Our Trip to Croke Park which included Travel Training. (2nd July 2015)

Our Trip to Croke Park which included Travel Training. (2^nd July 2015)

Miriam Buckley & I (Maureen O Shea) boarded the train in Thurles, Sarah Scully, Tina Hynes, Lisa Quigley & the clients boarded the train in Templemore. We eventually got to Houston station and then we got the Luas into O Connell Street.

We got the no 13 bus out to Drumcondra, then we walked down Jones Road to Croke Park, we went in the wrong entrance to Croke Park unfortunately. Then we had to walk up to the traffic lights again, and then we found the right entrance. We went in under the stand & we saw 2 Hugh Hurley’s.

Then we saw where the president of Ireland & the Taoiseach park their cars. Then we were brought into the Tipperary changing room.

We saw the jerseys hanging up, then we went out to the warm up room and the tour guide told us that there was netting on the ceiling to protect the lights as they kept getting broken and there was Perspex on the windows as they kept getting broken as well.

Then we were brought pitch side, and we were brought up to the presentation area, we got our photos taken up there. We also saw where the subs sit. Then we went up on as escalator to a higher area. We also saw the Opel room where the VIP guests go. This is called this as it is owned by Opel cars. We also saw very expensive delph, knives and forks lay out on the tables as the VIP guest go there.

Then we went out to a viewing area and we saw the whole city of Dublin. Then we went down an escalator again and we had tea and biscuits in the café. Then we walked up Jones road. We got the no 13 bus again into O Connell Street. Then we waited for the traffic lights to change to the green man to cross the road.

We broke up into various groups of 3 clients per staff member. Stuart O Mahoney, myself (Maureen O Shea and Miriam Buckley were with Sarah Scully. I went into HMV to enquire about a CD or Dvd of Declan Nerney but they were sold out. Then Stuart, Miriam, Sarah and I went into Arnotts then some went into Pennies & Dunnes. Then we went for lunch, Stuart, Miriam, Sarah and I went to a place called The Church as it is a converted church. The rest of the group went to McDonalds.

Then we got the Luas back to Houston station, the Luas was packed, some of the staff had to get extra tickets for the train, Sarah Scully was my companion, some of the clients and staff got off in Templemore and Miriam Buckley & I got off in Thurles and we all had a great time and we will certainly like to do this again.

Posted in Uncategorized