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A Private Chauffeur Guided Day Tour of Ireland’s Beautiful Boyne Valley and Newgrange attraction.

The perfect way to get a great insight into the cradle of Ireland, 5,000 years of Irish history and some of Ireland’s most spectacular scenery with a local Driver/guide from Chauffeur Ireland who will take you to visit:

Newgrange — Monasterboice — Mellifont – Drogheda town — Saint Oliver Plunketts head (for the non-squeamish, only!!) – Battle of the Boyne — Hills of Tara — Trim Castle – Other options include — Kells — Saint Patrick & the Hill of Slane — Slane Castle

Your first stop is at Newgrange, the giant Neolithic passage grave complex, 600 years older than the pyramids of Giza. A UNESCO world heritage site and the number one destination here in the Boyne valley and a must see.

Then Monasterboice an early 6th Century Gaelic monastic settlement with Ireland’s tallest Celtic cross and a round tower and Mellifont abbey, the ruins of the first and most important Cistercian monastery began in the 13th Century.
Drogheda town and Saint Peter’s church with the embalmed head of Saint Oliver Plunkett and the Battle of the Boyne, site of the 1690 battle between the last English Catholic King James I and Protestant King William of Orange.

Then to Tara and touch the Lia Fail (King stone) from its highest point you can see the entire Boyne Valley and on a clear day 12 counties of Ireland. Then Trim castle the biggest Norman stronghold in Ireland and the Hill of Slane, the place where St Patrick lit his famous Paschal Fire.

Created by Tourism Ireland the Ancient East route offers visitors a personal experience of 5000 years of history from Carlingford lough to Cork.

Visit Newgrange and the Boyne Valley in the north east and range through the midlands all the way down via Kilkenny’s Medieval mile to Waterford’s Viking Quarter and continues to Cork, where the Ancient East Tour joins the Wild Atlantic Way.

We cover the 4 themes which may be enjoyed individually or consecutively over 4 days based out of Dublin.

Ancient Ireland
There are many treasures in the south and east that are older than the pyramids, set in an ancient green landscape – passage tombs, dolmens and Stone Age observatories that are found throughout Ireland’s Ancient East.

Early Christian Ireland
Step into the Golden Age of Saints and Scholars and visit the university and monastery sites where Ireland’s pioneering saints and monks wrote some of the world’s greatest illuminated manuscripts.

Medieval Ireland
Uncover a rich tapestry of tales from this turbulent time. From the Viking Triangle of Ireland’s oldest city, Waterford, to the fortresses and castles built to protect the land and its occupants in the beautifully preserved Medieval City of Kilkenny.

Anglo-Ireland
Visitors will have a unique opportunity to experience what life was like in the 18th and 19th centuries, lavish gardens, opulent houses and market towns. The romantic ideals of these times inspired others to failed Rebellions, or to seek better fortune and escape from famine through emigration.

Drive out of town to see some of Dublin’s beautiful suburbs as part of the Dublin City Day Tour.
Going north visit Clontarf and the beautiful Casino Marino a playhouse built for the 1st Earl of Caulfield. The beautiful fishing villages of Howth and Pormarnock and along the coast road out to Malahide, with its famous Castle dating from the 12th century. West along the river Liffey through the picturesque Strawberry beds on to Castletown house the biggest Palladium mansion in Ireland. The south and stop to enjoy Dunlaoghaire, with its grand piers and sailing clubs and the nearby Joyce Tower.