Escape to Ireland for a 10 day journey along the Wild Atlantic Way. This presentation illustrates the vast cultural and natural treasures you will discover in the company of Celtic Crossings experts. Meet traditional artists, authors and musicians where 'the Past is Present'. Celtic Crossings offers custom tours to Ireland curated by leading Irish scholars, musicians and authors. Now booking for August 2017 featuring Dr Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, author of 'Flowing Tides – History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape' (Oxford University Press, 2016) www.CelticCrossings.com

1. Celtic Crossings
w w w . C e l t i c C r o s s i n g s . c o m
ESCAPE TO
IRELAND
" W h e r e t h e P a s t i s P r e s e n t "
presented by:

2. “I love Ireland for its imagination
and its celebration of the endless
possibilities for our people.”
PRESIDENT OF IRELAND (2011–)
MINISTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE
AND THE GAELTACHT (1993–97
MICHAEL D. HIGGINS

3. 01 WELCOME TO IRELAND
Let's head south to explore County Kerry

4. TRAVEL THE DINGLE PENISULA
Visit the 1200 year-old Gallarus Oratory and
ancient monastic beehive huts at Fahan
01

5. EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC
OF DINGLE
National Geographic Traveler once called the Dingle
Peninsula “the most beautiful place on earth.”
01

6. EVENING IN KILLARNEY
Explore the vibrant nightlife, entertainment and
restaurants in Kerry's colorful town
01

7. RING OF
KERRY
02
Venture along
Ireland's spectacular
coastal drives with
stunning sea views
and mountain
passes

8. MUCKROSS HOUSE,
GARDENS & TRADITIONAL
FARMS
02
An elegant 19th century Victorian mansion set amid the
stunning beauty of Killarney National Park

9. "A culture is not an
abstract thing.
It is a living, evolving process."
PRESIDENT OF IRELAND (1990–97)
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (1997 TO 2002)
MARY ROBINSON

10. TRAVEL
BACK IN
TIME
03
Explore the homesteads, animals and
artefacts of Ireland’s Celtic ancestors.
CRAGGAUNOWEN
"THE LIVING PAST"

11. QUIN ABBEY
14th century Franciscan abbey in County Clare03

12. BUNRATTY
CASTLE
&
FOLK PARK
03

13. 03
BUNRATTY
CASTLE
&
FOLK PARK

14. BUNRATTY CASTLE
MEDIEVAL BANQUET03
Be entertained like 15th century royalty

15. ENNIS03

16. ENNIS03

17. 04 JOURNEY TO THE BURREN
Ireland's mysterious lunar landscape

18. BURREN
NATIONAL
PARK
04
A karst landscape of
bedrock, cracked
glacial limestone,
cliffs, caves and fossils

19. KILFENORA

20. DYSERT
O'DEA
CASTLE
04
Built 1480 AD

21. WESTPORT
16th century heritage town near Clew Bay05

22. DAY TRIP TO ACHILL ISLAND
Majestic mountains, clear lakes, vast bogland and sandy beaches
05

23. CONNEMARA NATIONAL PARK06

24. CROAGH
PATRICK
06
Sacred
Mountain of
St Patrick

25. 06
GREAT
FAMINE
TRAIL

26. 07
CLIFDEN
North
Connemara

27. 08
'City of the
Tribes'
GALWAY

28. 08
ARAN
ISLANDS

29. 08
DÚN
AONGHASA
INIS MÓR
ARAN ISLANDS

30. COASTAL BURREN ROUTE
World famous Cliffs of Moher
09

31. 10 SPANISH POINT
(Miltown Malbay, County Clare)
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32. A FOND FAREWELL10

33. w w w . 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 Crossings
C 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 g
I 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 .
BOOK TODAY
Dr Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
AUGUST 1-10, 2017