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Croke Park Experience- Museum and Stadium Tour
The 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 Croke Park Experience offers a unique opportunity to learn more about the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association through guided tours and interactive exhibits. Open daily throughout the year, a typical class visit to Croke Park takes two hours and includes an exciting behind-the-scenes guided tour of the stadium, a short film, a chance to explore the exhibits in the newly refurbished GAA Museum and a visit to our interactive games area.
About the Croke Park Experience
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The GAA Museum is open daily 9.30am-5pm and stadium tours operate throughout the year. A special rate of €6 for all primary schools and €7 for all secondary school groups is on offer until 30th April 2011. Thereafter primary schools can avail of the special rate on Mondays until the end of June. Advanced booking is essential for all groups. To book a tour, please telephone Maria - 01 819 2374 or email tours@crokepark.ie
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A visit to the GAA Museum serves to compliment your stadium tour. The museum traces the birth and growth of the GAA at home and abroad and its unique role in the national political and cultural revival in Ireland. Recently refurbished, the museum houses a vast collection, including hurleys, jerseys, trophies, medals and banners, that illustrate the development of Gaelic games from ancient times to the present day.
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.
The GAA Museum
Croke Park Stadium
Dublin 3
Tel: 01 819 2323
