Things to Do

Experience Gaelic Games

Suitable for ages: Young Children (4-8), Older Children (9-12)
and Teenagers (13-18) Venue type: Indoor, Outdoor

Experience Gaelic Games allows the family to learn about and then partake in some of the classic Irish Sports, including Hurling, Handball and Gaelic Football. No experience required, physical fitness taken into consideration by guides when allocating sports. It’s the perfect combination of learning and doing!

They can also teach you some Irish Ceilí dancing or how to beat an Irish Bodhran drum!
01 254 4292
www.experiencegaelicgames.com

Suitable for all ages
Venue type: Outdoor

Croke Park Stadium
and GAA Museum

Suitable for ages: Young Children (4-8), Older Children (9-12) and Teenagers (13-18)
Venue type: Indoor, Outdoor

The all new GAA Museum which offers an unrivalled state of the art visitor experience! The museum’s exhibition galleries vividly illustrate the history and development of Gaelic games from ancient times to the present day.

The museum traces the birth and growth of the GAA at home and abroad and its unique role in the national movement and cultural revival in Ireland. It houses a vast collection including hurleys, jerseys, trophies, medals, programmes, publications and banners.

Visitors can also test out their own hurling and football skills in the interactive games zone: see how fast they can react, check out their passing skills, practice a fingertip save or the art of the high catch!

The Etihad Skyline Tour allows families access to the 5 viewing platforms 17 stories up! Each platform with audio commentary. Stunning.

Getting There and Contact Information

Address

St Josephs Avenue, Dublin, County Dublin, Dublin 3

Contact

Click here to visit Croke Park Stadium and GAA Museum’s website
01 819 2300

National Botanic Gardens

The National Botanic Gardens is significant in many ways not least of which conservation: they support over 300 endangered species from around the world, and 6 species already extinct in the wild.

They now have Audio Tours which enable visitors to take self-guiding tours through their own MP3 player, mobile phone or souvenir player.

The modern visitor centre combines a multi media lecture hall, family restaurant and artistic display area with exhibits relating to the history and purpose of the gardens. Free Guided Tours every Sunday at 12:00 and 14:30.

Getting There and Contact Information

Address
Glasnevin, Dublin, County Dublin, IE

Contact
Click here to visit National Botanic Gardens’s website
01 804 0300

Malahide Castle and Gardens

Suitable for all ages
Venue type: Indoor, Outdoor

Malahide Castle and Gardens
The castle itself and the interior exhibitions are of classic castle stuff and will please most kids. Tour guides are available to take you on a journey through the history of the Talbot Family and the fascinating legacy they have left behind.
The state of the art playground at Malahide Castle is located just 2 minutes from the Visitor Centre and has plenty of apparatus for all age ranges.
And in the Walled Garden, enjoy the tranquillity and beauty behind the walls with over 5000 species of plants including exotic specimens transported by Lord Milo from around the world.
And then if you fancy a look around the town, why not the road train!

Getting There and Contact Information

Address

Malahide, County Dublin, IE

Contact

Click here to visit Malahide Castle and Gardens’s website
01 816 9538

Jump Zone Santry

Suitable for ages: Young Children (4-8), Older Children (9-12) and Teenagers (13-18)
Venue type: Indoor

With a whopping 35,000 square feet of linked trampolining, the folks at Jump Zone Santry are serious about their bouncing!
With the entire floor and most of the walls covered in trampolines, once you’ve got your anti slip socks on you’re free to perform amazing tricks (landing safely in their deep foam pit), run and leap like Superman, or play dodgeball like you’ve never played it before!

It’s easy to get the hang of and madly exhilarating, plus even if you come down with less than maximum grace the tramp seams are professionally padded for your safety. The minimum age is 5 years and the maximum around 55, so you’ve no excuse not to give it a go, after all you’re in charge of how hard you bounce!

Their 2 individual Bounce Dodgeball Courts can be accessed by joining a league or by booking a group. It adds a whole new dimension to the game to leap metres at a time in avoidance or pranging your target from overhead!

They also offer a range of kids’ parties too with differing lengths of bounce time and activities involved, so if the place has put a bounce back in your step (did you see what we did there?) then why not book it for your next special occasion and have your party go off with a boing!

Getting There and Contact Information

Address

27 Airways Industrial Estate, Santry, Dublin, County Dublin, IE

Contact

Click here to visit Jump Zone Santry’s website
01 8623366

Butlers Chocolate Experience

Suitable for all ages
Venue type: Indoor

The Butlers Chocolate Experience is very popular and bookings must be made in advance!
Visit the sumptuous museum, educational timeline and enjoy the smells of the vista gallery, plus see the documentary in the in-house theatre.
Then visit the Experience room to enjoy demonstrations of how chocolates are created and filled and with the master chocolatier and then get the opportunity to dress just like a Butlers chocolatier to decorate your own chocolate novelty, which you then bring home as a treasured souvenir of your visit!

Getting There and Contact Information

Address

Clonshagh Business and Technology Park, Oscar Traynor Road Clonshagh, Dublin, County Dublin, IE

Contact

Click here to visit Butlers Chocolate Experience’s website
01 671 0599

Plus Much Much More…