B&R Binions Ireland

Day 1 - Tuesday 10^th June - Arrival In Ireland

Céad míle fáilte! One hundred thousand welcomes to Ireland’s ‘Wild West’, a region of immense beauty, ancient history, and Irish tradition. This morning, your guide will meet you at Dublin or Shannon Airport and transfer you to Connemara, once described as “a savage beauty” by author Oscar Wilde.

En route, we take the opportunity to stop in Glaway for lunch and a city tour with a local walking guide and military historian.

This evening check in to Ballynahinch Castle in the heart of Connemara’s wild landscapes.

Overnight: Connemmara | Ballynahinch Castle Hotel
Room Type: 2 x Luxury Rooms
Meals Included: Lunch

Day 2 - Wednesday 11^th June - Hiking and Exploring Connemara

This morning it’s a 45-minute drive through the windswept Twelve Bens Mountain Range to Killary, Ireland’s only fjord. Start the day with a visit to a local sheep farm for a private sheepdog demo in this wild and remote landscape. Watch and marvel as the supremely intelligent sheepdog manoeuvres the flock down the mountain to the safety of their pen with only a whistle to signal the instructions.

From there, after a pit stop at a local café or pub for lunch, a hike along an abandoned famine route on the southern shoreline of the fjord before we transfer back to Ballynahinch Castle and a delicious dinner in their onsite restaurant.

Overnight: Connemmara | Ballynahinch Castle Hotel
Room Type: 2 x Luxury
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 3 - Thursday 12^th June - Morning Hike & Afternoon Falconry at Ashford Castle

After check out, we can have time for a morning hike up Diamond Hill or a visit to Cong Village, the backdrop of the Oscar-winning movie, The Quiet Man.

This afternoon we arrive at Ashford Castle, the oldest falconry school in Ireland, where we will be joined by an expert to learn about this fascinating Medieval sport and then see the birds of prey in action.

Dinner will be at one of Ashford Castle’s excellent restaurants.

Overnight: Cong | Ashford Castle
Room Type: 2 x Corrib Lakeview
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 4 - Friday 13^th June - Connemara to Clare

Enjoy your morning onsite at Ashford with a 9-hole golf course, tennis, spa, estate walks and bikes and the castle to entertain and aid relaxation.

If preferred, we can depart Ashford earlier, picking up provisions for a wild picnic and stretching our legs on a hike along the shore of Lough Corrib with stunning views of the lakes and mountains below.

This evening, we check into Gregans Castle, a boutique, family-run hotel in the heart of the Burren.

Overnight: Ballyvaughan | Gregans Castle
Room Type: 2 x Superior
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 5 - Saturday 14^th June - The Burren & Cliffs of Moher

After breakfast, we strike out to explore the rocky limestone landscape of The Burren. Your driver/guide will lead you on a hike, learning about its fascinating eco-system and the interplay between local people and this unique landscape over centuries.

With a visit to The Burren Perfumery for a spot of lunch and the chance to see how this tiny business takes its inspiration from the plants and flowers on The Burren and turns them into beautiful products, we end our day at the iconic Cliffs of Moher along the Wild Atlantic Way.

We’ll have dinner booked in the seaside town of Ballyvaughan that evening.

Overnight: Ballyvaughan | Gregans Castle
Room Type: 2x superior
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 6 - Sunday 15^th June - Clare to Tralee

Leaving Clare, we will either drop the gents to their golf game en route or have a transfer to take them depending on where they are playing.
*Please note today is a Sunday and can generally be reserved for members only

For those not playing golf today, accompanied by your guide, we stop in the pretty little village of Adare for a browse amount the thatched roofed cottages, quaint craft stores and local market shops. The 13th century Desmond Castle makes for a fascinating tour with its turbulent history or simply enjoy the lively little town atmosphere.

Overnight: Tralee | The Ashe Hotel
Room Type: 2 x Deluxe Super King
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 7 - Monday 16^th June - Golf and Dingle

With the gentlemen off on a private transfer to play golf in Ballybunion today, the ladies and their guide will go in the opposite direction, to the Dingle Peninsula for a half day hiking or exploring.

The Dingle Peninsula is a distilled expression of the best of Ireland. Breathtaking scenery scattered with ancient archaeological sites awaits, combined with award-winning local food, cosy traditional pubs filled with music and cheer, and of course, populated by colourful Irish characters, there is a lot to choose from in Dingle.

After golf and lunch in Kerry, we transfer south to Kinsale in Co Cork.

Overnight: Kinsale | Booked Directly
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 8 - Tuesday 17^th June - Golf & Kinsale

The gentlemen will once again, indulge in a game of golf this morning while the ladies head out to explore Kinsale with your driver/guide.

Historically a medieval fishing port, its spectacular waterfront setting and candy-coloured houses, shops and restaurants, make it a glorious blend of old and the new. Here you’ll meet a local marine biologist and forager who will lead you on a walk learning about wild seaweeds, shellfish and local plants. Discuss the ways in which these things can be used for food, beauty and health purposes before enjoying a gourmet picnic with some wild food along the coast. Your next stop is 17th century-star-shaped Charles Fort, which has survived some of the most momentous events in Irish history.

Overnight: Kinsale | Booked by Clients
Meals Included: Breakfast

Day 9 - Wednesday 18^th June - Depart

Departing Kinsale, we make our way northeast, to Killann in Co. Wexford.

Is there some family links here in this small village?

Continuing onto Dublin your guide will say Slán and drop you at the airport or your city centre hotel as needed.