Tours and Trips

TY Trip to Bundoran

The T.Y. students of 2013 greatly looked forward to the annual TY trip to Bundoran, and for the majority it lived up to their expectations. We headed off on a Thursday morning in April on the long bus journey from CCC to Donegal. On arriving to Donegal Adventure Centre we unloaded our bags from the […]

Caffrey’s Chocolate Factory Trip

This year, our 5th and 6th year LCVP students visited Caffrey’s Chocolate Factory in Walkinstown. The morning began with an informative talk applying the theory of business and enterprise to the Caffrey’s story. This was followed by an introduction to the history of chocolate and chocolate production. Students then took a tour down ‘chocolate avenue’ which led to a

A Trip to Dublin’s Past

On the 18th of April 2013 our class Rang Redgrave went on a history trip with our two teachers Ms Dunne and Mr McCorry. We started our day at Dublinia. Here we got a guided tour of their Viking Displays. The models of the Vikings were extremely realistic and were really enjoyable! We got to see things

Derry History Tour

On Friday 22nd of February, four teachers and 37 LC2 students set off from Castleknock CC to travel to Derry. The students are studying Politics and Society in Northern Ireland as part of their LC course and therefore this trip was of enormous benefit to them. Our first tour was of the Museum of Free

Willkommen in Deutschland!

On Monday 11th February 2013, Dublin Airport came alive with the excited rumblings of 80 LC1 students destined for the early flight to Frankfurt, Germany.  Mr. McCluskey led his troop of students and the accompanying teachers on this much-anticipated four-day trip.  With a hectic itinerary taking in sites such as European Central Bank, Stadël Museum,

Green Finger Inspiration from Áras an Uachtaráin

As a part of the Transition Year Module, Rang Hillary amongst a few others from De Hide took a trip to visit our neighbour, President Michael D Higgins in Áras an Uachtaráin in the Phoenix Park.  This was with thanks to Alan Molloy’s mother who is one of the gardeners at the Áras.   Unfortunately Mr

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