The students began their third and final week in Dublin today with class as usual. I met them this morning early and watched them play some table tennis. There is mixed feelings among the students about going home. After class the students went into the city centre to visit the Hugh Lane Gallery, which is…
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Day 15 – 20 July 2014
The students had a real taste of Irish culture today when we went to Croke Park to watch Meath (my team) and Dublin playing a game of Gaelic Football……unfortunately for me Dublin was the stronger team on the day! I think some of the students were happy with this as their host family had given them a jersey to wear for the occasion!
62,000 people attended the match. Gaelic football is an amateur sport – the students couldn’t believe it when I told them that they don’t get paid for playing and that they have to get up for work on Monday morning!
Day 14 – 19 July 2014
Today wasn’t actually spent in Dublin for the students – they went on an excursion to the beautiful city of Kilkenny which is located in the midlands. Kilkenny is approximately two and a half hours away from Dublin and it is one of Ireland’s most popular places for tourists to visit. It is very picturesque and it has a magnificent castle right in the centre.
It is famous for the comedy festival which it hosts each year and for its Gaelic hurling team which is very hard to beat!
The students went to visit the castle and afterwards they had free time to explore the rest of the city. It was a busy day for the students so they were glad to get back home to relax.
