First Weekend Trip: Galway, 16-18 October.

Our first Weekend Trip of the semester will be to amazing City of Galway on the West Coast of Ireland. Galway is one of the most beautiful and friendly cities in Ireland, and there are plenty of things to see and do while you’re there! There hostel we will stay at offers the three most popular Day-Trips, which are to The Cliffs on Moher/Burren Tour, the Connemara Day Tour, and The Aran Islands Day Tour. You can sign-up for these great day-trips right at the reception desk of our hostel!

The cost of the trip is 70 Euro. This includes the cost of the bus to Galway and back, and 2 nights in the best hostel in Ireland! The hostel has breakfast included in the price! This breaks down to 10 Euro for the bus each way (10+10=20), and 25 Euro per-night in the hostel (25X2=50). We will leave for Galway from in front of the Student’s Union on Friday, October 16, sometime in the afternoon, between 3:00 & 4:00 pm. I will announce the definate departure time closer to the trip. It will take approximately 3 hours to travel to Galway. We will then leave Galway at approximately 6:30 pm, and arrive back to Maynooth around 9:00-9:30 pm on Sunday evening, October 18.

Sign-ups for the trip to Galway will also begin this Sunday evening at 7PM in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block. Please bring the money to pay for the trip with you when you sign-up!

Here are some links that will tell you sbout what there is to see and do in Galway City and on the Day Tours:

Galway City:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway

http://www.photos4webs.com/showallimages2.php?ID=Galway&ID2=Galway&ID3=0&ID4=36

Cliffs of Moher/The Burren:

http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=Cliffs+of+Moher&um=1&ie=UTF-

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=The+Burren&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=hizGSv6qOZe5jAe966lF&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5

http://www.burrenpage.com/

Connemara:

http://www.connemara.ie/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connemara

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=Connemara&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=9SzGSvOoGNmgjAfpxNBD&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=15

The Aran Islands:

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=Aran+Islands&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=bS3GSpW4NszajQeO-LVO&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_Islands

Well, I hope that this will tell you all the information you want to know about the upcoming trips, and I hope to see you all at the sign-ups and film this Sunday! That’s how we do it in the International Society– we do the work, you have the fun! All the arrangements are made for you– all you have to do is sign-up and get on the bus when we go! I’m looking forward to a great year with you all! I’m sure it’ll be a great one! If you ever have any questions or problems, please feel free to ask me! I’m usually around and available! You can e-mail me at this address, send me an SMS on my mobile, 087 6761959, or contact me on Facebook! Thank you all to those who signed-up with us on Clubs & Socs Day! And be sure to tell your friends about us! If you know someone interested in joining us that didn’t get to on Clubs & Socs Day, have them contact us or come along to one of our meetings, and we can put them on our mailing list!

Hi everyone!! Ed here!

Thanks to all of the people who went to Belfast this past weekend, and thanks for staying out of trouble! I’m sure you have all heard about what happened up there this weekend with the attack on the British soldiers. In light of this, we’ve decided to show the film In The Name of The Father, starring Daniel Day Lewis.

The film will be this Sunday at 7:30 in the Arts Block, in either Theatre 1 or 2; the projector in Theatre 1 was having problems, but may be it’s fixed now. If not, it will be in Theatre 2.

Upcoming Trips: I’ve been making some calls about our planned upcoming trips, and because the proposed trip to the Ring of Kerry/Killarney will no doubt have alot of people interested in going, I’ve begun to check if we can actually do 2 different weekends to this destination, as we will probably only be able to get a maximum of 54 people (1 full bus) down there at a time, and it has come to my attention that some people my have scheduling conflicts with the dates we originally proposed. I’ve contacted the hostel in order to ask about availabilities and to make provisional bookings for April 3–5, 17–19, and the originally proposed dates, 24–26. I am hoping to make booking for 2 out of these three weekends. I will be in touch about this possibility, and hopefully this will be able to accommodate everyone that wants to go with us!!

Also, I’ve begun making inquiries into another day trip-for the semester, and possibly making it our first ever multi-stop day trip!! If we do this, the primary stop we will have will be to Clonmacnoise, the old monastic site! Here are some links to read about it and the photo link is the last one (1, 2, 3).

We can/will also make another stop somewhere else, possibly to the Kilbeggan Whiskey Distillery or somewhere else. I will be in touch with you all about this possible trip, and I will tell you that the tentative date for this will be Saturday, March 28. I will see about the arrangements that need to be made and figure out what kind of prices we can get! I’ll let you all know soon!

That’s all for now; hope everyone is doing well, and hope to see you all for the film this weekend!

Ed

Hi everyone! Ed here!

