The weekend trip to Galway will be held from Friday 17 to Sunday 19 of October.  We will leave from in front of the Student’s Union at 2:30 PM.  Please don’t be late! The final cost for the trip to Galway is 70 EUR per person.  This includes two nights in the hostel with breakfast and bed linens provided, and the round-trip from Maynooth to Galway and back.  We will leave from the hostel in Galway on Sunday evening at 7:00 PM to come back to Maynooth.   Here are some websites to tell you what there is to do and see in Galway (1, 2).

Also, there are three really great day-trips that you can sign-up for once we arrive at the hostel in Galway: The Aran Islands, Connemara, or The Cliffs of Moher/Burren.  You can sign-up for these excellent day-trips right at the reception desk of the hostel that we will stay at after we arrive.

The facts again:

Where to

Galway

Date

Friday to Sunday, 17—19 October 2008

Departure (bus people)

2:30 pm on Friday from Student’s Union

Departure (train people)

See this post

Return

Leave Galway on Sunday about 7:00 pm

Cost

70 EUR per person

Includes

Transport, accommodation & breakfasts

The day trip to Glendalough will be held on Saturday, October 11.  The bus will be leaving at 10:00 AM from in front of the Student’s Union Building on the North campus.  Please don’t be late!  We will be leaving from Glendalough to come back to the campus between 4:30-5:00 PM.  The bus journey is approximately 1:15h each way.  The total cost of the trip is 10 EUR per person.  Remember, we will have the trip no matter what the weather is, so be prepared in case there is rain!!!

Here are some websites to give you an idea about Gledalough and what it looks like (1, 2, 3).

Also be sure to take a look at the photos from the last trip!

Where to

Glendalough

Date

Saturday, 11 October 2008

Departure

10:00 pm from Student’s Union

Return

Leave Glendalough about 4:30 pm

Cost

10 EUR per person

Includes

Transport

Important

Don’t forget to bring warm and rain proof clothing, and possibly some lunch! Trip will take place no matter what the weather.

Hi everyone, Floz here!

Just wanted to welcome you all again and thank you for coming to and signing up at our feeble little desk in the Sports Hall today

If you haven’t heard of it yet, we’re having a Pub Crawl on Friday evening. All the details can be found in this post.

That’s it, talk to you soon,

Floz

Hi all, Floz here.

Just a quick note to remind you of tomorrow’s “Clubs & Societies Day” (formerly known as “Fairs Day”).

This is your one and only chance to see all the pass-time offers here at college in one place. All the clubs and societies will have a little table in the main sports hall and present themselves. The whole thing starts at 9:30 (I think!).

This is also the best and most convenient time to sign up with the International Society. It’ll only cost you 2 EUR for the entire semester (the money goes straight to the college insurance company). It is important that you do sign up, otherwise you cannot come along to our trips (again, for insurance reasons). Also, the more members we have, the more money we get from the college, which in turn will allow us to better subsidise the trips (i.e. make it cheaper for you guys).

So see you all tomorrow,

Best regards,

Floz

Hi everyone, Floz here!

We’re still finalising the details for the Pub Crawl, but here’s the tentative schedule for Friday the 3rd of October:

17:00

SU Bar

18:00

O’Neills

19:00

Caulfields

20:00

Bradys

21:00

Clockhouse

22:00

Glenroyal

23:00

Roooooost

We should also have a greasy burger at some stage, just to be on the safe side

Feel free to join in at any stage, but your coolness will obviously be maximised if you start at 5…