Experience Gaelic Games: Rated number 3 in Tripadvisor for things to do in Dublin

Oklahoma Sooners World Tour

cormac — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:48:12 +0000

We were delighted to welcome the college athletes of the Oklahoma Sooners to Experience Gaelic Games this week.
The elite athletes included Quarter Back, Blake Bell (Football),Center – Gabe Ikard (Football), Full Back, Trey Millard (Football) and Morgan Reynolds (Volleyball).
The guys were a pleasure to be with as they tried out transferring their athletic skills to the Gaelic Games of Gaelic Football and Hurling.
As stars of one of the top teams in the Big 12 these guys are used of performing in front of crowds in excess of 85,000. They know what sporting pressure means! The day with Experience Gaelic Games was a little more relaxed and the spectating crowd was just the school students on lunch break.
After our introduction and overview of the cultural importance of Gaelic Games the crew took to the field.
See the results in the pics below –
As always with our sessions, the day was more full of fun and laughter than athletic achievements.
Even so, the guys mastered the basic skills pretty quickly. Good news for Sooner fans back home – you can rest assured that they’ve no plans to change their primary sporting code to Gaelic Games any time soon.
Later this week we’ll be taking them to a local club hurling game. There they’ll witness the pure passion of the fastest game on grass. 30 guys doing battle with big sticks and one small ball all just for the pride and honour of their community.
We’re looking forward to it.

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Team Building and Corporate Conferences

cormac — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:18:37 +0000

Corporate Team Building with an Irish difference!

Over the winter months we’ve been working queitly developing and promoting our range of uniquely Irish team building activities.
As a result we’re now delighted to announce two new superb corporate destinations with whom Experience Gaelic Games has partnered.
We’re very proud to be working with the wonderful Brooklodge Hotel and Spa in Wicklow and the luxurious Farnham Estate in Co. Cavan.
Both destinations are credit to the Irish hospitality industry and a pleasure to work with.
By partnering with both, we’ll be delivering our unique cultural activity of an introduction to Gaelic Games to their guests onsite during this season with our mobile unit.
There’s a range of a range of international corporate conferences scheduled and we’re looking forward to entertaining the attendees with a uniquely Irish experience of an intro to Gaelic Games, traditional music and ceilí dancing.
Working together with our hospitality partners, we’re striving to offer clients an opportunity to experience the cultural differences to be enjoyed when international guests visit our shores.

Our most recent partners add to extensive locations we’re already working which include Malahide Castle and Gardens, Marakree Castle in Sligo, Raddisson St Helens and Druids Glen.

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Team Building in Dublin – Living the Dream!

cormac — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:19:13 +0000

As Team Building events go it’s hard to think of one that worked better!
We had such a very special day in Croke Park recently.
The Croke Park Doyle Hotel were having a day of celebrations to celebrate their brand values.
Where else could the staff from the Croke Park Hotel find an opportunity to have some fun, engage in some team building and learn a little more about the very special place they have the pleasure to work in? You’ve guessed it. It had to be Croke Park.
The management crew called in Experience Gaelic Games and presented us with the challenge. Engage with the staff, get the team building going and make sure everyone has a good time! No better brief.
We agreed the time and the very special venue. We were granted exclusive access to main dressing rooms of Europe’s fourth largest Stadium. Along with the dressing area we more importantly had access to the warm up room.
The arrangements were made but the staff were kept in the dark!
The guys printed and distributed the tickets – Ciarraí Abú v Dublin Dudes.
We expected 28-30 – but our biggest challenge was crowd control – nearly 60 arrived!
The team building started with a very short intro delivered in the dressing room – the ideal place for a team talk! Cormac got to deliver that speech he’s been preparing in his dreams for All Ireland days! Then into the warm up room where the fun began.
What a team building session we had. Sean’s Dublin Dudes did battle with Muireanns Ciarraí Abú.
Everyone got involved as we had a mix of GAA Novices to Dublin U21 Stars – the craic was ninety. The sound of laughter and giggling could be heard in the Press box above the Hogan Stand! (Well Possibly) – Never have so many had so much fun in that small area – check out the photos and see if anyone is not smiling or laughing.
To all who took part – thanks for helping us to live the dream!
The comments from the organising crew in the follow up mail within hours of the event sum it all up:
“Thanks again for the session – we’ve been getting great feedback – looking forward to the Pics”
Your wishes are answered – here’s the photo’s

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Top Dublin Attraction – We feature in New York Post, Irish TV and UK National Press

cormac — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:15:13 +0000

What a few weeks we had to kick of the 2013 Season .

