Depart your hometown and take an overnight flight across the Atlantic. Enjoy in-flight entertainment and meal service as you travel to start your vacation.

Land at Dublin Airport, complete customs and immigration formalities before meeting your CIE Tours driver/guide, who will welcome you to Ireland. Have breakfast at a local venue with your group before setting off with a local guide who will show you around Dublin. The city has been moulded through the centuries with many architectural styles, […]

This morning, celebrate Mass with your group before heading into County Wicklow. Stop to visit the 6th-century monastic ruins of Glendalough. The visitor centre explains how St. Kevin founded this settlement at a time when Christianity was burgeoning throughout Ireland. Return to Dublin and visit Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin’s oldest building, founded in 1038 by […]

Depart Dublin, after Mass with fellow travellers. Travel to the centre of Ireland and visit Clonmacnoise, a monastic settlement was founded in 545. Learn about the history of the site and take a walk around to see the ancient monuments. Continue on to join a local guide for a gentle walking tour of Galway. See […]

Today, celebrate Mass with your group before travelling into the Connemara Region to admire the sweeping views of boglands and misty mountains. As you drive along you will see many sheep that graze freely and also tracts of bogland where some people hand-cut peat for home heating. Stop at Kylemore Abbey for a tour of […]

After Mass, travel to the pilgrimage town of Knock. Stop to visit Knock Shrine, one of the world’s leading shrines where the Virgin Mary appeared to 15 people on August 21, 1879. Next, journey to Donegal and visit Donegal Castle, which incorporates the gabled tower of a 15th-century house built by the O’Donnell family. Partially […]

This morning, celebrate Mass with your group before taking a guided walking tour of Derry. See Guildhall, St. Columb’s Cathedral, the Diamond and the 16th-century walls. Then travel via Coleraine to visit the Giant’s Causeway, an impressive area of hexagonal columns formed over 60 million years ago by cooling lava which has given rise to […]

Enjoy Mass with your group and then take a guided tour of Belfast. See the Albert Memorial, the Opera House and Crown Liquor Saloon. You might also view Linen Hall Library, Belfast waterfront and the imposing City Hall, which was completed in 1906. Visit Belfast Cathedral before having the remainder of the day at leisure. […]

Leaving Belfast, after Mass and travel to Downpatrick. Stop to visit Down Cathedral, where you will see the reputed grave site of Saint Patrick. Then drive to your luxury hotel in Kingscourt and check-in. You will have some time to relax before a superb farewell dinner. The evening concludes with a storytelling session with a […]

Transfer to Dublin Airport to check in for your flight. You may do some last minute shopping at the duty-free stores before boarding your aircraft and flying back to your hometown.