“The 400th Anniversary of the Plantation
of Ulster”
Dates: July 2, 2010 through July 14,
2010
Depart US July 1 and Depart Belfast July 15.
Location(s): Belfast, Portrush, Londonderry, Kilkeel, Belfast
Number of Nights: 13
Per Night: $130.69 USD per person
based on double occupancy, for comparison only
Includes: luxury motor coach, deluxe accommodation,
dinner, bed, and breakfast. |
Highlights:
- Participate in a new BBC Documentary TV
series* entitled “Ware Hame Cummin” during the tour discovering
your Scots-Irish heritage, travel with historical re-enactors and
musicians
- See the Belfast Titanic area, Carrickfergus Castle, Andrew
Jackson Center
- Ballycarry history and traditional music
- American
Independence Celebration at the Ulster-American Folk Park
- Genealogy
workshop with professional assistance
- Tour Stormant, Glens of Antrim,
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, North Antrim Coast, Dunluce Castle, Bushmills
Whisky Distillery Tour, Giants Causeway
- Ulster-Scots Speakers, historical lectures
- Walls
of Derry, St. Columbs Cathedral, Brackfield Bawn
- New Monreagh Ulster-Scots
Centre, Donegal, Makemie Church, Glenveagh Castle and National Park
- Dinner and traditional music and dance
with East Donegal Ulster-Scots Society
- Armagh City ecclesiastical
tour
- Traditional Ulster-Scots music
- Kingdom of Mourne Mountains
- Kilkeel’s
historical re-enactor parade with bands and sea-side town festival
- Mourne
Mountains, the Silent Valley
- Annalong Harbor
- 17th-century Scottish
clachan “Hanna’s
Close”
- Optional Belfast parade
- Seaside resort town of Newcastle,
Downpatrick and St. Patrick’s Centre, seaside views of the
Ards Peninsula with Portavogie and Doaghadee, Ireland’s oldest
pub Grace Neill’s from 1611, Bangor, Lisburn Linen Museum
- Free
time for shopping and genealogy research
- and more.
*Documentary film participation is optional.
Space is limited and deadlines are approaching, so
let us know you're intested today!
Please fill out the Tour Interest Form
For further information contact Ulster-Scots Heritage Travel
Glen
Pratt (806) 372-2039, P.O. Box 3969, Amarillo, TX 79116.
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