DLTC Language School St Patricks Week 2010

Wow! What a busy St Patricks Week we just had at the school! Party, tour ... It started with Nancy's free lecture for full-time English students on Tuesday afternoon about the "Irish saints and superstitions" .. a very appropriate topic for the week of St Patricks Day.




Then we had the party at the school on St Patricks Eve .. who can forget that! or maybe, who can remember it??!! A great night with lots of Guinness (and soft drinks!), many renditions of Molly Malone, and the old Irish song "Clavelitos" (!!?) .. we will have more photos of this party as soon as I can find the camera ;) If anyone has any, please put them up on our wall here.



Obviously there was no school on Wednesday, St Patricks Day itself. Instead on Friday afternoon, we had a free tour for full-time English students to Lough Dan in County Wicklow .. I think everyone agreed: a very beautiful place and good place to visit - I really enjoyed showing it to the group. The location is not on the usual tourist trails or public bus routes .. so this was a great opportunity. Have a look at the pictures on our wall here.



So that's St Patricks festivities until next year .. but don't worry, we'll find some more occasions to celebrate soon! Easter egg anyone?
 

 
Thanks everybody,
 
Bob

March 17th - St Patricks Day is coming .. time to celebrate!!

March 17th is St Patricks Day, the national day of Ireland and, as usual, there will be big celebrations in Dublin, all over Ireland, and of course in the DLTC Language School.

So what is happens on St Patrick's Day? Well it's more like St Patricks Week because, in Dublin, the festival starts on Friday 12th of March and continues all the way through Wednesday 17th March.

• There will be a big fireworks display in Limerick on the evening of Saturday 13th.
• On Saturday morning there is a free Treasure Hunt around the city for all ages and all people - "Solve the clues, compete for spot prizes, complete the route and become the cleverest, fastest or best dressed team". Register online to beat the queues! A great way to discover and explore the city - we can even enter a team from the school!!
• There will be funfairs and amusements around the city all during the week. 
• And of course The St Patricks Day Parade - join the crowds at about 12-2pm along O'Connell Street or Dame Street to watch the colour, the dancers, the bands, the music - then dance in the streets and join the crowds in the city's pubs for music and fun.

On the Tuesday night16th March there will be a celebration in the DLTC school from about 8pm with some Irish music, food and drinks - afterwards we'll all go into Dublin to continue the party there.

We have some special offers at the DLTC on our general English language courses for St Patricks festival week - so tell your friends and join the party!!!