School Tour Memories

Big Nasty

Never really had an inspiring school tour, the ones that stick out in my mind most are Newgrange and Glendalough. Didn't really get a chance to get up to any shenanigans unfortunately but I'm sure some did.........

Tubsandtiles

I got the shift on my 6th class school tour

KeithM89_old

Remember going bowling in 5th or 6th class up in Blanchardstown, and someone got left behind. No one noticed on the bus trip home, and the teachers only realised when his mam asked where he was.

byhookorbycrook

Having to share swimming togs on Inch beach as another girl forgot here. Worse still, she wore them first, ever tried to put wet togs on on a windy open beach!!

Micilin Muc

Give that man a can of Coke!

El Weirdo

Thought of this straight away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XLNQXN_74

holystungun9

School trip to France in 1994, oh the memories. In paris ,most of us (14 year olds) had bought these chessy 70's style porno playing cards. When it came to leaving the city, me and my pals convinced the nerdy loser kids that the teachers were going to check our bags and that we would get rid of the cards for them. Ha Ha. Nerdy loser kids.

Big Nasty

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Having to share swimming togs on Inch beach as another girl forgot here. Worse still, she wore them first, ever tried to put wet togs on on a windy open beach!!

Hope it wasn't rag week! :eek::eek::eek:

BroomBurner

We were brought on a tour of Mountjoy mens prison. I think the prisoners enjoyed trying, and succeeding, to scare us all by shouting random girls names (we were an all-girls school) and throwing packets of jam at us.

clikityclak

Been from the West, Dublin Zoo was always a memorable one this side of the country. Ceide fields stands out as something that was boring and ****e as a child but would probably be interesting now!
Always got an hour of shopping in when you'd buy the cheapest and tackiest of pressies for the mammy aka plastic bird ornament, and a mood ring for myself!!

El Guapo!

Went to some "retreat" place in 3rd year, (it was basically a huge field) and the bitch of a teacher fell into the electric fence and screamed like she'd just been shot. I couldn't stop laughin for about an hour.

Big Nasty

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

I got the shift on my 6th class school tour

Your first shift? That deserves a thread of its own!

super_furry

BroomBurner wrote: »

We were brought on a tour of Mountjoy mens prison. I think the prisoners enjoyed trying, and succeeding, to scare us all by shouting random girls names (we were an all-girls school) and throwing packets of jam at us.

What the....where did you go to school, an American talk show?

Captain_Generic

"Remember you're representing your school....."

*Cock in mouth gesture to EVERY pedestrian out the bus window*

admiralofthefleet

in 5th class we flew from dublin to shannon, went to cragganowen and bunratty castle then got the train back up, it was brilliant

in 6th class we went to coolure house for a week.

my primary school teacher was one cool bloke

Alter-Ego

Two words: Clara Lara

lord lucan

Remember going to Clara Lara sometime in the mid-80's. The changing rooms were basically a big shed divided in 2 by a 8 foot high wall. Hop up on a bench,get a boost from my mate and i'm peering over at all the girls getting changed.

Pity we didn't know the art of subtlety,we were caught straight away and had to leg it when they all started shrieking! Great times.:)

holystungun9

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Having to share swimming togs on Inch beach as another girl forgot here. Worse still, she wore them first, ever tried to put wet togs on on a windy open beach!!

Man, I hope you're a chick!

byhookorbycrook

Was just thinking of those Shannon to Dublin flights too! We went to Inishboffin, to discover the hotel had told all the local boys we would be there the wrong weekend and they had all come home-to an empty hotel!!

KeithM89_old

Another one was in secondary school, the German class went to visit Auschwitz, a girl asked her friend to use his phone to text someone, he says no, shes says really loudly 'Ah ya scabby jew!!'. The school got banned from ever visiting again.

byhookorbycrook

I worked in a two teacher school and to keep costs down all the mammies and grannies came along (cue three hours "shopping".) We all hired boats at Clara Lara and tried our best to capsize each other for the day. Got a bit wary when I saw a rat swimming alongside though

scudzilla

I grew up in Wales, during the last year of Primary School (Aged 10) the school, in there infinite wisdom, decided our end of year trip was gonna be to Alton Towers (Big Theme Park)

We were all sooooooo fcukin excited, till we got there, and realised that only 1 of us met the minimum height requirements for the bigger rides.

The teachers had a great time and went on everything while we had 4 hours on the feckin teacups :mad::mad:

Bastard Teachers

Br4tPr1nc3

delphi in 4th year.

i also remember a lad in my class being caught rubbin one out on a school trip to paris.

good times!

BroomBurner

super_furry wrote: »

What the....where did you go to school, an American talk show?

They were meant to take us to the womens prison, to educate us against taking the crime route (the school wasn't actually a bad one at all), but it was undergoing refurbishment, so the mens it was! There was one prisoner sweeping the floor and chatting to another guy about how he had knifed some girl - just to freak us out. We were all about 15/16 at the time.

The best trips were primary school trips to Mosney though, let off the bus, told to do what we wanted and be back at the bus 4 or 5 hours later. Unsupervised Mosney joy. We went every year for three years.

chicken fingers

Wasn't that place owned and operated by a convicted pdf file?

