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Corporation For Professional Conferences, Inc.
206 East Main Street
PO Box 697
Babylon Village, New York 11702-0697
Toll Free 1.800.621.4414 Fax 631.661.6914
Visit Ireland’s People and Places - Nursing Study Tour
Your invitation to join a nursing study tour and visit Ireland’s People and Places visiting Dublin, Kilbeggan, Galway, The Connemara and Shannon
Including a full sightseeing program and visits to and to castles and pubs with a special tour of the famous and darkly beautiful Connemara. There’s going to be a lot of fun at a medeival banquetat an Irish castle.
Program Includes:
• Round Trip Air Tickets
• First Class Hotels
• Daily Breakfast & Lunch Or Dinner
• Meetings With Irish Nurses
• Special Dublin Literary Pub Tour
• Medieval Banquet At An Irish Castle
• All Sightseeing
• CPC Tour Manager All The Way
• Dinner And Entertainment At The Historic Abbey Tavern
• Local Guides
• Visits To Jameson Distillery And Guinness House
• Visits To Kilmainham Gaol And Trinity College,
• Full Day Tour Of The Famous And Beautiful Connemara
• Dinner And Entertainment At Padraicain’s Restaurant
• CE Program and Attendance Certificate
Accreditation For Registered Nurses
This continuing education activity has been approved by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation, Approval Code: 77CQ7M-07.
In addition, CPC is a licensed continuing education provider in the state of California as certified by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 14671.
This education program is under the supervision of:
Mary S. Collins, PhD, RN,FAAN
Director, Nursing Education
Office of Nursing Education
Corporation For Professional Conferences, Inc.
Babylon, NY 11702
Price of Tour: $2785.00
Based On Double Occupancy From New York
Date of Tour: July 16 - 22, 2009
 Print Ireland Brochures and Registration Information
Your Complete Itinerary
Day 1. (D) We Depart New York For Ireland
This evening we depart New York for Ireland via an early evening Aer Lingus flight. Please be at the airport at least two hours before your flight’s scheduled departure. You will be served a full dinner aboard, and beverages are available aboard your full-service Aer Lingus flight.
About Ireland
The best thing about touring Ireland is that you see this wild and beautiful place by day and enjoy the conviviality of her charming people in the evening. Most of all, Ireland is a land blessed with a warm and hospitable people who have given music and poetry to the English language. It is a country steeped in history and tradition and abundant in art, literature, architecture and archaeology. There are thousands of archeological sites, megalithic tombs, castles and ancient coastal settlements throughout the areas you will be visiting. Famous for its daily rain (nobody ever came to Ireland looking for a tan), Ireland is also known for its soft and mild climate. It is a country gifted in the finest craftsmanship for crystal, china, lace and elegant tweeds at reasonable prices. This is a land where visitors return again and again because they just plain enjoy the lovely green island and her gregarious people.
About Irish Pubs
To enjoy Ireland at its best you should meet her people. In Ireland, pubs are not just for drinking but more for meeting people and conversation, music, and authentic entertainment. Pubs will make a grand contribution to the atmosphere of your visit and the food, entertainment and conviviality they offer are enjoyable and typical of the Emerald Isle. Probably, the best thing about visiting pubs is that you’ll walk off the veneer of your tour and actually meet local people as they are. The difference
between Irish peolple and American people is: most Americans say they are part Irish; most Irish people say they have relatives in America...Could be true?
Day 2. (B, D) Today we get acquainted with Dublin. Tonight we enjoy a dinner show at the historic Abbey Tavern for dinner and entertainment.
Bewley’s Hotel Upon arrival we will be met and taken to Bewley’s Hotel located in Dublin’s center. Today we will have an introductory tour of Dublin. Among the sights we will see are St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where Jonathan Swift was once Dean, Dublin Castle, O’Connell Street, The Moore Street Market that inspired the song “Molly Malone,” and Nassau Street and Grafton Street, Dublin’s most fashionable walkway with its gaudy shops and signs. After our orientation, we will rest and shake off our jet lag. Tonight we travel to the fishing village of Howth for dinner and entertainment at the historic Abbey Tavern.
About Dublin
Dublin, established in the 9th century by Danish Vikings, and one of Europe’s most visited places, is a city with an ethic believing that people are more fun than statues, and conversation in a pub is the salt of life. It’s a compact city that’s easy to get around. Dublin will entertain you as you walk along Grafton Street, its main drag lined with restaurants and shops, then stroll in the Georgian elegance of the southside. Famous for Trinity College, The Book of Kells, the Chester Beatty Library (one of Europe’s major repositories of religious books), and John Mulligan’s Pub of Poolbeg Street (a unique experience), the literature of James Joyce and drama of Brendan Behan, Dublin offers much for you to enjoy. Bloom’s Walk traces the steps of Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s novel, Ulysses.
Trinity College, located in the center of Dublin and Ireland’s premiere university, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth. Trinity’s gem is the magnificent “Book of Kells,” dating back to around 800, making this illuminated manuscript one of the world’s oldest books. At Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Saint Patrick himself is said to have baptised converts at a well on cathedral grounds.
