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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SAR Trip to Ireland Set for May 2014 By Stephen R. Renouf (CASSAR) P resident General Joseph W. Dooley and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution are leading an SAR delegation to Ireland in May 2014 to honor the service of the Irish and Scots-Irish patriots of the American Revolution, specifically Commodore John Barry, the father of the U.S. Navy, who was born in Tacumshane, County Wexford; and Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who was born in Maghera Parish, County Londonderry. The planned itinerary is as follows: participants will arrive at the Dublin Airport on May 2, where they will be met by travel staff. If you choose to arrive in Europe before the start of the SAR trip, you may arrange to meet us at the Dublin airport. Our bus will 24 depart once everyone has arrived and take us to our hotel. In the afternoon, we are planning to visit the Glasnevin Cemetery, which is the Irish version of Arlington National Cemetery. Iconic Irish figures are buried in the cemetery—Daniel O'Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Eamon De Valera, Michael Collins, Countess Markiewicz, Maud Gonne McBride and many others. The cemetery has a digital archive of the people buried there, which is a great genealogical tool. Later, we will travel to the Royal Irish Academy for a special welcome talk from Professor Nicholas Canny, followed by dinner at the historic Kildare Street University Club. May 3 will feature a panoramic sightseeing tour of the City of Dublin, visiting St. Patrick's Cathedral, built to honor Ireland's patron saint. Nearby is the well where tradition holds St. Patrick baptized converts when he visited Dublin. We also will visit Trinity College, which houses the famous Book of Kells, a ninth century illuminated manuscript of the Gospels. In the evening, we will visit the private residence of Ireland's president and plan to have an audience with President Michael D. Higgins, followed by a dinner in Dublin. On May 4, we will visit the historic Guinness Storehouse and learn about the rich history of the company. That evening, we will dine at the Brazen Head, Ireland's oldest pub, dating to 1198. On May 5, the tour will head west to the mighty Cliffs of Moher, which are 700 feet high and offer views of the Aran Islands and the Dingle Peninsula. We will visit Bunratty Castle, built in 1425, the most complete medieval fortress in Ireland. Dinner will be a medieval banquet, with a night spent in the Limerick Hotel. On May 6, we will continue south to the former Kingdom of Kerry, where we will visit SAR MAGAZINE