After clearing Customs, your tour heads north for a stop to view the magnificent high crosses at Monasterboice before continuing to the ancient royal seat of Ulster, Emain Macha.  After touring the archeological site and visitor center, your busy day concludes in Mullingar where you are free to explore this charming town in the Irish Midlands.

Continue your experience immersed in Ancient Ireland today as your tour immerses you in part of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, (Cattle Raid of Cooley).  After breakfast, your tour heads to County Roscommon where you visit Rathcroghan, ancient royal seat of Connacht and residence of the legendary Queen Medb.  After an orientation in the visitor center, your group visits many of the archaeological sites around the area including a visit to what some believe to be an entrance to the Irish Otherworld at Oweynagat (Cave of the Cats).  Note that for safety reasons, we do not enter the cave. 

Leaving Rathcroghan, enjoy your next stop at the ancient monastic center of Clonmacnoise before your day concludes in the town of Ennis.

Your tour departs Mullingar this morning after breakfast and heads to the Cliffs of Moher with a stop photo stop in Kinvara along the way at one if Ireland's most photographed castles, Dunguire Castle.  There is ample time at the Cliffs of Moher to enjoy the visitor center as well as explore the varied views along the cliffs.  

Your experience continues upon arrival in Killarney, where you are free to explore the town on your own, or perhaps visit Muckross House, Ross Castle, or take a carriage ride through Killarney National Park.

Besides endless green scenery, if there is one thing Ancient Ireland has an abundance of it is stone circles and monuments.   Today, experience one our favorites, The Uragh Stone Circle on the Ring of Beara.

Along the way to your hotel in Cahir this evening, enjoy a short stop at Béal na mBláth, where Michael Collins was ambushed near the end of Ireland's civil war in 1922. 

We can't let you leave Cahir without a stop at Cahir Castle, one of Ireland's largest and best-preserved castle, which represented the cutting edge of castle design in the 13th century. 

After a castle tour experience mythical Lough Gur and Ireland's largest stone circle, The Grange.

Your day concludes back in Mullingar where you are free to enjoy the town.

This morning, experience Cairn T at Loughcrew.  Slightly less famous than nearby Newgrange, similar alignments are present and the sunrise shines into the passageway at the equinox.

Your afternoon is free in Mullingar until boarding transport to The Hill of Uisneach for the annual Bealtaine Fire Festival.

The fire ceremony begins at dusk and your return to your hotel in Mullingar is expected around midnight.  All participants are encouraged to come dressed in traditional cultural attire representing ancestry from all over the world, creating a truly global gathering!

Your Irish experience could not be complete without a day to explore Ireland's vibrant capitol of Dublin.  Departing Mullingar after breakfast for a short, one-hour ride into the city, our team drops your luggage at your hotel in city center and you are free to explore Dublin's many sites and attractions.

Your tour ends today after breakfast.  Airport transfers are arranged to allow sufficient time to process through Dublin airport and USA Pre-Clearance for your return flight to the USA.