Day 3. (B, D) We tour the Kilmainham Gaol, Trinity College, then take a
tasting at the Guinness Hopstore. Tonight we take a Literary Pub Tour.
Bewley’s Hotel
This morning we visit the Kilmainham Gaol (Jail), and learn about the complex and stormy emergence of Ireland as a free nation. A thought provoking tour through the jail's corridors, cells and yards will give you a good idea of the political and penal history of Ireland. Next we visit Trinity College where the Book of Kells, an early Christian manuscript of the four gospels, is housed. From there we go on to visit the Guinness Hopstore where we’ll be introduced to the world’s most famous dark stout beer. There will be a retelling of the Guinness story through museum displays and presentations followed, of course, by a tasting of refreshing Guineas Stout. Later, we attend to our professional agenda.
Tonight, after dinner, we take a “Literary Pub Tour.” Dublin has a vibrant literary heritage that we’ll experience when visiting pubs made famous by writers such as Becket, Wilde, Joyce and the famous Irish dramatist Brendan Behan who were often inspired by a few pints. The two actors who lead the tour put on a colorful theatrical performance appropriate to the pubs and places we visit.
Day 4. (B,D) Today we attend to our professional agenda and visit a local hospital and meet with Irish nurses. Later, we explore Dublin on our own.
Bewley’s Hotel
This morning we meet with our Irish colleagues at a local hospital. This afternoon is free to shop and stroll around Dublin where your free to follow your own stars. Tonight we have dinner at our hotel.
Day 5. (B, D) We travel across Ireland to Galway via Kilbeggan where we’ll tour and taste at Lockes Distillery. Tonight we enjoy dinner and entertainment at Padraicin’s Restaurant.
Salthill Court Hotel, Galway
Today we traverse Ireland’s center and see many farms and market towns along way and learn how Irish people make their living from farming. We’ll stop at Lockes Distillery and tour where they make Irish Whiskey. Our tour will end with a sampling session. From there we travel to the ancient Irish province of Connacht, the most westerly seaboard in Europe, and Galway county and city. Always a flourishing port, Galway was established before the Normans arrived in the 13th century. Among the sights that we will see are Lynch’s Castle, the Spanish Arch, and the ancient Druid Theater. Tonight we enjoy dinner and entertainment at Padraicin’s Restaurant.
About Galway
Galway county, a highlight of any visit to Ireland, stretching through the midlands and the wilds of Connemara to the craggy Atlantic coast, has just about everything packed into it. Galway city became an important walled town under the Anglo-Normans in 1270. Its delightful with narrow streets, old wooden and stone storefronts, pleasant restaurants and busy pubs exuding Irish coastal charm. It’s Ireland’s fourth largest city and, although dynamic and cosmopolitan, Galway has a great crowd of artists poets and musicians because of its University. Travellers love the nightlife, restaurants and pubs where talk, music and drink flow like a river.
Day 6. (B, L) We tour the stark and beautiful Connemara where the movies “The Quiet Man” and “The Field” were filmed. Along our way we’ll meet with Irish nurses at a local hospital.
Salthill Court Hotel, Galway
Today we tour Connemara where we will enjoy that stark scenery and visit a rural hospital and meet with Irish nurses. Connemara is so beautiful that it’s often filmed in movies. It’s a land of romantic landscapes, constantly changing skys and colors offset by wild and craggy coastlines where the old Irish language is still spoken. Connemara's ever changing combinations of sky, sea cliffs and mountains is famous for its dramatic changes of color and mood. It’s a stunning patchwork of boggs, lonely valleys, pale mountains and shimmering lakes. We’ll visit Leenane and Cong where the movies “The Quiet Man” and “The Field” were filmed and have lunch at a picturesque pub.
Day 7. (B, D) This morning we attend to our professional agenda; then travel via the Cliffs of Moher to Ennis for a medieval banquet (and some fun) at Buratty Castle.
Bunratty Castle Hotel
After a full breakfast we attend to our professional agenda. Then we travel through the Irish ountryside to the Cliffs of Moher, a wall of rock that plunges 700 feet into the churning Atlantic Ocean. From there we’re off to Ennis and the Bunratty Castle Hotel where we’ll stay. Tonight we have fun and enjoy a medieval banquet at Bunratty Castle. We will be welcomed by Colleens in 15th century gowns and given Irish friendship bread before we are seated at a long full table before the Lord of The Castle. High pageantry prevails here as the serving girls interrupt their duties to sing Irish ballads, play the harp, and tell us long stories for our pleasure. We will be served authentic medieval food (very tasty) and wash it down with mead and wine as our festive evening rolls on. After the festivities end, we will visit 'Durty Nelly's,' a lively singing pub that is as famous as Bunratty Castle itself.
Day 8. (B,) We return to the USA arriving back in New York in the early afternoon. After breakfast, we travel to Shannon Airport where we board our flight home. Shannon has a great shopping airport store for last minute purchases. A full meal service will be served aloft; we will arrive back in New York in the early afternoon.
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