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Day 5
Then, continue on to the river town of Avoca, made famous by the Avoca Handweavers. This clothing manufacturer is Ireland's oldest line of business, active since the early 1700s. Here, you'll meet with some of the handweavers when you visit Avoca's mill, which happens to be the oldest of its class in all of Ireland. You'll then have time to enjoy lunch on your own before traveling on to Kilkenny, where you’ll arrive later today and check into your hotel before an included dinner with your fellow travelers.
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Glendalough
This morning, depart for Kilkenny, stopping along the way at Glendalough, where you’ll tour the ruins of the monastery, founded in the sixth century by St. Kevin. Among the monks' great achievements was manuscript writing and copying, including the creation of the spectacular Book of Glendalough around 1131. Now at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, the book
- containing historical chronicles, genealogies, and religious poems
- is one of the most important and beautiful Irish manuscripts from the pre-Norman period.