| Weds. June 30 |
Evening: Depart Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago or LA |
Thurs, July 1
Fri July 2
Sat July 3 |
Happy Canada Day.
Arrive Dublin Airport. Meet students from other destinations. Coach to Cork. Settle into apartments on university campus
Evening: Orientation and Walking tour of City Centre
Classes at University College Cork
Enjoy the ambience of the city centre and the Cork Midsummer Festival |
| Sun July 4 |
Happy Independence Day. All Day Tour of West Cork and The Lakes of Killarney |
| Mon. July 5 |
Classes at University College Cork
Evening: Snoop Dogg Concert |
| Tue July 6 |
Morning classes. Visit to Blarney in afternoon. Kiss the Blarney Stone, get the gift of the gab |
| Wed July 7 |
Classes
Evening ; open-air Céilí (Irish Dancing) at the Lough |
| Thur July 8 |
Classes
Afternoon: Visit the Historic Cork Women's Prison |
| Fri July 9 |
Classes |
| Sat July 10 |
All day tour of the Galtee Mountains and the Mitchelstown Caves |
| Sun July 11 |
Relax, Opportunity to attend Intercounty Gaelic Football or Hurling game, a wonderful, colourful, sporting and cultural event. (Subject to ticket availabilty and schedule) |
| Mon July 12 |
Classes |
| Tue July 13 |
Morning: classes
Afternoon: Tour of Cobh (pronounced Cove) Harbour, last port of call of Titanic, site of torpedoing of Lusitania. |
| Wed July 14 |
Classes
Evening ; open-air Céilí (Irish Dancing) at the Lough |
| Thur July 15 |
classes |
| Fri July 16 |
Morning classes |
| Sat July 17 |
Visit to Kinsale, a picturesque seaport, and site of the Battle of Kinsale, which brought about the end of Gaelic Ireland in 1601. Fish and Chips at the famous Dino’s on the pier.
Opportunity for supervised swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.
Enjoy the ambience of Kinsale Arts Week |
| Sun July 18 |
Depart for Galway via the spectacularly steep Cliffs of Moher and the Burren in Co. Clare.
Settle into apartments at Gort Na Coiribe
Enjoy the street theatre and the Macnas (fools) Parade. A wonderful spectacle, the highlight of the Galway Arts Festival |
| Mon July 19 |
Classes |
| Tue July 20 |
Classes
Evening: Play or Concert as part of the Arts Festival |
| Wed July 21 |
classes |
| Thur July 22 |
Class on the historic Aran Islands (subject to weather conditions).
Enjoy the trip back 100 years in time on the beautiful, rugged islands. |
| Fri July 23 |
Morning: Classes.
Afternoon: Depart by coach to Dublin via the medieval Clonmacnoise monastic settlement
Settle into Apartments on Belfield campus of University College Dublin
Walking tour of City Centre
Free afternoon to visit sites and attractions |
| Sat July 24 |
Free day to explore the sights of Dublin
Evening: Dinner at the Thunder Road Cafe followed by a performance of The Plough and the Stars at the Abbey Theatre |
| Sun July 25 |
Visit the Ancient Temple at Newgrange |
| Mon July 26 |
Classes on university campus
Afternoon class at Oscar Wilde Memorial on Merrion Square
Evening: Riverdance performance at the Gaiety Theatre |
| Tue July 27 |
Classes:
Afternoon class at Joyce Tower in Sandycove. Supervised swim at the "Forty-foot" |
| Wed July 28 |
Final exam
Evening: End of Tour Banquet at The Clarence Hotel, owned by Bono and The Edge of U2 |
Thur July 29
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Coach to Dublin Airport.
Goodbye |
