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Scala Retreat – Creating a quiet and reflective retreat experience
Redemptorist Youth Ministry is one of the largest providers of School Retreat programmes on the island of Ireland with teams in Belfast, Cork and Galway. Annually, close to ten thousand young people experience a retreat with one of our teams. Our teams in Cork and Galway are very busy during the academic year. Scala Retreat…
Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising
The National Museum of Ireland has a long tradition of exhibitions relating to Easter Week 1916. In 2016 the NMI at Collins Barracks created the 100th Anniversary exhibition “Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising” – the largest ever display of objects from this period. This extraordinary exhibition, which has been visited by hundreds of thousands…
Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum
Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum is offering schools the opportunity to address the new Junior Cycle History Specification through a unique museum experience at a rate of just €5 per pupil. Of the three strands within the new specification, The Nature of History is the key, unifying strand that focuses on history as a discipline. The…
1916 Rebellion school tour
The 1916 School Tour Tour was founded in 1996 by Lorcan Collins with the aim of showing students the sites of the Easter Rising and explaining, in a concise and accessible fashion, the various events that shaped our nation. The tour includes Trinity College / Old Irish Parliament, the Customs House, Liberty Hall, the GPO,…
Four reasons to walk the Camino with your students
Whether you teach history, languages, geography or simply want to boost your students’ sense of self-esteem and teamwork skills – walking the Camino de Santiago is perfect for your student group. Our Camino adventure sees student groups walk the historic last 100km of the Camino Frances, reaching the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and the…
The Pearse Museum and Rathfarnham Castle
It’s worth considering a day trip to Rathfarnham where you can visit Rathfarnham Castle and the Pearse Museum, just 30 minutes from the city centre and 10 minutes’ drive from each other. A lively, informative guided tour tailored to younger visitors will be included in your visit to each site. Visits to these historic buildings…
Waterford Treasures: three museums in the Viking Triangle
Delve back in time with a tour that’s bound to bring out your inner Strongbow or Aoife in the most ancient part of Ireland’s oldest city ‘Veðrafjǫrðr’ (Waterford). Waterford not only boasts the House of Waterford Crystal and three museums but features an award-winning walking experience, the Epic Tour of the Viking Triangle. From the…
Museum & Stadium Tours at Thomond Park Stadium – an ideal stop on your School Tour Day
Thomond Park is the home ground of Munster Rugby, one of the most successful and best supported rugby clubs in the world. The famous venue, renowned internationally for its unique history and atmosphere, has been redeveloped and now boasts an increased capacity of 25,600 plus an extensive range of conference & banqueting facilities and state…
An action-packed day out at Redhills
Redhills Adventure is one of Ireland’s most exciting adventure centres located very close to Kildare Village Outlet on a re-purposed farm. Opened in 2014, it is operated by brothers Paul and Owen Murphy, who both left careers in Tourism and Engineering respectively and converted the old family farm to offer great value activities for primary…
The Pearse Museum and Rathfarnham Castle
It’s worth considering a day trip to Rathfarnham where you can visit Rathfarnham Castle and the Pearse Museum, just 30 minutes from the city centre and 10 minutes’ drive from each other. A lively, informative guided tour tailored to younger visitors will be included in your visit to each site. Visits to these historic buildings…
The way we wore at the National Museum
The history of Irish fashion in clothing and jewellery. Come and see garments made in Irish fabrics and the importance of textile production and clothing manufacture to the economy of the country. The Way We Wore exhibition displays clothing and jewellery worn in Ireland principally from the 1760s to the 1960s. Although many still think…
Education opportunities at Galway Atlantaquaria DPSM Discover Centre
Welcome to Galway Atlantaquaria, the National Aquarium of Ireland. As Ireland’s largest Native Species Aquarium, we are the perfect location for school tours and workshops based around Ireland’s marine environment and biodiversity, sustainability, environmental awareness, care and ecology investigation. We cater for students of all ages, with options available to pre-school, primary, secondary and third…
Life and Death in Medieval Kilkenny
Since 2017, the Medieval Mile Museum has shared the stories of Ireland’s most powerful patrons and inspired creators. In what was a 13th century parish church, the award-winning museum is now an amalgamation of cutting-edge architecture, archaeology, history and exhibition design. When skeletal remains were discovered on site in the summer of 2016, the local…
Lullymore – exciting new venue for Field Trips and Environmental Tours
Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park in Rathangan, Co. Kildare is now offering Leaving Cert Biology Field Trips and Environmental Tours designed for Junior Cert/Transition Year Geography/Science students and can also be adapted for Third Level students. The Park, set on 60 acres of ancient woodland and rehabilitating peatland, won Best Environmental Innovation at the…
An Insight into a Coal Mining Life
The Arigna Mining Experience in Co. Roscommon will certainly appeal to those looking for a day out with a difference. The visitor centre is located in a beautiful scenic location overlooking Lough Allen. Now a popular tourist spot, this visitor centre preserves the mining heritage of this area and allows visitors an insight into coal…
