Day	Itinerary	Overnight
	The Burren sites: An exceptional area; the Aran islands broke off from the Burren; a special area with a whole different plant and animal life; plants from the mediterian and plants from the artic; wonderful stuff. Kilfenora High Crosses - town and heritage center - Intro to High Crosses Kilfenora photo by Justin Knecht, from the excellent site Ireland: Light, Body, Soul Poulnebrone - the mother of all dolmans	Esker Retreat House near Athenry
	Clonmacnoise - St. Kieran's monastic city and women's monastery - splendid scripture cross - spend a good long time there, 3 hours or longer Prayer at the women's monastery Clonfert - Brendan's monastery and cathedral - beautiful church with carved heads of saints The Doors of Clonfert	Esker Retreat House near Athenry
	Ferry to the Aran Islands - about a 45 minute ride We will have to carry our own luggage to the Ferry and on the Ferry crossing The sites of Aran Island: Inis Mór, Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr (Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer) Tourists are not allowed to bring cars to the Aran Islands. There are cars and pony carts available for hire. We will try to arrange motored transportation for the first day's site-seeing. Dun Aengus The place of the seven churches St. Enda's monastic sites Black Fort - on your own, quite a walk	Aran Islands Hotel in Kilronan
	Lectures by Dara Molloy, Celtic scholar, on the Arans heritage Evening on the Arans Free afternoon	Aran Islands Hotel in Kilronan
	Desert Day Eucharist together or worship with the local community; the Roman Catholic church celebrates mass in Irish Possibly eucharist with Dara Molloy Evening: Recollection as a group	Aran Islands Hotel in Kilronan
	Departure for Doolin More sites in the Burren?
	Prehistoric sites on the way to Dingle Town	Dingle Town, Bambury's Guest House, Eating at Lord Baker's
	Kilmalkedar Church ©Shawna Scherbarth 2001-05. All rights reserved. http://www.thevisualrecord.com St. Brenden's house Monastic site Gallerus Oratory Illustration by Jewitt, from Early Christian Art by Magaret Stokes (1880s)	Bambury's Guest House, Eating at Lord Baker's
	Presentations from Diseart Institute of Education and Celtic Culture Free afternoon	Bambury's Guest House, Eating at Lord Baker's
	Depart for Shannon Airport Please do not make reservations for early morning flights

For more information contact:
Therese Elias, OSB
Guardian Angels Monastic House
4220 Mercier
Kansas City, MO 64111
816/561-6855