Mai's
Secret Ireland Tours
With your authentic, local Irish Guides.
Mai Hernon
The Threshold of Your Dreams
Imagine yourself enjoying an adventure in the Irish countryside, rich in history, music, song and dance. From value-packed great tours to luxury once in a lifetime tours, we can give you that choice.
Castles of Ireland Extravaganza
2022.
Sept 21st to 29th.
$2550 per person sharing
Single traveler supplement of $500.
8 night, 9 Day tour.
Deposits must be paid by Nov 1st 2021
If you can dream it, you can do it. What about making that dream a reality with Secret Ireland Tours LLC.
We are going to bring you to the most fabulous places in Ireland and you are going to be staying in a variety of great Castles during your trip.
Markree Castle Sligo
Itinerary subject to slight change
Day 1
On arrival to Dublin, we pick you up from the airport and bring you across country to Markree Castle in Co Sligo. On the way we visit Belvedere House full of history, we also visit Strokestown house before arriving at Markree Castle where we settle in for the evening. We have plenty of time to go for walks on the grounds or just relax in the Castle. We spend two days in Co Sligo.
Day 2
We take some scenic drives around the Sligo Coast, around the back of Benbulben mountain and we visit the famous Lisadell house in North Sligo.
Lough Rynn Castle Co Leitrim
Solís Lough Eske Castle Hotel Donegal
Day 3
We leave Sligo today and an amazing 12th century Abbey, Lough Key Forest Park where we see an 11th century Castle on stunning grounds. We then take a trip to take a tour through the Arigna mines. We relax in our accommodations for the evening.
Day 4
We take a scenic drive to a beautiful Glencar Waterfall and we take a trip by boat on Lough Gill. We also take a scenic drive around Lough Gill too!
We return to Lough Rynn Castle and enjoy relaxing in front of a warm fire.
Day 5,
We leave Leitrim today and make our way to Lough Eske Castle in Donegal.
We visit Leitrim Crystal today and see how the master craftsman creates designs on glassware. We visit a Leitrim based Distillery. We then make our way to our next Castle, but before we arrive there we take some time to visit Donegal town which is a quaint town with its very own castle.
Day 6
We make our way to Donegal's version of the Cliff of Moher. Sleve League boasts of being the highest cliffs in Europe with its breath-taking views you will want to stay here forever. There will be plenty of photo stops on your journeys today.
The Fitzpartick Castle Hotel Killiney Dublin
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Day 7,
Leaving the North West today and heading back to Dublin to stay in our Dublin Castle, which is Fitzpatricks Castle. This castle is a short distance walk from Killiney beach and a beautiful park and only 20 mins to Dublin city center. But before we reach the Castle we have some places to visit. Our first stop in in Omagh which is in the 6 counties, where we visit the Ulster Folk museum, then we go to the world famous Newgrange Megalithic underground passage tombs, before reaching Fitzpatrick's castle which will be our final accommodations for this trip.
Day 8,
Today is your day to do what you please. There are so many things that you can see and do, so we give you idea's and let you decide what you want to do. There is the hop on -hop off bus that brings you around the city and at any time you can just hop off and visit some great places like The Guinness Store House where you can pull your own pint or if you are into history you can stop off at Killmainham Jail and learn all about our history, or you can stop at Trinity College where you can check out the famous "Book of Kells". We drop you off and we pick you up in the evening and bring you back to Fitzpatricks' Castle.
Or you can just enjoy the castle for the day an soak it all up before you get ready to return home.