West and Midlands of Ireland Guided Tours
1-Day and 2-Day Tours of premier archaeological sites in Irealdn West and the Irish Midlands.
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One and two-day tours of the West and Midlands of Ireland will be available again in 2012.
Our Guides are fully qualified archaeololgists
2012 Tour Programme
Clew Bay Archaeological Tour :� Price €100 pp
A full day tour of the impressive archaeological sites located around Clew Bay in County Mayo.
The tour begins at the15th century Medieval Augustinian Abbey at Burrishoole, founded by Richard (MacWilliam) Burke. Tis will be followed by a tour of a 15th century Tower House, known as Rockfleet Castle. Rockfleet was once the home of the famouse Pirate and Sea Queen, Grace O'Malley and her second husband, Richard Burke, known as Ricar-an-Iarainn (Richard in irons because of the chain mail armour he wore).
After this we continue on to the southern side of Clew Bay to see the Neolithic rock art site ‘the Boheh Stone’ then on to the foot of Ireland's most holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, where we visit the Bronze Age enclosure and standing stones in the salt marsh at Killadangan, and the Augustinian Friary of Murrisk.
After this we turn in land to visit the wonderful Clapper Bridge at Bunlahinch and on the way home call in to see the Wedge Tomb at Srahwee.
Leave Archaeology Centre 8.30 am
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Inishkea North Tour: Price €100 pp
A Boat trip of c. 45 minutes duration from Achill to Inishkea North island is an experience not to be missed.�����
En route, the boat will pass Duvillaun Isand which like Inishkea North has a wealth of archaeological sites dating to the Medieval period.��
Inishkea North is dominated by the Bailey M�r, a huge man-made mound that encapsualtes a variety of stone-built structures, within which are artefacts dating to the early medieval period.�
St. Colmcille's Church, the remains of a stone church, constructed withour mortar
On the shore is the now deserted post medieval village with a linear row of houses in various states of dilapidation.
-the Kelp kilns where seaweed was processed for fertiiser.
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North Mayo Tour: Price €125 pp
Drive to Mullranny from Achill and take the scenic route along the coast to North Mayo, viewing the spectacular vista ot the north face of Slievemore Mountain.
Stop at the world-famous Ceide Fields Visitor Centre, view the Video presentation and avail of a Guided Tour of the Neolithic Field walls.
Travel on towards Ballycaste, stopping to see the tallest (now Christianised) standing stone in Ireland.
Continue on to the Brestagh Ogham Stone which stants 8 feet tall and is incised with the earliest known writing in Ireland.
Vist Rathfran Dominican Friary, founded in A.D. 1274 and the nearby Neolithic / Early Bronze AGe Rathfran Wedge Tomb
Continue to the town of Killala to view the Round Tower that dates to the 9th / 10th Century A.D.
Return to Achill via Ballina.
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County Galway Medieval City - 1 day Tour
Price €100 per person
This Tour includes a visit to� the
- Spanish Arch, built in A.D 1584 and the Medieval Town walls the construction of which tcomenced in 1270 A.D. but were� not completed until the late 14th Cemtury
- Blake's Castle, a 16th Century Tower House and home of on the 12 Tribes of Galway� who were the Merchcant Princes of the tow in the Medieval period.
- St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
- The Lynch Memorial, that commemorates the hanging of the son of the Lord Mayor of Galway, and where the saying 'lynch law' is thought to have�� originated
- Lynch's Castle which exhibits a collection of carved features, including� a lion's head.
- Medieval City Walls & Eyre Square as well as the Browne doorway and the 17th Century City Arms onthe walls of the Imperial Hotel.
Leave Archaeology Centre 8 am
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Clonmacnoise and Midllands of Ireland - 2 Day Tour - BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Price €395 per person includes B&B accommodation, transport, Guides and entrance fees
- Rathcroghan iron Age site and Ownagath Cave
- Corlea Bog Visitor Centre and Tour of Iron Age trackway
- Boyle Abbey, a fine example of Gothic and Romanesque architecture, attributed to the Balintbber Master, a famous Medieval architect.
- Clonmacnoise Visitor Centre and Early Medieval site with 7 churches
- Clonfinlough Stone and� Pilgrims' Way
- Clonfert Cathedral
Leave Archaeology Centre 8 am.� Overnight Boyle, Co. Roscommon
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2-Day Tour North Mayo and Sligo 2012
Price €390 per person, includes B&B accommodation, transport, Guides and entrance fees
An outstanding opportunity to visit some of the wonderful Prehistoric and Medieval archaeological sites along the North Mayo Coast and around Sligo Bay. The trip includes guided tours of the world famous prehistoric farms at Belderrig and Ceide Fields, the magnificent Court Cairn at Creevykeel, the jaw dropping passage tomb cemetery at Carrowkeel, the worryingly large Portal Dolmen called the Labby, the important Early Medieval ecclesiastical sites at Rathfran and Killala, and the impressive High Medieval Abbey in Sligo Town.
Co. Mayo
-Belderig Prehistoric Settlement
-Ceide Fields Visitor Centre, Video Show and Guided Tour of the Neolithic farming landscape
- Rathfran Abbey
-Breestagh Ogham Stone
-Killala Round Tower
Co. Sligo
- Creevykeel Court Tomb
- Sligo Abbey
- Carrowkeel Passage Tombs
- Mullaghfarna Neolithic enclosure sites
- The Labby Portal Dolmen
- Heapstown Cairn
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