We still have some places available for Belfast, so if you’re still interested in going, please contact me at 087 6761959. I will be contacting those of you who are going to discuss our transportation arrangements in the next few days. And here are a few things to know brfore we go on our trip there:

First, remember that they use Sterling (British Pounds) up there! If you have a bank account from either an Irish bank or most other European banks, you should be able to use your bank card in the ATM machines up there with no problems. If you do not have a bank account from either an Irish or other European bank, you might want to stop into one of the local banks to exchange some money.

Second, since we are technically going into another country, and although there are no border checks anymore, I would remind you all to bring along your passports or other documents with you, just to make sure, especially for anyone from outside the European Union.

Third, please be sure not to go anywhere in the city alone. Stay in small groups, or at least in pairs.

Fourth, the hostel provides bed sheets and duvets, so you don’t need to bring them. Also, the hostel has a kitchen for you to cook your own meals. There is a Tesco shop about 5 minutes walk from the hostel.

And finally, you can sign-up for the Giant’s Causeway Tours or the Black Taxi tour from right at the Reception Desk at the hostel.

I hope everyone is doing well, and thanks to all the volunteers and for the willingness to help out with things in light of recent events. It reminds me that my efforts have never been in vain, not for a single moment.

Dziękujemy za solidarność.

Αυτός που είναι κοινός για το μέγιστο αριθμό παραχωρεί τη λιγότερη προσοχή επάνω σε το. Καθένας σκέφτεται κυρίως δικούς του δικοί, μετά βίας σε όλο το κοινό ενδιαφέρον και μόνο όταν έχει σχέση ο ίδιος ως άτομο. Για εκτός από άλλες εκτιμήσεις, καθεμία τείνει για να παραμελήσει το καθήκον που αναμένει άλλο για να εκπληρώσει
— Αριστοτέλης

All the best, and hope to see you all soon.

Ed

Hi everyone!! Ed here!

Film: The film for this weekend will be the Irish film The Wind That Shakes The Barley, about Ireland during the War of Independence and Civil War era, 1919–1924. The film will begin at 7:30 PM, this Sunday evening in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block.

Belfast: I’m glad to announce the second semester trip to Belfast! The trip will be held Friday March 6 to March Sunday March 8. This is one week later than we had originally planned it, but this next week is better for the hostel, and will give a bit more time to handle sign-ups and all the arrangements. Also, the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge on the Giant’s Causeway tour should be open again! The cost for the trip is 55 EUR per person, and sign-ups will begin this Sunday evening at 7PM in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block! But please, have the money with you when you sign-up! Or if you can’t make it there to sign-up, you can give the money to a friend and have them pay and put your name on the list. Also, here are some useful links that tell can you all about what there is to see and do in Belfast (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Football/Soccer: Some of our members have set up a time for playing football here on campus! They have booked one of the pitches this Sunday at 12 noon! All are welcome to come out and play, and they ask that you show up a bit early to help get everything set up for playing!!

That’s all for now! Hope to see you at the film this weekend!

All the best,

Ed

Hi everyone! Ed here!

First, I want to say welcome to all our new members, and thank you deciding to join the International Society! We hope to have a great semester, and we hope that you can be a part of it!

Our film this weekend will be the Christopher Nola thriller Memento, starring Guy Pierce, Carrie Ann Moss, and Joe Pantoliano. The film will be at 7:30 PM, this Sunday evening in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block. Hope you can be there!

And to let everyone know, we still have some places available for the trip to Cork. The trip is From Friday Feb 13 to Sunday Feb 15. We will leave from Maynooth in the afternoon (time to be announced next week), and leave from Cork back to Maynooth around 5PM, arriving back around 8PM. The cost is 60 Euro per- person, and this covers the round trip and 2 nights accomodation, breakfast included. Here are some of the information websites for our new members to look at so they can have an idea about what there is to see and do in Cork (1, 2, 3, 4).

We are still not sure yet about whether we will have enough people to justify getting 2 buses for the trip or not. We will see how many people we get for the trip as of this weekend, and let you all know. But just to be safe, I will ask for people to volunteer to go to Cork by train! Remember, only if you have the Student Travel Card can you go by train for the trip! If we do have some people go by train, we will need around 20 volunteers, so talk to your friends and see what they want to do. We will see how this weekend goes and let you all know! If you’re interested in coming on the trip, please come to the film this Sunday to sign-up! We will be there from 7:00 PM!

An finally, we still have International Society T-shirts available in all sizes and in Black and Green — here is what they look like. Please contact us if you’re interested in buying one!

That’s all for now! Hope to see you all soon,

Ed