Morning:
- (08:15am) Breakfast at your hotel
- (09:15am) Depart the hotel for Na Fianna GAA
- (10:00am) Gaelic Games Experience with Na Fianna GAA (Parents, Siblings, Players & Coaches)
---------- It is time to experience Irish Culture. The group will split up into smaller groups where they will head to play their game with the coaches. Every group will experience & play Hurling, Gaelic Football, and Handball.
-------- Gaelic Hurling
Hurling is our national sport and it has prehistoric origins. It’s our ancient Gaelic warrior sport and is referenced in all our ancient myths and legends. It is best described as a cross between field hockey and lacrosse and is played with a stick and ball. Hurling is considered to be the oldest and fastest field sport in the world.
-------- Gaelic Football
Gaelic football is similar to soccer except you are allowed to handle the ball. It’s played on a very large pitch with H-shaped goals at either end. Like hurling, a goal is worth three points and an “over” (getting the ball over the crossbar but between the uprights) is worth one point.
--------- Gaelic Handball
Gaelic Handball is a really simple ball game played in an indoor or outdoor alley – just like the internationally better-known sports of squash or racquetball but without the racquets.
Afternoon:
- (01:30pm) Depart Na Fianna GAA for Croke Park the home stadium of the GAA
- (02:30pm) Croke Park Stadium Tour, The Home of GAA (Irish National Sports)
--------- Croke Park Stadium Tour: The heart of Irish sport and culture for over 100 years. Many international visitors say that it gives them a real understanding of who we are as people and the Irish way of life. The warm and vivid storytelling of the tour guides is always a highlight for visitors. Croke Park is the biggest amateur sport in the world with a capacity attendance of 85,000
- (04:00pm) End of Tour, back to the hotel
- (04:30pm) Free time in the city to enjoy the wonderful city of Dublin as the evening sets on places like Temple Bar and grab some evening food.
Evening:
- Free time in the City
- (09.30pm) Arrive back at the hotel and rest.