Literary Dublin Tour

Literary Dublin Tour - From the Waters to the Wild

Ireland has been known for its storytellers and poets across thousands of years. This tour brings together Ireland from The Waters to the Wild under the guidance of Dublin poet Nessa O’Mahony and Nerds Tour founder Joan Weber (plus a guide driver every day). We will stay at the beautiful Royal Marine Hotel with views of the sea and wander in and around Dublin for the week. Scroll down to see all the many things included in this tour and to secure your space. This tour is perfect for those who want to learn how Ireland has created so many important writers for so long.

Detailed Itinerary

      • Breakfast at the hotel

      • Coach and Driver-Guide (1 person)

      • Travel to Dalkey

      • Visit and guided walk - Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

        • Dalkey Castle is a 14th Century Medieval Castle and a recorded national monument.  It is a rare Medieval Townhouse Castle given that it is the only remaining one of seven, open to the public.  The fortified castle was built in 1390 by medieval merchants looking to protect their goods before transportation to Dublin city centre.  The Heritage Centre delves deeper into Dalkey's history with a wealth of interesting historical and anecdotal information.  There is also an impressive Writers' Gallery featuring 45 renowned Irish writers and creative artists, from James Joyce to Bono, Hugh Leonard, Flann O'Brien, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Maeve Binchy, all of whom have associations with Dalkey.https://dalkeycastle.com/

      • Lunch in a local pub or hotel

        • 2 Courses + Tea/Coffee

      • Dalkey island tour from Coliemore Harbour

      • Independent Dinner

      • Overnight at Royal Marine Hotel

      • Breakfast at the hotel

      • Coach and Driver-Guide (1 person)

      • Walking tour of Literary Dun Laoghaire and environs

      • Visit the Joyce Tower museum

      • Free time for lunch

      • Writing Workshop LexiCon with Nessa

      • Rest of the day and dinner free

      • Overnight at Royal Marine Hotel

      • Breakfast at the hotel

      • Coach and Driver-Guide (1 person)

      • Depart for a day tour of the Boyne Valley

      • Mythical Ireland - Dowth, Tara and Fourknocks with Anthony Foley

      • Return to your hotel

      • Independent Dinner

      • Overnight at Royal Marine Hotel

      • Breakfast at the hotel

      • Coach and Driver-Guide (1 person)

      • Transfer into Dublin city centre

      • Book of Kells immersive digital experience (subject to availability) - Book of Kells

        • Visit the Book of Kells new immersive digital experience.

      The Book of Kells which contains a Latin text of the four gospels copied and decorated by Irish monks around the year 800 AD.

      https://www.tcd.ie/visitors/book-of-kells/

      • Visit the Seamus Heaney exhibition at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre

      • Visit Oscar Wilde's House (subject to availability)

      • Free for independent Dinner

      • Dublin Literary Pub Crawl

      • Overnight at Royal Marine Hotel

      • Breakfast at the hotel

      • Coach and Driver-Guide (1 person)

      • Transfer into the centre of Dublin

      • Free morning for sightseeing or shopping

      • Easter Rising Walking Tour

      • Early Farewell Dinner in city centre restaurant

      • Attend a performance at the Abbey or Gate Theatre

      • Overnight at Royal Marine Hotel

    • Breakfast at the hotel

    • Coach and Driver-Guide end service:  Dublin Airport

    • Transfer to Dublin Airport for your flight home

What’s Included

  • Services included in the package price
    $2,500 per person in shared room/$3,175 for a single

    Accommodation

    • Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire

    Included transport

    • Coach and Driver-Guide

    Other services

    • Expert guide, Dublin poet, Nessa O’Mahony

    • On-Site Tour Director, Joan Weber

    • Full Irish Breakfast every morning at hotel

    • Special Dinner at hotel

    • Early Farewell Dinner in city centre restaurant

    • Welcome Drinks and Orientation

    • Visit and guided walk - Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

    • Lunch in a local pub or hotel

    • Dalkey island tour from Coliemore Harbour

    • Walking tour of Literary Dun Laoghaire and environs

    • Visit the Joyce Tower museum

    • Mythical Ireland - Dowth, Tara and Fourknocks with Anthony Foley

    • Book of Kells immersive digital experience (subject to availability) - Book of Kells

    • Visit Oscar Wilde's House (subject to availability)

    • Dublin Literary Pub Crawl

    • Easter Rising Walking Tour

    • Attend a performance at the Abbey or Gate Theatre

  • Founder and Tour Guide

    From childhood, Joan has dreamt of being a tour guide, especially around literature and literary figures. She earned her masters in Literature from Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English and has spent most of the past 10 summers traveling in England and Ireland as a teacher and an administrator. Her favorite thing has been to visit the places where writers lived and wrote like London, Chawton, Stratford, Haworth, Dublin. It’s not like she’s looking for ghosts, not really.

    Joan became a humanities and literature teacher in an independent school in Howard County Maryland after spending a decade as a theater artist and educator in Baltimore City.

    She is a nerd, a hardcore, to-her-soul nerd. Let’s tour.

Physical Requirements

There will be walking nearly every day of the tour, not generally more than 1 mile at a time over a period of 30-40 minutes. Irish towns and cities may be paved with cobblestones, creating uneven services. We will also be wandering across unpaved surfaces. Please let us know if you will need support and we will do our best to help.

Costings

$2,500 per person in a shared room; $3,175 for a single.