1. Comenius Project
Partner Meeting in Ireland, 19th – 23rd May, 2014
Study Trip Itinerary
Monday 19th
May
Arrival to
Ireland and
transfer to
Edenderry
Pick up from Dublin City Centre Nassau Street 19.30 hrs.
(see Map attached for bus pick up point)
Pick up from Dublin Airport 20.15 hrs
Transfer to Edenderry
Stay overnight in traditional Irish Bed and Breakfast (B&B)
Accommodation
Tuesday 20th
May
School Visit
Project Meetings
Understanding
our traditional
local skills:
Peat
production
Electricity
generation
Shoe making
Visit to
peatlands and
bogs
Visit to local
heritage site
Boat Trip
Depart (B&B) 8.15 hrs – walk to school (weather
permitting!!)
Please leave your luggage packed and ready for collection
later
Arrival at school 8.30 hrs
8.30 – 9.00 Welcome and Overview of Trip Schedule
9.00 – 10.00 Classroom visits – each visiting team will have
the opportunity to interact with our pupils to discuss your
country and school life for pupils in your respective schools.
10.00 – 10.45 – Project Exhibition: Skills Past, Present and
Developing
10.50 – 11.10 – Coffee
11.10 – 11.30 – Gaelic Sports – A demonstration and chance
to develop your skills on the pitch (bring your sports shoes)
11.30 – 13.00 Project Team Meeting
Update on progress and project
milestones reached
Planning the next phase of the
project June – October 2014
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.45 - Depart Scoil Bhríde
14.30 – 15.30 Lough Boora Peatlands Park
16.00 – 17.30 Clonmacnoise - Early Christian Monastic
Heritage Site
18.15 - 19.00 - Lough Ree – Boat Trip – View the Irish
landscape from the water as the early settlers did
19.00 Depart Athlone
19.30 Arrive and check-in to Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore
2. Free evening in Tullamore – Time to relax
Wednesday 21st
May
Understanding
Traditional Irish
Skills and seeing
rural Ireland and
our western
coast
8.00 Pick up from Bridge House Hotel
8.30 – 10.15 Visit to Ballinahown – Traditional Crafts Village
–
10.15 - 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – Depart for West of Ireland
11.30 – 12.30 The unique karst landscape of the Burren Co.
Clare
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Visit to Cliffs of Moher
14.30 Depart for Bunratty
15.30 – 17.30 Visit to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park - visit
farm houses and cottages and watch the tasks of rural Irish
families, see the baking of traditional griddle bread, and
tasting it hot with fresh creamery Irish butter.
17.30 Depart for Bridge House Hotel Tullamore
21.00 4 course Irish meal and Irish Night (Bring your flat
shoes and try our traditional Irish dance!!)
Thursday 22nd
May
09.15 - Depart Tullamore
10.15 - 11.00 - Visit to high tech multinational company
Present and
future Irish skills
and visiting our
urban areas
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee
12.0 – 13.00 Tour of Dublin
13.00 – 16.30 Free time in Dublin – explore our capital city
at your leisure
16.30 Depart for Tullamore
20.00 Farewell Dinner
Friday 23rd May Depart Tullamore for Airport and Dublin City
