We'll meet for dinner & overnight at a comfortable Dublin hotel on August 16.  After a city tour the next day, William and Chet will prepare us for an excursion to the timeless sites of ancient Tara and Newgrange in the Boyne Valley.  Tara was once the seat of the Celtic High Kings of Ireland while Newgrange is over 5,000 years old and one of the best-restored examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb aligned to the Winter Solstice so that the rising sun's rays shine deep within its covered passageway. While in Dublin, we'll also explore the historic valley of Glendalough with Saint Kevin's church & tower,  just a few miles south east of the Irish capital.




Next we'll leave Dublin and drive south-west, passing Saint Brigit's church in Kildare, home of her sacred flame & holy well on our way to Cork.  We'll also see historic Blarney Castle, home of the celebrated Blarney Stone, which legend says confers a "silver tongue" on all who manage to lie upside-down and kiss it.  Watch out for leprechauns in the vicinity!






After Cork & Blarney, we head west to Killarney to see local sights and enjoy Irish hospitality. We'll spend 2 nights near Killarney. While there we'll also go to the famed, mystic Gallarus Oratory, a 1,200-year old Irish stone church and to nearby Kilmaldekar with an Ogham stone and Saint Brendan's house.  Irish legend says that 6th Century Saint Brendan left Ireland's Atlantic shores in an animal-skin hulled boat and traveled all the way to what is now North America, so that Irishmen arrived here over 800 years before Christopher Columbus. 

This 9-day, 8 night special author's tour of Celtic Ireland includes 8 nights in tourist-class Irish hotels (3 nights in Dublin; 1 at Newgrange; 2 at Killarney; 1 in Limrick and 1 near Dublin Airport) with all breakfasts and two hotel dinners.  Air fare to Ireland is not included.  Tour will meet at our Dublin area hotel and end at our hotel near Dublin Airport so travelers should book round-trip air tickets to Dublin.  Entry fees to hear William in Dublin, Blarney Castle & Newgrange are included plus local guides where used.


PRICE:   $3,300.    Round-trip air fare to Ireland is NOT included.  
Single Room supplement: $65 per night.  We cannot guarantee you a room mate unless you sign up with someone else. 
* 2009 Tour price is guaranteed unless the US $/Euro exchange rate drops 5% or more from the 9/30/08 rates or fuel prices rise 5% or more..  

NOTE:    Participants will meet at our DUBLIN hotel at about 5 PM on Sunday, August 16, 2009, and the tour will end at a hotel near Dublin airport on August 24 (overnight 8/23 is included).   The tour also includes 2 group hotel dinners.  Tour participants are responsible for airport transfers for this tour.  Remember: if you are departing by air on August 24, please be sure to allow at least 2.5 hours after your arrival at your Irish airport before your flight departs.

Just 22 people can participate in this tour. The first 22 people to send their deposit of $500 will be accepted. 
William Henry will accompany this Tour as of 5-9-09.  The tour size will most-likely be 12 to 15 total.  

Interested?   Call Dr. Chet Snow at (928) 204-1962 for details.    I recommend travel cancellation insurance to cover last-minute emergencies as NO refunds are possible once hotel and other local fees are paid in May 2009 unless you find someone to take your place.  Check the web for trip cancellation insurance: usually you must buy it within 10 days of paying your tour deposit to be fully covered.   I recommend:  www.insuremytrip.com  to compare insurance policies and prices.   

Please make ALL checks payable to: "Dr. Chet Snow," and mail to: Dr Chet Snow, PO Box 1738, Sedona AZ 86339

NOTE:  Although we prefer personal checks or money orders, some payments by credit card can be arranged, but only after your deposit check is accepted.  You must speak personally with me about our payment policy by phone, NOT e-mail; so phone me, Dr. Chet Snow, at (928) 204-1962.   E-mail me - click here:  chet-snow  for all other tour policies, including single room availability. 

This page last updated on: 5-09-09