Depart on your international overnight flight.

Arrive at Dublin Airport, where our representative will greet you and escort you to your bus. Enjoy a cruise on Lough Corrib with tea & scones. During your cruise, you will see views of the historic monuments that make this one of the most spectacular waterways in Ireland. Continue to your Galway area hotel for dinner and your overnight stay. (D)

Enjoy a walking tour of Galway and enjoy its atmosphere. During the tour, you will see Lynch Castle, home to the mayors of Galway, Saint Nicholas Church, founded in the 13th century, and the famous Spanish Arch. Walk along the Corrib River to the Claddagh village and to the majestic cathedral. Journey to Connemara, a land of lakes and rivers, bogs and mountains, stone walls and thatched cottages. On its northern shore, there are spectacular views of the beautiful fjord of Killary Harbour. Continue to Kylemore Abbey, located in the Kylemore Pass in Connemara. One of Kylemore Abbey’s most famous features is its miniature Gothic cathedral, built in 1870. Continue to Cong for a stroll through the history of Ireland and its people. Return to your Galway area hotel for your overnight stay. (B, D)

Depart for the Burren to see its dozens of megalithic tombs and Celtic crosses. Look out over the Cliffs of Moher, situated on the Atlantic Ocean. Standing over 700 feet above the sea at their highest point, the cliffs boast one of the most amazing views in Ireland. Adare is regarded as one of Ireland’s most picturesque villages, with thatched cottages dotted throughout the town. John Wesley preached to the people of Adare in 1765 from the shade of an ash tree close to the east wall of the Franciscan Friary. Today, a stone marks the site where this tree stood. Stop at Ballingrane to visit the Embury Heck Memorial Church, built in 1766, which John Wesley visited thirteen times over the years. Continue to your hotel in the Killarney area for your overnight stay. (B, D)

Enjoy a full-day tour of the Ring of Kerry, one of the most famous and panoramic routes in Ireland. You will pass the birthplace of national hero Daniel O’Connell and continue to the town of Waterville. Visit Muckross House, a magnificent Victorian mansion built in 1843. The gardens are famed for their beauty worldwide. Return to your Killarney area hotel for your overnight stay. (B, D)

This morning, worship with a local Methodist congregation in Killarney. Visit Blarney Castle, situated in Blarney village near Cork. An ancient stronghold of the McCarthys, it is one of Ireland’s oldest and most historic castles. Blarney Castle is famous for its Blarney Stone, which is traditionally believed to have the power to bestow the gift of eloquence on all those who kiss it. Travel to the port city of Kinsale and visit the famed Charles Fort, one of the finest examples of a 17th-century star-shaped fort. Check into the hotel for your overnight stay. (B, D)

Start your day in the port city of Kinsale. See Desmond Castle, home to the Earls of Desmond from 1500. St. Multose Church was built here in 1190 and remains in use to this day. The courthouse was used for the inquiry over the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. Continue to Cobh where transatlantic ships such as the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth used to stop. Thousands of Irish emigrants also transited through Cobh. Visit St. Coleman’s Cathedral which has a carillon of 49 bells. Enjoy a walking tour through Cobh on the Titanic Trail to see the buildings, streets, and piers where Titanic passengers embarked. Visit the Titanic Experience, situated in the original offices of the White Star Line. Return to Kinsale for your overnight stay. (B, D)

Visit the Rock of Cashel, possibly the most photographed site in Ireland, towering over the town of Cashel from its perch on a 200-foot-high outcrop of limestone. Today, impressive stone walls enclose a round tower, a cathedral, a twelfth-century Romanesque chapel, and high crosses. Continue to Dublin and enjoy a panoramic tour of “Dublin’s Fair City.” You will also see Christchurch, built by the Anglo-Normans in 1172, and Phoenix Park, with its many monuments. Continue to your Dublin area hotel for your overnight stay. (B, D)

Explore St. Patrick’s Cathedral, built next to the well where Patrick baptized converts on his visit to Dublin. The present building is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland. St. Patrick’s is adorned with funeral monuments, including the grave of Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver’s Travels). In 1789, Wesley led many Dublin Methodists to the Cathedral for the administration of Holy Communion. Stop at the site of Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, the first Methodist chapel in Ireland. Stop at St. Mary’s Church, where John Wesley’s first sermon was preached in Ireland at what was called Evening Prayer in St. Mary’s Church to “as gay and senseless a congregation as ever I saw.” Stop for lunch (included) at the Church Pub, a church Wesley preached at in Ireland. This afternoon, visit Trinity College, which houses the 9th-century Book of Kells. This evening, enjoy dinner and entertainment at the Merry Ploughboys Pub, featuring contemporary Irish dancing and well- known guest artists. (B, D)

Transfer to the airport for your return flight home, with memories of Wesley and the people of Ireland that share in this rich, Christian heritage. (B)