The best news is that we’ve hit the number one spot as Dublin’s Top Visitor attaction as ranked by the worlds leading travel review site – Trip Advisor. To check out what people are saying about us the Top Dublin Attraction – check us put on trip advisor

Along with this great news we’ve had the honour of hosting a number of visiting media outlets.

As a result we’ve some media coverage we’re delighted to be able to share with you.

First of all here’s what the New York Post said about their visit……

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/travel/dublin_down_jxc0BYc3JcTSmluz8S4dwN

Also we recently had the pleasure of hosting Irelands biggest lifestyle TV Programme – Nationwide - they came and spent some time with us – check out the link on this one and watch how they got on -

RTE Visits Experience Gaelic Games

And then to top it off we had a great day with The Sun newspaper from the UK who were with us to celebrate Paddy’s Weekend. – We look forward to bringing you that link when it’s published.

Many thanks to all in the National and International media who have visited with us. We hope you enjoy their take on the time they spent with us.

Here’s to keeping up spreading the good news of the Games!

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St Patrick’s Weekend Special

cormac — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:05:14 +0000

St Patrick’s Weekend Special at Experience Gaelic Games

To accommodate those who have made a special effort to join us here in Dublin we’ve a St Patrick’s weekend special to celebrate our national holiday.

We’re running an open public session on Saturday 16th March commencing at 2pm in Na Fianna in Glasnevin. This is your chance to learn to “Play before you parade”

It will be a great afternoon. The three and half hour session will include an introduction to Gaelic Football, Hurling and Handball.

Don’t worry it won’t be too strenuous. We don’t want to zap all your energy as you’ll need some to join the parade and party on the big day on Sunday 17th!

The St Patrick’s weekend special will be open to all age groups. Families will be very welcome. Places are limited so early booking is advisable .

Cost is €30 per person. The only qualification required is a willingness to go Native for the day and have some serious fun!!!

To book your St Patrick’s weekend special Gaelic Games Experience please email:georgina@experiencegaelicgames.com or telephone +353 1 2544292

And there’s more for the Weekend!

Once you’ve got a flavour of the games and after you’ve finished parading on Sunday – don’t forget St Patrick’s day is a massive day for Gaelic Games.

Down the road in Croke Park, the headquarters of Gaelic Games, the last four in the national club competitions battle for the prestigious titles of senior Club All Ireland Champions in Hurling and Football.

It’s a privilege to attend these matches. They are unique occasions where pride and passion are displayed in equal measure both on and off the field of play. There is no better place to be on St Patrick’s Day then in Croke Park – particularly if your club and locality is represented!

As Dubs – we’d have to wish the very best to Ballymun Kickhams from Dublin – who’ll be in the Football final -

C’mon the mun – Do it for the Dubs!

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Mobile Experience gets a make over!

cormac — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:33:09 +0000

What a busy time of year – We’re delighted to launch our new look mobile unit which got it’s first public display this week. Our mobile unit arrived just in time for filming for a feature to appear shortly on TV.
No sonner had it made it’s debut on TV then we had a visit from Dublin’s 98Fm and their outside broadcast unit which is known locally as the “Big Red” – as the kids have quickly nicknamed the unit it was a case of the Big Red teaming up with the lean mean green machine.

Despite the comments of some of our mentor crew we can confirm that the new mobile unit is not visible from outer space !-but it sure can be seen from a long way away.

The unit is now fully stocked in preparation for a busy season traversing the highways and byeways of Ireland as we bring ” The Experience” to groups all over the Island.

Keep an eye out for the lean mean green machine when you travel the roads of Ireland.

Mobile Experience Gaelic Games

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Super visitor attraction in Croke Park – Worlds first stadium roof top tour!

cormac — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:06:56 +0000

As the millenia roll on – our indigenous sports continue to innovate - Not only do we enjoy the oldest and fastest field game in the world, not only are we part of the largest amateur sporting organisation in the world, now thanks to the innovation of the crew in Croke Park you can now experience the only stadium roof top tour in the world!

