Newgrange trip
Hi everyone! Ed here!
I want to sent out a very special thank you to all of you who went to Belfast, and made it one of the best Society trips we’ve ever had! This was the largest trip we’ve ever done; we had 85 people on the trip, including the 8 from the Volleyball Club! I had a really good time myself, and I hope that everyone one had a great and very memorable time as well! Between Giant’s Causeway, The Black Taxi Tour, and the Christmas Market, I’d say everyone had lots of fun!
And now, for the details about out next trip:
We will be holding our last (half) day trip of the semester on Saturday, 8th of December, and we will be going to Newgrange, which is an old passage tomb in County Louth. Older than the Pyramids in Egypt, as well as Stonehenge in the U.K., the site at Newgrange was also used as an ancient ‘calendar’, as the tomb was built so that the sun would light up the inner chamber on only one day of the year. It is one of the most important historic sites and (thus) one Ireland’s top tourist attraction! Here are some really good websites that will tell you all about Newgrange 1, 2, 3.
We have two group bookings for Newgrange on Saturday, December 8th: the first group begins the tour at 10:00, and the second group will begin at 11:00. Each tour will last about two hours, and Newgrange is only about 1 hour away from here, so we will all return to Maynooth by 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. We know that many of you will have assignments and essays to finish, so we booked early times to give you the rest of the day to study! The final cost for Newgrange will be 15 EUR per person. This price includes the round-trip on the bus and the admission cost into Newgrange!
Sign-ups for Newgrange will begin tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 27th. We will be at the Arts Block 6 – 7 pm as usual in the corridor by the computers. We will also be there 6 – 7 pm on Wednesday as well for sign-ups!
That’s all for now! Thanks again so much to everyone that made the trip to Belfast such a success! And one more thing: We’d like to get some photos of the trip to post or link to on our site! If you are willing to share some or all of your photos with us, please send them to us so we can publish them on our web page. Let us know! We’d love to put up some great photos!
All the best and see you all soon,
Ed
The facts again:
- Where to
- Newgrange
- Date
- Saturday, 8 December 2007
- Departure
- 8:30 and 9:30 am from Student’s Union
- Return
- About 2 and 3 pm
- Cost
- 15 EUR per person
- Includes
- Transport & admission cost