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Dancing
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A
three centre guided walking holiday
- Irish culture at its richest.
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(most) & 3 boots (Brandon).
Moderate walks of 6-12 miles (10 –20km)
per day with gradual ascents of up to approximately
2,125ft (650m). |
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Discover the spectacular
scenery and the thriving Celtic spirit
of the Dingle peninsula. Gaelic culture
is very much alive with the native Gaelic
language widely spoken. The walks of
10-20 km (6-12.5 miles) bring Ireland’s
myths and folklore to life with visits
to ancient archaeological sites to a
present day Irish pottery workshop. Dingle
is a wonderfully welcoming village and
a great base to sample Irish music and
dance at it’s best – enjoy!
This weeklong tour begins in the picturesque
town of Killarney, transfers to the fishing
harbour village of Dingle and ends at an
inn in the peaceful seaside village of
Cloghane.
• The Dingle Peninsula boasts the highest concentration of archaeological
sites in Ireland
• Gallurus Oratory (8th C) and beehive huts
• Visit Louis Mulcahys Irish pottery workshop
• Irish Set Dancing in Dingle town
• Thriving Gaelic culture and language
• Boat trip to the Great Blasket Island (home of famous early 20th C Irish writers)
• The rugged beauty of the peninsula was immortalised in the film Ryan’s
Daughter
• The most westerly point of Europe
• Fishing village of Dingle with it’s 50 pubs, craft shops, restaurants
and
Fungi the Dolphin
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AArrive at accommodation in Killarney. Evening dinner
at 18.30 hrs followed by briefing.
Distance: 10.5km/6.5miles Ascent: 625m/2,050ft
A gentle ascent through blanket bog and scree slope onto
the Mount Brandon ridge gives a perfect overview of the
territory to be walked over the coming days – panoramas
of mountains, mountain passes, ice-carved valleys, drowned
river valley, islands and Atlantic Ocean.
Distance: 10.5km/6.5miles* Ascent: 190m/625ft
Through landscape littered with archaeological sites, walk
over the rocky shores of Dingle Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.
The spectacular scenery of Slea Head and Dunquin (“the
nearest parish to America”) has been captured in
many movies. *An extra 3km/2miles will take you to Dunmore
Head, the most westerly point in Ireland, marked by an
ogham stone.
Discover the delights of the fishing village of Dingle.
Distance: 9.5km/6miles Ascent: 420m/1,400ft
In the early part of the 20th century the inhabitants
of Great Blasket Island produced a body of literature in
the Gaelic language, describing a harsh existence battling
the elements. A walk on the now-abandoned island allows
us to appreciate the conditions that stimulated that output.
The Slea Head Drive on the way home allows visits to the
renowned Louis Mulcahy Pottery, the heritage centre of
Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter) and the unique
stone oratory of Gallarus (8th C). Return to Dingle will
give time to visit the town’s craft shops, sample
its literary coffee shop and pubs or call on Fungi, Dingle’s
own dolphin.
Distance: 12.5km/8 miles Ascent: 650m/2,125ft
An old military road leads from Brandon Creek (from where
St Brendan sailed to America), crossing the Brandon Ridge
at the saddle of Masatiompan, before descending by the
abandoned village of Arraglen to the fishing village of
Brandon and onward to Cloghane.
Distance: up to 20km/12.5miles Ascent: 50m/165ft
A leisurely coastal walk – three beaches, two medieval
church ruins, one wildbird sanctuary – on a walk
that can be shortened or lengthened to suit you and the
day.
Note that, for weather or other reasons, on occasion the
guide may have to change the sequence of walks or the walks
themselves.
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€895
per person sharing. (US$1271 / Stg£618
approx.)
( Please see booking information)
€189
for the week
• Courtesy transfer from and to Kerry and Shannon Airports ( Please
see
below).
• 7 nights accommodation in Irish Tourist Board approved accommodation,
with en-suite
facilities*
• Boat Trip to the Great Blasket Island
• Visit to Louis Mulcahys Pottery workshop
• 7 full Irish breakfasts
• 5 packed lunches
• 6 dinners
• Experienced guide
• Transfers to and from walks.
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Shannon to Kerry at 12.00 on Saturdays
from the information point in the arrivals
hall. Return transfer arrives at Shannon
airport at 11.00 on Saturdays.
Kerry airport to accommodation, between
08.00 and 18.00 Hrs. Return transfer arrives
at Kerry airport between 08.00 and 18.00
Hrs on Saturdays.
Note: These transfers must be confirmed
at time of booking with flight numbers
and times for arrival and departure. If
these transfers aren’t confirmed
at time of booking we will assume they
are making their own way to their first
nights accommodation. Arrangements can
be made for a private taxi transfer (at
clients own expense) should the Go Ireland
transfer timetable not suit.
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Individual
taxis can be arranged from the following
airports
(at client’s expense)
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Single
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Return
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Kerry airport to
Tralee
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€35
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€70
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Shannon airport
to Tralee
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€150
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€300
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Cork airport to
Tralee
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€140
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€280
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Tralee bus/train
station to Tralee
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€10
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€20
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