Discovering Brigid: The Goddess, the Saint, and the Sacred
Ireland Pilgrimage 2021
Discovering Brigid: The Goddess, the Saint, and the Sacred
IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 10-18, 2021
DUE TO CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, THIS PILGRIMAGE MAY BE MOVED TO 2022.
Included meals noted: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
Friday, 10 September
+ 5:00 get acquainted party
+ Dinner at a nearby pub (D)
Saturday, 11 September
+ Breakfast at the hotel
+ Visit National Museum of Ireland and
+ Trinity College Library (Book of Kells)
+ Lunch and sightseeing
+ Motorcoach to Boyne Valley (hotel TBD)
+ Dinner in the hotel (B,D)
Sunday, 12 September
+ Breakfast at the hotel
+ Anthony Murphy is our guide for the day
+ Guided tour of New Grange
+ Lunch on your own
+ Tara
+ Dinner in the hotel (B,D)
Monday, 13 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Motor coach to Galway
+ Lunch on your own
+ Rossaveal for ferry to Inis Mor
+ Time with Dara Molloy
+ Dinner in the hotel (B,D)
Tuesday, 14 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Time with Dara
+ Lunch on your own
+ Dinner in the hotel (B,D)
Wednesday, 15 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Ferry to Roosaveal
+ Motorcoach to Clonmacnoise
+ Lunch and tour Clonmacnoise
+ Motorcoach to Glendalough
+ Check in Glendalough Hotel
+ Dinner in the hotel . (B,D)
Thursday, 16 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Tour Glendalough
+ Lunch on your own
+ Dinner in the hotel (B,D)
Friday, 17 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Glendalough on your own
+ Dinner in the hotel (B,D)
Saturday, 18 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Motorcoach to Kildare
+ Brigid’s Well; closing ritual
+ Farewell lunch
+ Motorcoach to Dublin city and/or airport
+ 4:00 PM arrive Dublin airport (B,L)
Brittany - September 20-23, 2021
Monday, 20 September
11:00 Depart Dublin Hotel to Dublin Airport; NOTE airfare Dublin Nantes not included
+ Dublin – Nantes via Ryan Air
+ Drive to Paimpont (1hr 40 min)
+ Check in Hotel le Relais de Brocliande
+ Dinner in the hotel (D)
Tuesday, 21 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Drive to Carnac (1hr +)
+ Lunch on your own
+ Visit other Neolithic sites as time permits
+ Return to hotel
+ Dinner in Paimport on your own (B)
Wednesday, 22 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Drive to Mont St. Michel
+ Return to hotel
+ Dinner TBD ( B, D)
Thursday, 23 September
+ Breakfast in the hotel
+ Check out of the hotel
+ Drive to Rennes to the museum; visit le Foret aux Fées
+ Drive to Nantes airport
+ Fly Nantes -- Dublin Ryan Air
+ Join Ireland pilgrims for dinner included in Ireland package (B)