The Emerald Isle. No beercation destination appears on more beer bucket lists than Ireland, and no holiday embraces Ireland more than St. Patrick's Day!

New for 2027, join Pub Culture Beercations for the "ultimate" Emerald Isle Beercation... to include St. Patrick's Day for a traditional Irish experience in a smaller town or village in the west of Ireland, away from the huge Dublin crowds.

New for 2027, we are excited to introduce the first-ever Emerald Isle St. Patrick's Beercation, which will give any traveler the chance to experience Ireland in a very unique way, as only Pub Culture Beercations can!

Just like our original Emerald Isle Beercation, we will start and finish in Dublin for a total of three nights, but this tour will spend three nights in Galway - including celebrating St. Patrick's Day - two nights in Cork, one night in Dingle, Killarney, and Kilkenny, along with spending a night in an authentic Irish Castle Hotel!

We will also visit the Guinness Storehouse, Galway Bay Brewing Company, West Kerry Brewing Company, Killarney Brewing Company, Midleton Distillery (Jameson, Powers, and more!), and many, many amazing pubs!

Not only does this beercation dive into Ireland's beer, whiskey, and pub scene, but it will also visit historic locations like Newgrange passage tomb at Brú na Bóinne, Blarney Castle and Gardens, and Rock of Cashel, as well as the Titanic Experience in Cobh, the last port of call for the famous ocean liner's ill-fated journey.

The tour will also visit famous scenic sights such as the island of Inis Mor, the Cliffs of Moher, Slea Head Drive around the Dingle Peninsula, and much, much more!

Choose the "Early Arrival Add-On" when booking your Northern Ireland Beercation and we will take care of the hotel for the night of Thursday, March 19, 2026, as well as arrange for you to attend the Celtic Nights Dinner Show with traditional Irish music and dancing with dinner.

Then, after a good night's sleep and breakfast at the hotel, take a tour of Kilmainham Gaol. Here You will discover the stories of people held here as ordinary criminals alongside those who fought for Irish independence. From the 1798 rebellion, to the 1916 Easter Rising, the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21), to the devastation of the Irish Civil War (1922-23).

After your tour head to Devitt's Pub for an included lunch before the official Welcome Toast at 2:00pm in afternoon of July 24th.

Your Emerald Isle Beercation starts with a welcome toast, followed by a walking tour of Dublin.  After our walking tour we will return to our hotel before our Group Welcome DInner that night.  After dinner you have free time to explore Dublin on a Friday night!

 Day 2 starts with a self-guided tour of the Guinness Storehouse. At noon, we have a group lunch at one of the two restaurants located in the Storehouse. After which, the rest of your day is free to enjoy Dublin as you like.

Take in a museum or two, take in the pubs, or just wander the city for some sights and shopping - it's your time to enjoy! 

Today, we leave Dublin and make our way to the historic Brú na Bóinne valley, and the Newgrange passage tomb, built during the Neolithic Period, around 3100 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.

After our visit, we will make our way to Bellingham Castle, where we will stay the night. After check-in, you will have free time to explore the castle and the grounds until our group dinner later in the evening.

After we check out of Bellingham Castle, we will make our way to Sean's Bar. The oldest bar in the world! The Guinness Book of Records has confirmed that there has been a bar standing on the foundation in Athlone since 900AD!

At Sean's Bar we will learn the proper way to make an Irish Coffee with a Master Class, before having a group lunch at Gertie Browne's.

After lunch, we will continue on to Galway, check into our hotel, and you will have the rest of the night free to explore the student-infused nightlife of vibrant city!

Today we make a day-trip to the Island of Inis Mór, the lt largest of the three Aran Islands. We will take the ferry to the Island in the morning, have a guided tour of Inis Mór with Pat from Celtic Tours, stopping in a small village for you to find lunch on your own, plus visit the famous Aran Island Sweater Market, where those interested in authentic Irish woolen produce can find some of the best!

After our time on the island we will take the ferry back to Galway where we will have a group dinner at the Galway Bay Brewery's Oslo Bar.

The rest of your night is free to again enjoy the amazing pubs and live music of Galway!

Today will be a free day in Galway to celebrate St. Patrick's Day as authentically as it gets! From Galway's St. Patrick's Day Parade to live music and pubs in festive celebration, you won't forget today... well... we hope you won't!

Today, we make our way from Galway to Dingle Town on the Dingle Peninsula, but first, we will stop at the famous Cliffs of Moher. One of the most iconic images of Ireland, after our visit, we will make our way on to Dingle.

Once we check into the hotel, you will have a little free time to explore before we have a group dinner at Paul Gainey's Pub.

After dinner the rest of the day is free to enjoy the awesome pubs of this little seaside town.

This morning we depart Dingle Town, but before continuing on to Killarney, we will take the scenic drive around Slea Head, stopping along the way for sights, lunch at the most western bar in Ireland, and a visit to West Kerry Brewing Company.

Once we get to Killarney and checked into our hotel, the rest of your day is free to explore Killarney's shops and restaurants as well as it's fun nightlife with great pubs, and live music!

Today, we will make our way to Cork for two nights, stopping at the infamous Blarney Castle on the way. Will you kiss the Blarney Stone to receive the "gift of gab"?

You will have time to tour the castle, wander the grounds and exquisite gardens, and even grab a bite to eat in a cafe.

We then make our way on to Cork where after we check into our hotel you will have a bit of free time before our next group dinner.

Today it's a day trip to Cobh (pronounced "Cove") and the Titanic Experience Museum. When the Titanic set sail, the town was known as Queen's Town, and it was the last port of call before the famous ship's fateful night. The museum is in the White Star Line's office and the docks where passengers boarded the Titanic for her maiden voyage.

After visiting the museum and taking a little time to explore Cobh, we will continue on to Middleton and the Middleton Distillery, producers of whiskeys like Jameson, Powers, the "Spots", and Middleton Rare, plus many more! After our tour and tasting, we will have a late lunch at Ferrit & Lee, a favorite stop on all our Emerald Isle Beercations!

After our lunch, we will return to Cork, where the rest of your night is free to explore the city's abundance of craft beer bars, traditional Irish pubs, and live music!

With only two nights left on your Emerald Isle Beercation, today we leave Cork for Kilkenny, stopping at the Rock of Cashel on the way. The Rock of Cashel was originally the seat of the kings of Munster, and according to legend, St. Patrick himself came here to convert King Aenghus to Christianity.

After our visit, we will continue on to Kilkenny, where we will visit the Smithwick's Brewery and have our final group dinner at the always lively and delicious Matt the Miller's!

After dinner explore some of the wonderful pubs in town!

After a late check-out, we make our way back to Dublin for our final night of the tour.

Once we get to Dublin, you will have time to relax, pack, and grab your last-minute souvenirs before our Farewell Happy Hour Toast at the Porterhouse Temple Bar, to raise a glass to our beercation and all the new friends made.

The rest of the night is free.

This morning, we will board our bus for one final drive to Dublin Airport and back to reality.

Please be sure to book your return flight for 11am or later, or you may have to book your own taxi to the airport.