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OUR 2011 GROUP TRIP

Summer in Ireland Tour

July 21 - 30, 2011

With

Msgr. Charlie Coen and Pat Preston

 

Featuring East & West Coasts & Northern Ireland

10 Days – 8 Nights – 15 Meals

2 Nights in Dublin, 2 Nights in Belfast, 2 Nights in Co. Donegal 1 Night in a CASTLE and Finale Night in Bunratty

Dublin * Boyne Valley * Armagh * Belfast * Glens of Antrim * Giant’s Causeway * Derry * Inishowen Peninsula * Malin Head * Letterkenny * Glenveagh National Park * Donegal * Belleek * Lough Gill * Sligo * Ballyfarnon       Clonmacnoise * Limerick * Bunratty * Shannon Airport

$2,713 per person for Complete Land Tour & Airfare*

or $1,982 for land tour only

* plus $245 airline departure taxes/surcharges (subject to change)

Click for more information:

The Full Itinerary

Our Hotels

Tour Highlights

What the Price Includes

Comments from Past Tour Participants

2011 Summer Tour Home Page

Here is some info on Our Previous Trips:

Our last group in summer of 2010 – our 32nd tour since 1992 – in Killarney National Park with our driver/guide, Tom Keane of CIE Tours International (Tom is in the front row, kneeling on the right)

A BIT OF BACKGROUND: To put her "travel tips" into practice for the benefit of many travelers, "Ireland Expert" Patricia Preston organizes and accompanies group tours of Ireland.

Since 1992, Pat has led a summer tour with Galway-born Msgr. Charlie Coen, Ireland's "musical priest." In addition, Pat (along with her beloved late husband John Preston) has also led shorter off-season group tours to Ireland in the Springtime and the Fall. In all, almost 1,700 people have traveled with Pat on 32 different group tours.

All of our tours follow a leisurely and relaxed pace, with mostly two- or three-night stays at each of our hotels. No packing and unpacking and no moving from one place to another every day. Our tours are custom-designed as vacations to savor and enjoy - splendid scenery, legendary attractions, top class hotels, marvelous meals, and fun-filled activities. A great way to experience the best of the Emerald Isle - the "real Ireland."

Our tours have been recommended as a "Real Deal" by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Charlotte Observer, Chicago Tribune, New York Newsday, Chicago Tribune, and many other papers as well as Ireland of the Welcomes magazine.

To sample the fun and camaraderie of our tours, view our "Trip Blogs" (below). Also, read the comments from the tour members of our past trips.

Summer Tours Comments

Spring & Fall Tours Comments

 

Springtime Trip Blogs:

Review our Springtime Tour 2010 Blog Click here

Review our Springtime Tour 2009 Blog (Click here)

Review our Springtime Tour 2008 Blog (Click here)

Review our Springtime Tour 2007 Blog (Click here)

Review our Springtime Tour 2006 Blog (Click here)

Summer Trips Blogs:

Review our Summer 2010 Trip Blog

Review our Summer 2009 Trip Blog

Review our Summer 2008 Trip Blog

Review our Summer 2007 Trip Blog

Review our Summer 2006 Trip Blog

Fall Trips:

Review our West of Ireland Coastal Tour 2008 Blog, Click here

Review our West of Ireland Coastal Tour 2007 Blog, Click here

Review our West of Ireland Coastal Tour 2006 Blog, Click here

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OTHER TOURS:  If our tours don’t fit your plans, the next best thing is to join a regularly scheduled CIE Tours vacation. Save 5% on the price of all CIE Tours International escorted land vacations – all you have to do is book through Pat. (This is in addition to any other discounts for which you may be eligible, such as CIE's "early bird" discounts and senior/youth discounts). Pat will handle your booking, and provide her expert advice as well, and answer all your questions.  Based on her many years of experience, Pat will help you pick the right tour for you at the right price.  Click here for full information.


 

 

 


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