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their own family that day. During our conversation, visit the town of Tuam, where we’ll join historian DAY 14 • Explore County Clare • Optional
we’ll get their personal perspective, and hear about Catherine Corless for a conversation about a Aran Islands tour • Home-Hosted Dinner
how activists are still pursuing justice. We transfer to Controversial Topic: the lost children of the Bon Today, we’ll enjoy a full free day to explore County
Donegal this afternoon. Secours Mother and Baby Home, where scores of Clare. Or, you may choose to join us for our optional
B,D — Mill Park Hotel or similar young children died anonymously in the negligent Aran Islands tour, boarding a ferry that brings us to
care of an order of Catholic nuns. We’ll learn how she Inis Oirr, where the island’s 250 residents still speak
DAY 9 • Donegal • A Day in the Life of a obtained the death certificates of 796 children and Gaelic and weave Celtic customs into their daily lives.
Donegal tweed weaver & Heather Hill Farm advocated for DNA testing to allow mothers to give Tonight, get a taste of Irish cuisine and culture during
Today we’ll visit St. John’s Point in southwest their children a proper burial. We then continue on a Home-Hosted Dinner.
Donegal, where we’ll begin our NEW A Day in the to Clifden. B,D — Falls Hotel & Spa or similar
Life experience and get to know people who live and B,L — Clifden Station House or similar
work here. First, we’ll visit Cyndi Graham, a tweed DAY 15 • Discover the Cliffs of Moher •
weaver who works out of a thatch-roof cottage with DAY 12 • Connemara • Sheep farm visit • Gaelic Games
her mother, and watch as she employs traditional Kylemore Estate & Abbey Today, we visit Ireland’s most definitive landscape:
hand-weaving techniques on her 150-year old loom. We’ll explore Connemara today, beginning with a visit the Cliffs of Moher. Then, we’ll learn about—and
Then, we travel to Heather Hill Farm to meet Cathal to a sheep farm, where we’ll get hands-on shearing perhaps play—some of the games that so brightly
Mooney and his sisters. As we tour the grounds and experience, enjoy a conversation with a local farmer color the local culture during a stop at a sports club,
help tend to the crops and animals, we’ll learn how about life in rural Ireland, and witness a sheep dog from Gaelic football to hurling to camogie. After lunch
the farm promotes environmental and economic demonstration. Then, we head to Kylemore Estate at the club, we’ll have some free time to explore. This
sustainability. After lunch at the farm—which we’ll and Abbey. evening, enjoy a Farewell Dinner.
help prepare—we’ll return to Donegal. B,L,D — Clifden Station House or similar B,L,D — Falls Hotel & Spa or similar
B,L — Mill Park Hotel or similar
DAY 13 • Galway • GCF visit: Haven Horizons DAY 16 • Return to U.S.
DAY 10 • Donegal • Optional Glenveagh • County Clare • Meet local musicians Transfer to the airport for your flight home, or
National Park tour We transfer to County Clare today. We’ll stop in begin your Dingle & Killarney: County Kerry’s Rugged
Today, you may enjoy a free day in Donegal. Or, join us Galway for a walking tour, and then continue to Ennis Coastline or New! The Heart & Soul of Ireland: The Aran
on our optional Glenveagh National Park tour where for a visit to Haven Horizons—a NEW Grand Islands, Tipperary & County Cork post-trip extension.
we’ll explore magnificent gardens, admire the park’s Circle Foundation Site that prevents domestic B
surrounding mountains and lakes, and witness its abuse, and helps survivors by offering education
crowning centerpiece: the Glenveagh Castle. resources and vocational training. After we arrive in
B,D — Mill Park Hotel or similar Ennistymon, we’ll visit a local community center to
meet a family of local musicians who will play a few
DAY 11 • Explore Drumcliff • Controversial traditional Irish songs.
Topic: Lost children & mass grave of Tuam B — Falls Hotel & Spa or similar
with local historian • Connemara
We’ll head to Connemara, stopping in Drumcliff,
where poet W.B. Yeats was laid to rest. Then, we’ll

Unique Accommodations

Mill Park Hotel
Donegal
The Mill Park Hotel is situated just a 10-minute
walk from attractions like Donegal Castle and
Franciscan Abbey. The on-site amenities include a
swimming pool, bar, and restaurant.

Hike to the Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge to take in dramatic views of Scotland and Rathlin Island on Day 7.

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