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Emerald Royal
8 Day Escorted Coach Tour
About Your Tour
This 8 day tour starts and ends in Dublin. In between tour thru’ the northern counties of Armagh, Derry and Donegal, then south to Sligo and Galway and rugged Connemara before travelling back to Ireland’s capital city crossing the River Shannon at Athlone with a tasting of some Irish Mist at the Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre.
Highlights Of Your Tour
Boyne Valley • Armagh • Belfast City • Derry • Omagh • Belleek Pottery • Drumcliffe • Knock Shrine • Galway City • Connemara • Kylemore Abbey • Clifden • Burren of Clare • Cliffs of Moher • Ennis
What's Included On Your Tour
- Admissions to: Ulster American Folk Park
, Glenveagh Castle
, Belleek Pottery
, National Monument at Clonmacnois
, Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre
, Tour of Derry City with local guide
- Transportation throughout by modern touring coach
- Services of an experienced driver/guide
- 7 nights accommodation in first class hotels
- All rooms ensuite
- 7 full Irish Breakfasts (B)
- 5 table d’hôte evening meals in hotels (D)
- Welcome drink on arrival
- Baggage handling charges at all hotels
- Service charges and local taxes
Hotels On Your Tour
- Dunboyne Castle, Dunboyne, Co. Meath (1 Night)
- Kee's Hotel, Stranolar, Co. Donegal (2 Nights)
- Forster Court Hotel, Galway, Co. Galway (2 Nights)
- Clarion Hotel I.F.S.C., Dublin, Co. Dublin (2 Nights)
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. Enjoy
a pre-dinner drink with your travelling companions this
evening. (D)
Day 2 Armagh & Omagh ( Friday)
The heritage 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, the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland. 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 4Yeats Country & Knock Shrine (Sunday)
Leaving Donegal we travel south to Belleek to visit
the world famous porcelain factory. 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 5Connemara ( (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 before continuing to Clifden. We
return to Galway via Oughterard and Moycullen
stopping to shop for Connemara marble. (B, D)
Day 6 Clonmacnois & Tullamore(Wednesday)
Saying goodbye to Galway 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. (B, D)
Day 7Dublin'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 Tour Ends (Thursday)
Your tour ends after a final hearty Irish
breakfast in your hotel. A transfer will be provided
to Dublin Airport for those returning home today. (B)
Tour Dates And Prices
Start Dublin
(Thursday) |
End Bunratty
(Thursday) |
2 Persons
(Twin Room) |
3 Persons
(Triple Room) |
1 Person
(Single Room) |
Child* |
| May 13 |
May 20 |
1299 |
1249 |
1699 |
799 |
| May 27 |
Jun 03 |
1399 |
1349 |
1799 |
799 |
| Jun 10 |
Jun 17 |
1399 |
1349 |
1799 |
799 |
| Jun 24 |
Jul 01 |
1399 |
1349 |
1799 |
799 |
| Jul 22 |
Jul 29 |
1349 |
1299 |
1749 |
799 |
| Aug 12 |
Aug 19 |
1349 |
1299 |
1749 |
799 |
| Aug 26 |
Sep 02 |
1349 |
1299 |
1749 |
799 |
| Sep 09 |
Sep 16 |
1399 |
1349 |
1799 |
799 |
| Sep 23 |
Sep 30 |
1299 |
1249 |
1699 |
799 |
- Prices per person - Canadian Dollars.
- * Child Prices - apply to children under 12 years sharing room with 2 Adults.
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