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IIIIIIIIIIIIIII Glasnevin Cemetery SUMMER 2013 lava outflows 60 million years ago and reputed to be the creation of legendary Irish giant Finn MacCool. Next will be a visit to Bushmills Irish Whiskey, the oldest distillery in Ireland, with an original license from 1608. On our return, we will stop in the village of Tobemore in the town of Maghera, the birthplace of Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. May 10 will be devoted to a tour of the City of Belfast. We will tour the Protestant neighborhood of Shankill Road and the Catholic neighborhood of Falls Road, and see murals documenting "the Troubles," as well as visit the open gate of the Peace Wall standing between the two neighborhoods. We will visit the RMS Titanic Museum, located where the ship was built between 1909 and 1911. The trip will conclude with gala farewell dinner in a Belfast restaurant, and we return home the following day. If you are interested in attending the NSSAR Trip to Ireland in May 2014, please contact Magic Meetings & Global Incentives at (703) 379-8071 or SAR@magicglobal.com. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII the spectacular Dingle Peninsula and see the beautiful Lakes of Killarney. We will spend the night in Ireland's second-largest city, Cork. On May 7, we will travel north to County Tipperary to visit the Rock of Cashel, the traditional seat of the Kings of Munster. After a tour of the Cashel, we will continue to Wexford, where we will lay a wreath at the Commodore John Barry Memorial on Crescent Quay. The memorial was a gift from the people of the United States to the town of Wexford in 1956 to honor the father of the American Navy. We then will return to Dublin. On May 8, we will head north through St. Patrick's Country to Northern Ireland. We will visit Downpatrick, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lecale, and Down Cathedral, where St. Patrick is believed to be interred. We will continue to Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland. The peace process has brought a measure of optimism to the rebellious city, and we will step back in time with a visit to the infamous Victorian-era Crumlin Road Gaol. On May 9, we will continue north, passing through the nine Glens of Antrim to the Giant's Causeway, created by Honoring Our Colonial Ancestors If you are an American and a direct male descendant of someone who rendered civil or military service in one of the 13 American colonies before July 4, 1776, consider joining the NATIONAL SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS. For information on its activities and eligibility requirements, contact: Registrar General R.D. Pollock 3504 Wilson Street Fairfax, VA 22030-2936 www.americancolonists.org COMPATRIOTS! YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN A VERY SELECT ORDER Numerous SARs are already affiliated COMPATRIOTS! Eligibility Founding Ancestor prior to 1657 and a Revolutionary War Patriot in the same male line. Male line may be from: (1) Father's Father; (2) Mother's Father; (3) Father's Maternal Grandfather; (4) Maternal Grandfather of Mother's Father; (5)Maternal Grandfather of Father's Father. For information, contact W. Charles Hampton, 2024 Abercrombie Rd, Culloden, GA 31016-5720. or www.founderspatriots.org 25