Want to Go to Ireland with Lord Mayor Richie Gormley for The Gathering 2013?

Have you ever been to Ireland? How about Ireland with the Lord Mayor of West Roxbury Richie Gormley? You can - on a nine-day eight-night tour of Ireland to celebrate The Gathering 2013.

The Gathering is a year-long celebration of everything Ireland. 

Departing from Boston on June 5 and returning on June 14, the tour price is $2,499 per person, double occupancy including airfare. 

“As Lord Mayor of West Roxbury I am very excited to announce my Boston Ireland Gathering Tour for June 2013 in conjunction with Crystal Travel & Tours. I can guarantee you won’t find another tour of Ireland like this one. This will be an historical trip. In every county and city we go into the local mayor will be greeting us as American VIPs. We will even be having our own private tour of the Irish Parliament. We are anticipating this will be a very popular tour with the people of West Roxbury and beyond,” said Gormley.

Tour highlights include:

• The Merry Ploughboys Dinner & Show
• Dail Eireann Tour and Official Welcome
• Trinity College Dublin and the Book of Kells
• Guinness Storehouse
• Jameson Distillery
• Molly Darcy's Traditional Irish Night dinner & show
• Ulster-American Folk Park
• Moran's Oyster Cottage
• Knock Shrine
• Durty Nelly's Pub
• Athlone Castle
• Cliffs of Moher
• Blarney Castle
• The Gormley Family Home in Ballybrogan, Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon

Travel insurance is recommended and available for purchase. 

As space is limited for the tour, please book early. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required at time of booking with the balance due 60 days prior to departure (Monday, April 8th, 2013), according to a Crystal Travel press release.