Hi everyone! Ed here!

The film for this weekend will be The Last King of Scotland. Have a look &mbdash; it’s a really good film! It will begin as usual at 8:00 in Theatre 1 (or 2) in the Arts Block, this Sunday!

And, we’d like to announce some tentative dates for a day trip to the botanic gardens at Powerscourt in Enniskerry in Co. Wicklow! In addition to having some of the nicest gardens and park areas in all of Ireland, there is also access to Ireland’s highest waterfall! We are planning a trip there for either May 3 or 4 (Saturday or Sunday), and we will let you all know when we’ve set a definate date! Here’s some sites to look at to see what’s there (1, 2). Click around on these links to see what they have there– it’ll be great time for our last trip of the year! The price will be 10 EUR per person for round trip transportation from Maynooth to there and back. There are different price options for entry at the Gardens, as you can pay to see just the gardens, or the gardens and the waterfall! We’ll let you decide what you want to pay for once we arrive!

That’s all for now! Hope to see you all at the film this Sunday! And there’s still a few places for the Belfast and Galway trips, so please come by to sign-up or pay for them if you’re planning on going!

All the best,

Ed

Hi everyone! Ed here!

Four things in this post: Film announcement, St. Patricks Day, Belfast Trip, Galway Trip.

First off, the film for this weekend will be Superbad. It’s a hilarious American comedy, well worth watching! Bit of a change from last week… The film will begin, as usual, at 8:00 PM, this Sunday evening in the Arts Block, Theatre 1 (or 2, depending on wether the projector plug works).

Next: St. Patrick’s Day! As every year, we arrange a meeting time to get the train into Dublin so you can all get good spots for the parade! It is important to be in town early to get good spots for the parade! The timetable says there is a train 10:30 AM from Maynooth train station going to Connolly Station, and this is the best time to go in! I’ll be working my security job all day starting at 12:00, but please come by to say hi! I’ll be at The Bailey, just off of Grafton Street! I’d love to see you there! But dress nice, otherwise I can’t let you in! Haha! Here’s a little map to help you locate the place (link).

As for the trips: we will begin sign-ups for both the Belfast and Galway trips this Sunday evening! We will be there in Theatre 1 from 7:30 pm for sign-ups!

The Belfast trip will be from 4—6 April (Fri. to Sun.), and costs 55 EUR per person. Links: 1, 2, 3

The Galway trip will be from 18—20 April (again Fri. to Sun.) and costs 60 EUR per person. Links: 1, 2, 3.

I would like to mention that each of the hostels has trips on offer that you can sign-up for right at the reception desks! The hostel in Belfast offers the Giant’s Causeway and Black Taxi Tours (Floz’ photos from last year), and the hostel in Galway offers the Connemara, Aran Islands (more photos), and Burren / Cliffs of Moher Tours! So, if you are interested in doing any of these great day trips while visiting Belfast or Galway, you can sign-up and pay for them right at the reception desks of the hostels when we arrive there!

That’s all for now! Hope to see you all this Sunday for the film and sign-ups, and also out in Dublin on St Patrick’s Day!

Ed

Hi everyone! Ed here!

The film for this weekend is The Wind that Shakes the Barley, the Irish film about the struggle for Irish independence in the 1920’s. This is a very serious film, and we have to advise everyone that it has some very graphic and violent scenes in it, so just know this if you decide to come to the film on Sunday. We will begin as usual at 8:00 pm in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block.

And, we’re glad to announce that we’ve already made provisional bookings at the hostels for both of the upcoming weekend trips!

1. We will be running a trip to Belfast on the first weekend of April, from Friday April 4th to Sunday April 6th! Here’s some information about what there is to do in Belfast (1, 2).
2. Also, we will hold a trip to Galway from Friday April 18th to Sunday April 20th! This will give at least 3 weeks before the end of the semester, so that you will all have time to finish up your essays and assignments! So we hope to get good numbers turn out for both trips! Here’s some information on what there is to do in Galway (1, 2).

We will begin sign-ups for both trips very soon, once we get final prices for everything sorted out; the costs will most likely be around 60 Euro per person for each trip, and that will include round-trip transportation and 2 nights accomodation on each trip. We will let you all know very soon!

That’s all for now! See you all this Sunday at the film!

Ed

Hi everyone! Ed here!

The film for this weekend will be ‘Waking Ned’, or as it was called in the U.S., ‘Waking Ned Devine’. It’s a very good Irish comedy about a man who wins the lottery, and then dies, and his friends try to collect his lottery winnings for the village he lived in! We will start as usual at 8:00 PM, Theatre 1 in the Arts Block, this Sunday evening! Here’s a link to see a better description on what the movie is about.

Also, I’ve been asked by the History Society to tell you all about a trip they are running, and they’ve offered to let International Students sign-up as well! It’s a trip to Kilmainham Jail in Dublin! This is one of the most famous prisons in Ireland, as many of the people who fought for Irish independence were held there. The history Society is running a trip there, and they’ve told me that the price will only be 4 Euro per-person! That includes the bus from here to the jail, addmission, and then back to Maynooth! The trip will be held next Saturday, March 8th. The bus will pick up from in front on the Student’s Union at 2 in the afternoon, and return around 6. They will hold sign-ups in the Arts Building this Tueday and Wednesday; I will send out more details about it when I know them! In the meantime, here’s link that talks about the jail.

Tha’s all for now! Hope to see you all at the film!

Ed