Experience the History and Heritage of Ireland (2017, Celtic Crossings)

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ESCAPE  TOIRELAND

"Whe r e   t h e   P a s t   i s   P r e s e n t "

presented by:

“I love Ireland for its imaginationand its celebration of the endless

possibilities for our people.”

PRES IDENT  OF   I RELAND  (20 1 1 – )  

M IN ISTER  FOR  ARTS ,  CULTUREAND THE  GAELTACHT   ( 1 993–97

MICHAEL  D .  H IGG INS

01 WELCOME TO IRELANDLet's head south to explore County Kerry

TRAVEL THE DINGLE PENISULAVisit the 1200 year-old Gallarus Oratory and

ancient monastic beehive huts at Fahan

01

EXPER IENCE THE  MAGICOF D INGLE

National Geographic Traveler once called the Dingle

Peninsula “the most beautiful place on earth.”

01

EVENING IN KILLARNEYExplore the vibrant nightlife, entertainment and

restaurants in Kerry's colorful town

01

R ING OFKERRY

02

Venture along

Ireland's spectacular

coastal drives with

stunning sea views

and mountain

passes

MUCKROSS  HOUSE ,GARDENS &  TRAD IT IONAL

FARMS

02An elegant 19th century Victorian mansion set amid the

stunning beauty of Killarney National Park

"A culture is not anabstract thing.

It is a living, evolving process."

PRES IDENT  OF   I RELAND  ( 1 990–97 )  

UNITED  NAT IONS H IGH  COMMISS IONERFOR  HUMAN R IGHTS   ( 1 997  TO 2002)

MARY ROB INSON 

TRAVELBACK   INT IME

03

Explore the homesteads, animals and

artefacts of Ireland’s Celtic ancestors. 

CRAGGAUNOWEN"THE L IV ING PAST "

QUIN ABBEY14th century Franciscan abbey in County Clare03

BUNRATTYCASTLE

&FOLK PARK

03

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BUNRATTYCASTLE

&FOLK PARK

BUNRATTY  CASTLEMEDIEVAL BANQUET03

Be entertained like 15th century royalty

ENNIS03

ENNIS03

04 JOURNEY TO THE  BURRENIreland's mysterious lunar landscape

BURRENNATIONAL

PARK

04

A karst landscape of

bedrock, cracked

 glacial limestone,

cliffs, caves and fossils

KILFENORA

DYSERTO'DEA

CASTLE

04

Built 1480 AD

WESTPORT16th century heritage town near Clew Bay05

DAY TRIP TO ACHILL ISLAND

Majestic mountains, clear lakes, vast bogland and sandy beaches

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CONNEMARA NATIONAL PARK06

CROAGHPATRICK

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SacredMountain ofSt Patrick

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GREATFAMINETRAIL

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CLIFDENNorth

Connemara

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'City of theTribes'

GALWAY

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ARANISLANDS

08DÚN

AONGHASA

INIS MÓRARAN ISLANDS

COASTAL BURREN ROUTEWorld famous Cliffs of Moher

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10 SPANISH  POINT  (Miltown Malbay, County Clare)

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A FOND FAREWELL10

www . C e l t i c C r o s s i n g s . c o m

'History & Heritage Tour of Ireland'

'Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape' (Oxford University Press, 2016)

Celtic CrossingsC u s t o m t o u r s

c u r a t e d b y l e a d i n gI r i s h s c h o l a r s ,

m u s i c i a n s a n d a u t h o r s .

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Dr Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin

AUGUST 1-10, 2017