The King of Moo

Was supposed to go on some manner of replica Viking boat in Athlone but as I recall it sank or got damaged before we arrived.

So our teacher regretfully informed us that we'd instead have to make do with going on...

IRELAND'S ONLY HOVERCRAFT!!!

For a 10 year old *somewhat* nerdy kid it was fantastic and the closest thing to a sci-fi vehicle in the real world at the time!!

Little did I care that the actual experience of being on a hovercraft is pretty much the same as being on a boat.

Man, f***ing hovercraft!!

Rubberlegs

Stinky egg sandwiches on the bus (mine:o). Singing that " every where we go..oh, the people always ask us, who we are, where do we come from?" song. The tours that I remember most are Newgrange, Kilkenny Castle, and being on Bettystown beach, Co. Louth, and Kilmainham Jail.

Chris P. Bacon

I vaguely remember going to some caves in Kilkenny,Dungarvan or something?

Tubsandtiles

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Your first shift? That deserves a thread of its own!

Don't get me started on the 4th and 5th class school tour

admiralofthefleet

chicken fingers wrote: »

Wasn't that place owned and operated by a convicted pdf file?

which place?

the vatican?

Aishae

oh - armagh observatory was fun. unusual. we didnt get proper trips most years after 1st year so that was a treat. the school budget and planning went to sports events.

i did enjoy the trip to the national heritage park in wexford. and i recall a summer camp trip (camp from my local school when i was 11) to fort lucan

Niles

I seem to recall going to Glendalough twice in TY (different subjects). The zoo, Stillorgan Shopping Centre, the RDS, Stillorgan Shopping Centre, The Square Tallaght, Wexford Heritage Park, Avondale, Pine Forest (including a crayon war with an unseen other school over the wall). Did I mention we stopped at Stillorgan Shopping Centre?

cml387

Monasterboice and Tara (boring green field) for the "educational" bit and then to Mosney for the "fun" when in primary school.
Unforunately some of the boys had overindulged in sweets and drinks with their unaccustomed pocket money.

On the flying boats there was an unfortunate vomiting situation.Up until then I'd never believed that someone could actually turn green.

Aishae

oh i was at glendalough once too for the school trip - it was pretty. but i didnt enjoy it so much cos they didnt believe me when i told them i couldnt handle the trek up the mountain with my balance - they ended up taking turns in dragging me cos i couldnt stand up straight on the incline :pac:

Tipsy McSwagger

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

I vaguely remember going to some caves in Kilkenny,Dungarvan or something?

Dunmore;)

Savage Tyrant

A school trip to London when I was 11 resulted in myself and two friends being kicked out of the "Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat" stage show starring Philip Schofield for throwing sweets around.

A ski trip to Italy when I was 14 was the third time I ever got the ride... And the first one worth remembering. She was beautiful. From a school in England and we kept in contact for a few years but never met up again.

A ski trip to France the following year.... No ride, but the first and last time I ever drank tequila... Got so sick I was throwing up out the window. The following morning the puke had frozen on the window sill, the balcony ledge and all over a car parked directly below, all mixed up and frozen in snow.... I can't even stand the smell of tequila now to this day over 15 years later.

Martyn1989

In first class they brought us to a farm, a woman showed us how to milk a goat, she then squirted us with goat milk........ :mad:
Still Ailwee Caves are good and we had a great time at bunratty castle (we caused havoc)

bonerm

Remember going to the Natural History museum when I was about 5. For anyone whose been there you'll know theres a skeleton of an elk near the main entrance. I remember thinking this thing was the biggest thing I'd ever seen and was suitably impressed.

I went back a few years ago for the first time since and was disappointed to see that it appeared to have shrunk considerably for some reason.

The Big Red Button

I'm sure anyone from Sligo or thereabouts would remember Woodville Farm! :pac:

Captain_Generic

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

A ski trip to Italy when I was 14 was the third time I ever got the ride

So you were having sex while I was playing Pokemon

Savage Tyrant

Captain_Generic wrote: »

So you were having sex while I was playing Pokemon

You played Pokemon at 14? ... No wonder you weren't getting the ride! :pac:

Captain_Generic

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

You played Pokemon at 14? ... No wonder you weren't getting the ride! :pac:

I did catch 'em all though, no regrets

skylight1987

ah the memories
6th class killarney bought a pound purse , thats when a pound was still a note.
1st year trabolgan i met a boy called derry he was lovely
5th year cappanalea the teachers decided to don scary masks an tell 40 hormonal 16 year olds that a deranged killer was on the loose ,which led to an asthma attack for one poor girl and scared the life out of the rest of us
good times all round

Berns

Think I remember goin till Tayto Castle/Factory in Tandragee in primary school. "Behind this door is where the secret to tayto is" or sumfin. Cue me takin a kick or two at it, wouldnt budge big factory metal thing

