for those returning home today or to
Dublin for those extending their stay. (B)
Tour Dates And Prices
Start Dublin
(Thursday) |
End Shannon
(Tuesday) |
2 Persons
(Twin Room) |
3 Persons
(Triple Room) |
1 Person
(Single Room) |
Child* |
| May 13 |
May 25 |
2399 |
2299 |
3099 |
1299 |
| May 27 |
Jun 08 |
2499 |
2399 |
3199 |
1299 |
| Jun 10 |
Jun 22 |
2499 |
2399 |
3199 |
1299 |
| Jun 24 |
Jul 06 |
2499 |
2399 |
3199 |
1299 |
| Jul 22 |
Aug 03 |
2449 |
2349 |
3149 |
1299 |
| Aug 12 |
Aug 24 |
2449 |
2349 |
3149 |
1299 |
| Aug 26 |
Sep 07 |
2449 |
2349 |
3149 |
1299 |
| Sep 09 |
Sep 21 |
2499 |
2399 |
3199 |
1299 |
| Sep 23 |
Oct 05 |
2399 |
2299 |
3099 |
1299 |
- Prices per person - Canadian Dollars.
- * Child Prices - apply to children under 12 years sharing room with 2 Adults.
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