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Thin Places Tour
Celtic Doorways to the Otherworld
September 12 - 22, 2009  (10 days)

10 days - over 30 sites - $2499  (based on double occupancy)

Take a tour of thin places in the West of Ireland in September of 2009.  This 10 day  tour will be guided by Mindie Burgoyne and includes over 30 "thin places" in 10 counties. 

Mindie Burgoyne will be escorting a group of 20 people on a "Thin Places Tour" of the West of Ireland next September. 

Over 30 Celtic mystical sites that span most of Ireland's western counties will be visited.  Sites include Clonmacnoise, Achill Island, The Burren, Connamara, Dingle Peninsula, Beara Peninsula, The Rock of Cashel, Knock Shrine, and several megalithic tombs, cemeteries and stone circles.

Thin Places are places where the veil between this world and the Otherworld is thin.
Read "Walking through Thin Places"

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Click the image below to see a slide show of some of the featured sites on the Thin Places Tour.

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Sites visited include:

Cliffs of Moher The Burren
Poulnabrone Dolmen Thor Ballylee
Cong Abbey & Village Connemara
Kilfenora Kylemore Abbey
Crough Patrick Knock Shrine
Ballintober Abbey Achill Island
Killaloe (home of Brian Boru) Clonfert Cathedral
Grange Stone Circle Holy Cross Abbey
Rock of Cashel Lough Gur Settlement
Athassal Priory Hoare Abbey
Kenmare (stone circle and village) Gougane Barra park
Beara Peninsula (west Cork) Gap of Dunloe
Mount Brandon Dingle
Blasket Island Heritage Center Kerry Head
Ardfert Cathedral  
 

Cost TBA (Land only) - $2499 (Air inclusive - from JFK - New York)
based on double occupancy.

Space is limited.  Email us to reserve your spot or make inquiries.

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TENTATIVE ITINERARY:   Depart JFK September 12, 2009

Day 1: Cliffs of Moher, The Burren Region, Poulnabrone Dolmen, Thoor Ballylee.
Overnight: Imperial Hotel, Galway (B,D)

Day 2: Drive through Connemara, Cong Abbey, Kylemore Abbey, Galway City
Overnight: Imperial Hotel, Galway (B,D)

Day 3: Shrine of Our Lady of Knock, Ballintober, Crough Patrick (holy mountain)
Overnight: Clewbay Hotel, Westport (B,D)

Day 4: Achill Island, Castlebar - meet author, Michael Mullen
Overnight: Clewbay Hotel, Westport (B,D)

Day 5: Clonfert Cathedral, Killaloe (home of Brian Boru), Lough Gur, Grange Circle
Overnight: AulberHouse guesthouse, Cashel (B)

Day 6: Hoare Abbey, Athassel Priory, Holy Cross Abbey and Rock of Cashel,
Overnight: AulberHouse guesthouse, Cashel (B)

Day 7: Gougane Barra park and the Beara Peninsula.
Overnight: Brooklane Hotel, Kenmare (B)

Day 8: The Gap of Dunloe, Brandon Mountain and the Blasket Island Centre.
Overnight: Dingle Benner’s Hotel, Dingle (B)

Day 9: Dingle town, Ardfert Cathedral, Kerry head, and Gallarus oratory.
Overnight: Dingle Benner’s Hotel, Dingle(B)

Day 10: Depart Shannon arriving into JFK

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