Republic of Ireland - Mullaghmore to Aran Islands

This journey begins at Classiebawn Castle in Mullaghmore, a place of wild coastal beauty and a tragic tale of a royal assassination. We then head to the formidable Ben Bulben mountain, and the final resting place of the great poet William Butler Yeats. In the Bricklieve Mountains we discover a fascinating Neolithic site: Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery. We explore the Basilica at Knock, where an apparition of the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared before a group of locals. Near Downpatrick Head, we find the world’s oldest Neolithic field systems preserved in peatland, the Céide Fields. We then head out to the Aran Islands, where traditional Irish ways of life still thrive. And we end our journey exploring the otherworldly Burren plateau, an extraordinary landscape and one of the best examples of its kind.