Evening is open. A travel day, going by bus from Galway through County Clare and on into County Kerry and Killarney, where we'll stay for the next five nights. Along the way we'll stop and visit a ruined castle near Ballyvaughn and the spa town of Lisdoonvarna, known for its annual match-maker festival. A well-time evening stroll though the Knockreer Estate grounds will take us to the last remaining wild herd of Irish red deer. We'll spend the day seeing the sites in Killarney, including the impressive Muckross House estate, Torc waterfall, the Ladies' View and more.
Evening is open.
By bus, we'll travel to the Dingle Peninsula, a beautiful part of Kerry marked by mountains, stunning coastlines, Dingle Town, the Blasket Islands and more. The drive is marked by several early Christian-era sites, including the amazing Gallarus Oratory, a small stone church built with no mortar some 1500 year ago. In Killarney, we'll travel through the Gap of Dunloe, where automobiles are restricted. An open day, with a variety of options offered, including a train ride to Cork with its bustling shops and literary associations with Frank O'Connor, or perhaps by train or bus to Tralee with its wonderful Rose Garden, historic medieval museum tour, and poignant Blennerville Windmill, where thousands of Irish left for North America during the potato famines of the 1840s. August 5 We Arrive by train from Killarney to Dublin by noon, check into our hotel, and have the remainder of the day to tour Dublin, including the Book of Kells in the Trinity College Library, the Irish National Musuem, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Grafton Street shopping district and more.