Last friday we had the pleasure of taking the tour – it’s superb – the views are stunning and it’s a great family attraction- a super addition to the range of unique activities available for visitors to Ireland -

To sample it as a family attraction we bought along our very own sampling panel – Oisín, Ríonach and Muireann - they loved it! The attraction sums up the status of the games – from on top of Croke Park you have a wonderful overview of the capital city and it’s impressive skyline – from sea to hills and on the inside you view the magnificent stadium and sacred ground where Irish hopes and dreams are uniquely brought to life every year.

Inward and outward views from on top of the home of our indigenous sports – it’s a sight every visitors should make an effort to capture.

We look forward to announcing details shortly of joint offers with Experience Gaelic Games and Etihad Skyline in Croke Park.

We’ve dropped in some of the pics of our visit in preparation for the launch of the joint offer soon.

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Experience Gaelic Games Cultural Translation Guide cormac — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:12:13 +0000 For first time visitors to Ireland – they can be excused for not understanding what defines the difference between ourselves and our fellow english speaking Europeans - heres a few pointers to help - We live on the only place in the world where ……………………. • GAA is considered religion, • Saying ‘I will yea’ means that you definitely won’t, • ‘For the craic’ is the best reason for doing anything, • ‘I got stuck behind a tractor’ is a perfectly valid reason for being late, • You can insert the name of a gardening tool into any sentence and it still makes sense, e.g. ‘I had a rake of drink last night’ or ‘I’ll be out in a minute, I’m just shoveling down the dinner’, • ‘F*** it, its grand’ means that you couldn’t be bothered finish it properly, • ‘Hes fond of a drink’ means he suffers from severe life-threatening alcoholism, • Crisps are called ‘Taytos’ and fizzy drinks are called ‘minerals’, • We eat Tayto sambos for lunch, and ham sandwiches on the way to Croke Park, • Nobody can go a day without saying ‘Jaysus’, • Tea is the solution to every problem, and water is the solution to every GAA injury, •The person that you insult most is probably your best friend • Its perfectly acceptable to call your mother ‘mammy’ even though you are a fully grown adult, • Saying ‘Now we’re sucking diesel’ means that you are happy with the outcome of the situation, • Drinking ‘tae’ is everyone’s favourite past time, • You’re scared of the wooden spoon, • The word ‘like’ goes in every sentence, • You can say ‘Any craic’ to a garda and you won’t get arrested, They’re some of the polite differences!!!!!!!! The post Experience Gaelic Games Cultural Translation Guide appeared first on Experience Gaelic Games: Rated number 3 in Tripadvisor for things to do in Dublin. Joyeux anniversaire Rudy! cormac — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:21:52 +0000 Dimanche dernier, nous avons eu la visite d’un merveilleux groupe d’amis de Lille en France. Ce fut un plaisir de passer l’après-midi avec Rudy, Emilie et leurs amis. Les gars sont maintenant qualifiés danseurs irlandais, gaélique, footballeurs et handballeurs et Hurlers! Nous espérons qu’ils avaient autant de temps avec nous car nous avons eu avec eux. Au plaisir de vous revoir tous bientôt à Dublin. Si nous sommes à Lille, nous allons vous appeler! Joyeux anniversaire et j’espère que vous avez eu grand moment à Dublin et en Irlande! We hope our sporting skills are better than our French writing skills! Check out the photos below et Merci! - - - Rating enabled - - - - - - Comments box activated - - - The post Joyeux anniversaire Rudy! appeared first on Experience Gaelic Games: Rated number 3 in Tripadvisor for things to do in Dublin. We welcome the New Year with visitors from all across the USA! cormac — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:18:29 +0000 The New Year arrived in style for Experience Gaelic Games !We spent New Years Eve rolling out a very special Cead Mile Fáilte to a group of students from the US. The guys had just arrived in Ireland and were preparing to head to either Cork of Galway where they’ll be spending the next few months studying hard. The crew were a pleasure to host and included visitors from Colorado, New York, New Jersey and Pomona in sunny California. We hope they had a pleasant journey after they left us and headed south or west. We’ve put a few of the photos together and it looked like they’ve settled in very well already. They left us with the instruction to support the Dubs regardless of where they were based!! - - - Rating enabled - - - - - - Comments box activated - - - The post We welcome the New Year with visitors from all across the USA! appeared first on Experience Gaelic Games: Rated number 3 in Tripadvisor for things to do in Dublin.