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a tweed weaver who works out of a thatch-roof DAY 12 • Connemara • Sheep farm • 250 residents still speak Gaelic and weave Celtic
cottage with her mother, and watch as traditional Kylemore Estate & Abbey customs into their daily lives.
hand-weaving techniques on a 150-year old loom. Explore Connemara today, beginning with a visit B,D — Falls Hotel & Spa or similar
Then, travel to Heather Hill Farm to meet Cathal to a sheep farm, where we’ll get hands-on shearing
Mooney and his sisters. Tour the grounds, help tend experience, enjoy a conversation with a local farmer, DAY 15 • The Cliffs of Moher • Gaelic Games
to the crops and animals, and learn how the farm and witness a sheep dog demonstration. Then, head Visit Ireland’s most definitive landscape: the
promotes sustainability. to Kylemore Estate and Abbey. Cliffs of Moher. Then, learn about—and perhaps
B,L — Mill Park Hotel or similar B,L — Clifden Station House or similar play—some of the games that color the local
culture during a stop at a sports club, from Gaelic
DAY 10 • Donegal • Optional Glenveagh DAY 13 • Galway • GCF visit: Haven football to hurling to camogie. This evening, enjoy a
National Park tour Horizons • County Clare • Meet Farewell Dinner.
Enjoy a free day in Donegal. Or, join us on our local musicians B,L,D — Falls Hotel & Spa or similar
optional Glenveagh National Park tour to explore Transfer to County Clare today. Stop in Galway for a
magnificent gardens, admire the park’s surrounding walking tour, and then continue to Ennis for a visit DAY 16 • Return to U.S.
mountains and lakes, and explore Glenveagh Castle. to Haven Horizons—a NEW Grand Circle Transfer to the airport for your flight home, or
B,D — Mill Park Hotel or similar Foundation Site that prevents domestic begin your Dingle & Killarney: County Kerry’s Rugged
abuse and helps survivors. After, arrive in Coastline or New! The Heart & Soul of Ireland: The Aran
DAY 11 • Drumcliff • Controversial Topic: Ennistymon to visit a local community center and Islands, Tipperary & County Cork post-trip extension.
Tuam’s Lost children • Connemara meet a family of local musicians to hear a few B
Head to Connemara, stopping in Drumcliff, where traditional Irish songs.
poet W.B. Yeats was laid to rest. Then, we’ll visit B — Falls Hotel & Spa or similar
the town of Tuam, for a conversation about a
Controversial Topic: the lost children of the Bon DAY 14 • County Clare • Optional Aran
Secours Mother and Baby Home, where scores of Islands tour
young children died in the negligent care of Catholic Enjoy a full free day to explore County Clare. Or, you
nuns. We’ll learn about the investigation and the may choose our optional Aran Islands tour, boarding
struggle to give their children a proper burial. a ferry that brings us to Inis Oirr, where the island’s
B,L,D — Clifden Station House or similar

Unique Accommodations

Clifden Station House
Clifden
Just a 15-minute drive to Connemara National
Park, the Clifden Station House features on-site
amenities including a swimming pool, spa,
fitness center and restaurant. Each of its 78
rooms has a television and a private, en suite
bathroom, as well as complimentary wireless
Internet and tea and coffee-making facilities.

Hike to the Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge to take in dramatic views of Scotland and Rathlin Island on Day 7.
On Day 5, enjoy a Home-Hosted dinner with a local Irish family.
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