Ireland's Online Resource for Parents & Teachers
Croke Park Experience- Museum and Stadium TourThe GAA Museum, Croke Park, St Joseph's Avenue, Dublin 3 Ph: 01 8192323 Website: www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum Email:gaamuseum@crokepark.ie |  | |
| | |
Click on the video below to watch a short movie about the tour.
The New GAA Museum
The new GAA Museum offers an unrivalled state-of-the-art interactive visitor experience!
The museum celebrates Ireland’s national games of hurling and Gaelic football. Test your own hurling and Gaelic football skills in the specially-designed interactive zone. See how fast you can react, check your passing skills and practice a fingertip save of the art of the high catch!
......... ..................
Croke Park Stadium Tour
Walk in the footsteps of legends as you experience the magic of a match day…
Our experienced guides will take you behind the scenes of Ireland’s largest and most iconic sporting arenas. Take a seat in the VIP area, visit the players’ lounge and walk pitch side via the player’s tunnel.
Throughout the year, particularly during school holidays, the museum offers family-based events. When the championship season is in full swing, the museum has a range of events for all, including the Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour Series. Exclusive pre-match tours, hurley-making demonstrations on big match days and much more!
......... ..................
About the Croke Park School Tour Experience
......... ..................
........
Your class can also test their hurling and Gaelic football skills in the museum’s specially-designed interactive games area….see how fast they can react, test their soloing skills and practice the art of the high catch!
As part of a visit to the GAA Museum, primary school groups have the option of taking part in a Cú Chulainn History Workshop. This workshop allows children to discover what life was like for Cú Chulainn in the Iron Age through storytelling and by using props and costumes. The Cú Chulainn History Workshop lasts for 30 minutes and advance booking is required. The workshop takes place in the museum’s new Activity Room – Cú Chulainn’s Den.
A primary school teachers resource pack – A History of the GAA – From Cú Chulainn to Shefflin – is available in advance of a class visit to the GAA Musuem. The pack contains ten different curriculum-linked GAA topics and each topic includes teacher’s notes and classroom resources. The pack has everything you need to plan a successful and engaging visit to the GAA Museum. To request a copy of the pack, email education@crokepark.ieor download a copy from our website – www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/learning.
Secondary Schools Programme
The Croke Park Experience offers secondary students at all levels a unique opportunity to learn more about the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association through guided tours and museum exhibits.
A typical visit takes approx two hours and involves an introductory film (20 minutes), time in the museum (30 minutes) and a behind-the-scenes guided tour of Croke Park Stadium (1 hour).
Leaving Certificate History Curriculum at the GAA Museum
Bloody Sunday – Military Inquiry Findings
In 2002 the British Public Records Office released a file containing the official Military Court of Inquiry into the deaths at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday 21st November 1920. These papers are available at the museum to researchers and students for viewing by appointment only. To arrange a viewing, please contact the museum’s Archivist – gaaarchive@crokepark.ie
Secondary School Teachers Resource Pack
The GAA Museum has produced a secondary school teachers resource pack entitled The Gaelic Athletic Association through History and Documents 1870-1920. The pack aims to provide a teaching aid which can be used to prepare second level students in advance of a visit to the GAA Museum and participation in a stadium tour.
The pack contains historical fact sheets, a selection of facsimile GAA documents as well as document analysis activity sheets. Fact sheets and documents cover historical GAA personalities, topics and events such as Michael Cusack, Maurice Davin, Archbishop Croke, the GAA and the IRB, Gaelic Sunday 1919, Bloody Sunday 1920 and the History of Croke Park.
Copies of the pack are available upon request to schools and also to download in pdf format from our website – http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/learning/secondary-schools/teachers-resource-pack
Lunch in Croke Park
Catering is also available for school groups by advance booking, or your class can bring lunch and enjoy it in one of our eating areas before or after the tour.
Access and Parking
The GAA Museum and Croke Park Stadium Tour are fully wheelchair accessible. The museum offers free parking facilities for coaches.
Tour Times
January - May and September - December
Monday - Saturday: 09.30 - 17.00
Sunday & Bank Holiday: 11.30 - 17.00
June - August
Monday - Saturday: 09.30 - 18.00
Sunday & Bank Holiday: 10.30 - 17.00
Persons under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times in the museum.
The GAA Museum
Croke Park Stadium
Dublin 3
Tel: 01 819 2323