Went to Paris twice
First time think bout 3-4 people got pancakes somewhere and hadda tooth fall out suspicious. When we were on the bus through England groups of us took turns in the back lower compartment that had about 6/7 seats. Kept fallin asleep easily but one of the girls kept wakin anyone up that did cuz she couldnt sleep then, went to wake her and teacher said leave her be ppfff equal rights :rolleyes:. Also remember some guy sellin stuff under the Eiffle tower, soon as seen the peelers they did a runner.
Second time can't think of anything special did on it Think the age old toothpaste on someone sleepin we witnessed, wanted to take pictures but others said maybe best not if ya like her :rolleyes: (wasnt the one who did it though) Was addicted to the camera that time. Got pictures up on webby as soon as we got back of everyone sleepin on the bus near got called into teachers office to get them down asap & deleted :eek: think most had seen them by this stage though

Went to Lisnaskea and dunno wtf was wrong with me at that age but I repeatadly went out on the Bardge insteada the canoes puzzles me to this day wtf was wrong with me then Wouldnt let me stay in the chalets hadda stay in the main buildin since was Diabetic

Terry

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Never really had an inspiring school tour, the ones that stick out in my mind most are Newgrange and Glendalough. Didn't really get a chance to get up to any shenanigans unfortunately but I'm sure some did.........

Both great places.
With regards to Newgrange, those bastards must have been really short.
I know that the ancient Irish were reputed to be tall, but I had to crouch down when walking through the passage.
Ok, I was tall at that age, but I was only 11 or so.
It was still amazing to actually get into the place.

Alter-Ego wrote: »

Two words: Clara Lara

Lasted the whole day without getting wet.
Then, just as we were leaving, I was last getting out of the boat and one of the (already wet) lads threw the oars onto the bank, hopped out of the boat and pushed it back out.

That was funny.

Not as funny as one of my classmates falling off something and breaking both of his front teeth. His parents went on to sue the place. We were asked not to come back ever again.


We got to go to Kilmainham Jail on one trip.
We got back to the bus and found that it had been broken into and most people had stuff taken on them.


Secondary school trips were more enjoyable.
We used to go on hikes in the Wicklow mountains.
A few of the girls would head into the bushes with us for a cigarette and we would get a bit of tit.

Misty Chaos

In primary school, we had school tours every year from 2nd - 6th class, some of them were more educational based, some of were more adventure based and some were a mix of both.

From the top of my head, we went to Oyster heaven ( a school tradition for 4th class, ) Cork City Jail, Mitchelstown Caves, swimming pools, arcades, things like that.

As for secondary school, our school tour happened when I was in 5th year, when we went to Spain. 2 days in, at the pool, I get the bright idea to dive into the deep end of the pool. One problem; I can't swim! Yeah, that nearly didn't end well for me, the lads who could swim had to pull me out! As a result, for the rest of the trip, I had the others and even the fecking teachers taking the p!ss out of me at every opportunity.

Like when went to an aquarium the next day and were looking into an open tank of exotic fish and a teacher said ' Now, Misty, for the love of god, do not go swimming! '

Then when we got back, everyone in school was taking the p!ss out of me for the rest of time there, the joke quickly wore thin after a week for me.

Also in 5th year, I was one of 3 lads picked from my year to be youth helpers to Lourdes for my diocese. As it was at the start of June, it meant I missed most of my end of year exams!

That aside, it was an eye opener for me. Up until then, I was the type who followed rules to a tee. However, owing to the fact that my room overlooked a hotel where a group of girl helpers stayed ( they had us separated by sex ) I consistently saw the lads floating the rule of not hanging in hotels with the other sex from my window, not drinking, etc.

The thing was: I never brought myself to float the rules myself as I was afraid of being caught, even though the worst I'd probably get is a verbal warning. Don't get me wrong, the whole trip was an experience I'll never forget and it ended up being much more meaningful than I expected but in essence, I missed out on half the fun by sticking too much to the rules.

As a result, it was the catalyst where I started questioning the rules and authority, basically shaping me in the more free thinking and open minded person I am today. I can at least be grateful for that at least.

Degag

Going anywhere in a bus and all the lads/idiots plastering their arses to the windows.

Poutbutton

Went to see the Tutankhamun exhibition in the museum in 3rd class back in the late 70's, I think the artefacts were the real ones on tour back then, I fell in love with ancient history after that. Botanical gardens in 4th class, it rained all day the best fun was on the bus. At the end of first year in secondary we went on a Euro trip for 10 days took in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany & UK, it was fairly unsupervised especially at night when the staff were off partying so we had some laugh, lucky none of us got killed! One girl went off on a motorbike trip with a guy in Ostend and came back the next morning there was a bit of a rucous over that alright. Good memories

Superbus

National Aquatic Centre, 3rd Class.

Waaaaaaaaaaves! Sliiiiiiiiiiides!

dubtom

Christ I haven't lived, airplane rides to Bunratty castle,visits to Paris:eek:. The furthest I got was the Wicklow mountains, and one time to see a head in Dundalk . The only lasting memory I have of a school trip is being attacked by a goose in Dublin zoo,and then being attacked by the teacher for being attacked.

Dublinstiofán

Kilmainham Jail 6th class, was cool.