Ireland - Youth & Adventure Buyers Guide 2018/2019

YOUTH SAMPLE ITINERARIES 7 DAY ITINERARY DUBLIN, IRELAND’S ANCIENT EAST &WILD ATLANTICWAY (CORK TO CLARE) OPTION A DAY 1 DUBLIN Start your day in Dublin with a visit to Trinity College located in the heart of Dublin City centre, at the meeting place of the retail and cultural districts. Visit the renowned Book of Kells ‘Turning Darkness into Light’ exhibition and the Long Room. Take a tour of the wider campus and demystify the world of science in the Science Gallery. Take the Hop On/Hop Off bus tour. Stop off at Kilmainham Gaol, former county gaol for Dublin. It offers profound and disturbing insights into modern Irish history and housed many political prisoners during theWar of Independence. 14 of the leaders of the 1916 Rising were executed here. Or continue to the Phoenix Park conceived as a Royal deer park in 1662 and still home to 500 fallow deer. Check out the home of the Irish President in Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle. Picnic lunch at the Victorian Tea Rooms . Phoenix Park. Continue to Glasnevin and Experience Gaelic Games. Discover the history and learn to play hurling, the fastest field sport in the world and Gaelic football a mix of soccer, rugby basketball all rolled into one! Or Head to Glasnevin Museum, the world’s first cemetery museum. More than 1.5 million people have been interred there – rich and famous, paupers and politicians, artists, warriors and heroes. Discover the fascinating history of this hallowed place and learn about grave robbers, cholera epidemics and world wars! Dinner in Temple Bar. Look out for Button Factory (Temple Lane South) and theWall of Fame. Includes famous Irish musicians – U2, Sinead O’Connor, Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, the Undertones and more. Or consider a University stay in nearby University town of Maynooth Overnight hostel Dublin city centre DAY 2 DUBLIN Explore Dublin’s Living Bay. Hop on the DART (southwards) to the coastal town of Dalkey . Head to Dalkey Castle and take part in a living history tour – watch an archer shoot a longbow; a cook prepare a hedgehog pie and a barber surgeon offering haircuts! Take a boat trip to Dalkey Island or climb Dalkey Hill and watch out for famous locals – U2’s Bono and The Edge, as well as Enya and Van Morrison who all live nearby. Take time out in one of the many coffee shops in Dalkey. Return to the city. Try a bike tour with a difference and whizz around Dublin with Lazy Bike Tours who have electric bikes so you don’t have to work up a sweat. Walk around the Creative Quarter with its host of fashion boutiques and vintage clothing at Castle Market and George’s Arcade. Or Interested in learning more history? Then head for the Museum Quarter and the National Museum of Ireland and the Natural History Museum, affectionately known as the Dead Zoo and the National Gallery with 15,000 works of art. Admissions FREE. 98 Trinity College Lazy Bike Tour Dublin Dalkey Castle Kilmainham Gaol