TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
*Part of the MCEO Freedom Teachings TM Series
U.S. and Canada Program
Day 1 – Friday – October 9 - Departure
U.S. and Canadian participants depart for Ireland.
Day 2 – Saturday- October 10 - Dublin
Arrive in Dublin where you will be met and transferred to the hotel. This evening enjoy dinner (not a group dinner). (D)
Day 3 – Sunday – October 11 - Dublin
Today will be spent exploring the city of Dublin. Visit Trinity College which was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1591. Trinity College’ most valued treasure, the 8th-century Book of Kells can be found in the “Long Room” of the library. Continue your visit at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral which was founded in 1911. Lunch will be at Brazen Head Restaurant. This evening dinner will be at the famous “Merry Ploughboy’s Pub”. You are in for a treat as you enjoy an Irish dinner and “Riverdance” type dancing. Later this evening meet for a Welcome Orientation Seminar. (B, L, D)
Day 4 – Monday – October 12 – Dublin
This morning we leave Dublin for Howth fishing and yachting port. At Howth Head you will have wonderful views of Dublin Bay and the Wicklow Mountains or Boyne Valley beyond. Enjoy sometime strolling through the village. Lunch will be at Cruzzos Restaurant. This afternoon visit Malahide Castle. Workshop/seminar this evening time will to be confirmed. (B, L, D)
Day 5 – Tuesday – October 13 – Dublin
Today will be a workshop/seminar. Time will be confirmed. (B, L, D)
Day 6 – Wednesday – October 14 –Dublin/Tipperary/Killarney
Leave Dublin today for Killarney (take with you a small overnight case). As you drive on the Dublin-Cork road you are transported back 1,500 years. Standing proud of the plains, is the great 4th century fortification of Cashel, the stone fort. This was the seat of kings and medieval bishops for 900 years and flourished until the early 17th century. There was a settlement here at this site from pre-historic times, traces of which have vanished. Lunch will be in at the Bishop’s Buttery. Continue to Blarney Castle where you will spend time exploring the legendry castle built nearly six hundred years ago. Legend has it if you kiss the Blarney Stone, the legendary Stone of Eloquence, found at the top of the Tower you’ll never again be lost for words. Visit The Rock Close which is laid out on a pre-historic Druids site with the remains of huge boulders, rocks, a dolmen (a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on uprights), a sacrificial altar and a witch’s kitchen. Arrive in Killarney for dinner and overnight. (B, L, D)
Day 7 – Thursday – October 15 – Ring of Kerry - Skellig Michael
Today you will visit Skellig Michael, one of the most mysterious and remote sacred sites of Europe. Skellig Michael is the westernmost sacred site that is among a long line of ancient pilgrimage places running from western Ireland through France, Italy and Greece, ending in Israel at Mt. Carmel. It has been known for thousands of years that this line, sometimes called the Apollo-St. Michael axis linked the venerated holy places of St. Michael’s Mount, Mont St Michel, Bourges, Perugia, Monte Gargano, Delphi, Athens and Delos before Christianity. Drive the Ring of Kerry which provides an amazing insight into the ancient heritage of Ireland - see the Iron Age Forts & Ogham Stones. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. (B, L, D)
Day 8 – Friday – October 16 – Dublin
Return to Dublin today. (B, L, D)
Day 9 – Saturday- October 17 – Dublin
An afternoon workshop/seminar (time to be advised) will take place. This evening enjoy a farewell group dinner. (B, L, D)
Day 10 – Sunday – October 18 – Departure
Depart Ireland today. (B)
  • International air
  • Arrival and departure transfers
  • 6 nights accommodation in Dublin at the Portmarnock Hotel or similar
  • 2 nights accommodation in Killarney at the Malton Hotel or similar
  • 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 8 dinners
  • Workshop Fee
  • All sightseeing and transfers by deluxe motor coach
  • Hotel taxes and service charges
         NOT INCLUDED
  • U.S. Departure Taxes & Airport Security ($300.00 subject to change)
  • Domestic air within the U.S.
  • Items of a personal nature such as laundry, telephone calls, inter-net services, soft drinks, coffee, tea (except at breakfast), mineral water, alcoholic beverages, travel insurance, etc……
  • Please Note: All times are based on Guardian Time. Itinerary sequence subject to change without prior notice.