School Tour Memories

Niles · 19-05-2011 08:44PM

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 · 19-05-2011 08:46PM

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 · 19-05-2011 08:49PM

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 · 19-05-2011 08:51PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

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

Dunmore;)

Savage Tyrant · 19-05-2011 08:55PM

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 · 19-05-2011 08:55PM

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 · 19-05-2011 08:58PM

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 · 19-05-2011 08:58PM

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

Captain_Generic · 19-05-2011 08:59PM

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 · 19-05-2011 09:01PM

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 · 19-05-2011 09:03PM

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 · 19-05-2011 09:10PM

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 · 19-05-2011 09:14PM

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 · 19-05-2011 09:17PM

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 · 19-05-2011 09:45PM

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 · 19-05-2011 10:22PM

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

Poutbutton · 19-05-2011 10:44PM

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 · 19-05-2011 11:04PM

National Aquatic Centre, 3rd Class.

Waaaaaaaaaaves! Sliiiiiiiiiiides!

dubtom · 19-05-2011 11:13PM

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 · 19-05-2011 11:15PM

Kilmainham Jail 6th class, was cool.

madison2011 · 19-05-2011 11:16PM

Gawd help us. We went to Knock years ago and the Nun made us recite the rosary all the way up the country for hours. The bus driver slapped on the breaks in hurry and she went full velocity up the middle of the bus and landed smashed against the windscreen.
Ah retribution is so sweet. I still guffaw at this.

Karona · 19-05-2011 11:26PM

dubtom wrote: »

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.

The head is in Drogheda.

Went on loads of school trips, been that Ulster American folk park, Newgrange farm, Malahide Castle. Been to Germany and Austria on a school choir tour, now that was fun, we had one of the nuns telling us filthy jokes. We also did a class version of Bohemian Rhapsody.

parker kent · 19-05-2011 11:56PM

super_furry wrote: »

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

Our school brought some of the year to Mountjoy as well. But they only brought 2 of the 3 classes in our year. We were left behind as we were in 6th year and anybody doing higher level Irish, Maths or English were in our class.

Our religion teacher organised the trip and a few were complaining in her class as to why we were not all going. To which I stupidly said out loud, "well look at how is going. They are far more likely to end up there than we are". Odd how different you can feel from the riff raff of ordinary level classes :pac:

Edit: ABout school tours, we never left Wicklow on actual school tours. Glendalough and Bray were the only places I went to on a school tour. We never bothered with Clara Lara, was assumed we all went there during the summer. Damn you people with your trips to fancy places like France, Poland and Mayo :pac:

OutlawPete · 20-05-2011 12:49AM

In 4th year we were brought to London and one night we went to see some Emily Bronte play at Drury Lane in the West End (how posh). Well half through this play that was ever so serious like, we were all getting very fidgety. On stage there was some scene with a priest or clergy man and they were arguing about something or other as I recall, but a few minutes in, the woman bends over and roared out something like: 'Go on, give it to her father!' and the place erupted in laughter, not only that, but the actors also.

The Clergy guy, the three other actors all just started laughing along. I was mortified though, as they kept laughing and then applauded

I then began pretend bowing to my mates and with that one the teachers grabbed me by the scruff and pulled me from my seat, down the stairs and out to the bus where he eat the head of me. Brought shame on the school I had, apparently, in a country where they didn't even know us.

Next day we brought shopping and eat in Wimpy (or Whimpy) Burger and we all got to choose which shops we wanted to go to and almost all the class wanted to go to a Heavy Metal place we had always heard of, called Shades. Went in and bought Master of Puppets for the first time, which came with a free sweatshirt, thought we were the dogs bollox we did. Myself and one mate where the last to leave and when we got outside, the teachers and everyone else had fecked off :eek: So there we were, two 15 year olds, alone in a strange city. We remembered that we had to catch a coach from Victoria station, but no sign of anyone there, so we decided fcuk it, lets check out SoHo for a few hours.

I had been there the year before as my brother lived in London (Brockley, where Ian Wright is from) and I used to sneak out and head off on the Tube when he went to work. First time I ever seen a real live vagina was in SoHo. Went into a peepshow and you out a £1 coin into the slot, window popped open and three women were doing unsightly things to each other, well I brought my mate to see that

Phoned Dublin later and found out the name of the hotel we were staying in and they called a cab for us and for the rest of the tour, me and my mate were not allowed to leave their side, even had to eat our meals with them

Got served in a off licence for the first time when there also. Put on an English accent and when I asked for it, the girl said: 'Ah, are you from Australia?'

flahavaj · 20-05-2011 12:58AM

Someone always puked on the bus and someone always fell into a nearby pond/river/lake /water source.

K-9 · 20-05-2011 01:18AM

Paris and buying cans of beer from stalls on the street.
One of the girls going hysterical seeing a black man at night time!
Drinking cans of beer in the toilet on the boat.
Dragnet the film, repeated on both journeys on the boat.

Teacher searching for me because I was missing at the check in before we went to bed. I couldn't say anything as we were too scared he'd find the cans of beer (all 6 of them). We hid them under the bed so of course he looked under the bed, thank God he didn't see them.

McDonalds in Paris.

Versailles.

Good times, good times.

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