Fact & Fancy. Ireland Done Right. 11 Days.

reland. Isn’t that where writers and painters still pay no taxes?

She’s a touch shy, but spend a little time here, and Ireland is sure to reveal herself—one story at a time. What you find is positively magical. Wicked wit. Infectious laughter. A particular way with words. Tall tales spun at the tables of every pub this side of the Irish Sea.

Dust off your George Bernard Shaw and Yeats first, and the streets of Dublin (and, of course, the stage of the Abbey Theatre) come to life. Trinity College has plenty to tell. It once allowed Protestants only, but Catholic scholars could get a free education if they renounced their faith. Guess what happened? Stop in to see the ninth-century Book of Kells while you’re here.

Limerick requires some digging, but if you do, you’ll uncover much of the country’s historic turning points, from its Viking settlements to the defeat of the Jacobites. Archaeologist John Hunt’s vast collection of antiquities is here, too, and not to be missed.

Beyond the cities’ limits, Ireland shows an equally eccentric side—in her gorgeous scenery, in her gloriously anachronistic villages and hamlets, in her stables and taprooms and castles. The blocky Cliffs of Moher. Otherworldly limestone sculptures--nature’s work--on the Burren. An unfathomable emerald green along the Ring of Kerry. Kilkenny and her pubs. Connemmara and the Aran Islands. And on and on.

Everywhere a story. On R. Crusoe & Son’s 11-day Fact & Fancy. Ireland, Done Right, we take you there on a specially tailored journey, one designed just for you and yours.

Fact & Fancy. Ireland Done Right. 11 Days.

Departures: Departs, throughout the year as a private journey

Prices: Tour per person sharing room from $7,990

Prices vary depending on length of the journey, hotels chosen, and meals included. For a complete look at the possibilities, contact us at 888.490.8046 (or 312.980.8000 if you are calling from outside the U.S.).