Private tour in Sligo Samuel B
up to 5 people
8 hours
Private transportation
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Samuel B.
As a third generation seanchaí (storyteller) I follow a rich family tradition in a region steeped...
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Take a step back 5000 years to some of the very earliest human settlements on the island of Ireland to the early neolithic period. Visit two of the oldest Megalithic sites in Northern Europe Carrowmore and Carrowkeel. Learn of state of the art genetic research that is shedding new light on the story of our earliest ancestors and rewriting the history of the island as we speak. The impact the earliest farmers had on the island of Ireland lives today in the complex cosmology that has been passed down through millennia via a rich folklore ingeniously encoded with ancient knowledge. Learn these stories directly from a local seanchaí or 'Bearer of ancient lore' Visit the dolmen fields of Carrowmore with their distinctive burial structures as well as the passage tombs of Carrowkeel and learn of ancient astronomical alignments and the myths that preserve their secrets. Visit the hidden Faery Glen and embark on a journey of the mind into the veiled faery realms of the shee and to the very dawn of myth and time.
9:00am - Depart Sligo town or hotel pickup. 9:30am - Hill of Knocknarae and the fairy glen. An enchanted valley to the south of the hill and hear stories of where the fairy people came from and where they are said to live. 11am - Fairy glen to Carrowmore megalithic site for a guided walking tour of the standing stones and portal tombs that date back over 5000 years and hear the fascinating story of the first settlers in Ireland. 12:30pm - Lunch: Shells award winning cafe by the sea in strandhill 1:30 - 2. 15pm - Carrowmore - Carrowkeel tombs 1. 5 hour Walk/storytelling through the landscape of south Sligo. Visit the oldest man made structures on the island of Ireland, the passage tombs of Carrowkeel. Hear the origin myths of the pre-Celtic peoples of Ireland. 4:30pm - Return via Balindoon abbey, a picturesque ruin on Lough Arrow 6:00pm -Sligo/Hotel Feel free to contact me if you would like to customize this tour!
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Transportation is provided in comfortable Mercedes mini - van (2-6 people)* *For larger groups 6+ please give as much notice as possible and I can provide a quotation which includes the price details for the required vehicle (up to 25 people). (Vehicles are all modern comfortable and clean Mercedes or Ford)
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Size:
up to 5 people
Duration:
8 hours
Transportation:
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Book with a 20% deposit!
Size:
up to 5 people
Duration:
8 hours
Transportation:
Private transportation
1
View Pricing Details
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