TOURS Newgrange and ancient sites of the Boyne Valley

Day Tours

• Bus Éireann - day trips from Dublin to Newgrange. For the Winter season the day tours run on Thursday and Saturday, more frequently during the summer season.

• Newgrange Tours - Day tour visiting Newgrange and the Hill of Tara. Operates each day except Sunday, pick up points in Dublin at the Mespil Hotel, Burlington Hotel, Four Seasons Hotel, Berkeley Court Hotel, Davenport Hotel, Merrion Hotel, Dublin Tourism Suffolk Street and the Royal Dublin Hotel (O'Connell Street). Phone 01 2839973, mobile 086 355 1355, email info@newgrangetours.com

• Dublin/Newgrange Shuttlebus - Departs daily from Suffolk Street (near the Dublin Tourism Office) at 8:45am and 11am, departs O'Connell Street (the Garda Station) at 9am and 11:15am. On the return journey departs Newgrange at 1pm and 4pm. Tickets can be purchased on board or at the Dublin Tourism office in Suffolk street.  Phone 1800 424252 or email info@overthetoptours.com

• Irish City Tours - day trips from Dublin to Newgrange. Tour Departs at 10am from Dublin Tourism Centre, Suffolk Street. Tours operate on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from April to end of October.

• Day Tours Unplugged - Operates Wednesday and Fridays, departs from Dublin at 9am, returns 6pm. Visits Newgrange, the Hill of Tara, Monasterboice High Cross, Slane Abbey and the Battle of the Boyne site. Email info@daytoursunplugged.ie

• Ancient Temples of Co. Sligo - Day tour of tombs and sacred spaces including Carrowmore and the Carrowkeel cairns on the Bricklieve mountains.

• Ireland Escorted - Small customised tours of Ireland, one of the suggested tours includes a day in the Boyne Valley visiting Newgrange, Monasterboice and Mellifont.

Group Tours

• Sacred Island Tours - Martin Byrne has an intimate knowledge of ancient Irish sites and their mythology. Guided tours to the major Irish sacred centres including  Carrowmore, Carrowkeel, Moytura, Loughcrew and the Boyne Valley.

• Celtic Ways - Join John Willmott who lives near the legendary Keash Caves, Co. Sligo and explore ancient sacred sites of mystery and gather their stories.

• Celtic Journeys and Pilgrim Walks - A residential 7 day Celtic Retreat based in a rural setting by the lakes and mountains of Co. Wicklow. Sites visited include Tara, Newgrange, Piper's Stone circle and the 6th Century monastic city in Glendalough.

• Ireland tours available to book online, but not every Ireland tour is the same. Some of the Ireland tours let you visit megalithic locales, but other Ireland tours consider their job as Ireland tour guides to be complete.

• Mystical Ireland tour by Well Within's Earth Mysteries & Sacred Site Tours. Celtic Journey, Ancient Sites, History's Mysteries & Homeopathy, a 12 night tour of the South and West of Ireland with an optional 3 night tour of Newgrange, Knowth, Tara and Loughcrew.

• Legendary Tours - Story teller Richard Marsh leads small groups to prehistoric, historical and legendary sites to tell stories on location of magic and mystery. One of the full day tours is the Tuatha Dé Danaan Mythological Cycle featuring Newgrange, The Hill of Slane, Donaghmore and Tara the Ancient Capital of Ireland.