A big item on the agenda for Dublin was a visit to Croke Park, which is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland and where hurling and gaelic football are played. It's place in Irish history means that it's often spoken about and even Queen Elizabeth visited there on her recent tour of Ireland. English fans will recognize it as being the place where Ireland mauled an English rugby team a number of years ago (Donncha's comment)
Iman got to try on some old jerseys, complete with the hat and traditional hurley
As part of the tour, a visit to the player's lounge was included (basically an empty bar !) but interesting to know that the amateur players were at least given a free drink and some food after playing in front of 84,000 people.
No visit to a stadium would be complete without a visit to the dressing room - kids were happy to show their Tipperary heritage (Grandad was not happy about that!)
A walk on the sideline of the hallowed turf (apparently it's changed 4 times a year .... so not that hallowed these days). Ruairi was happy to come to Dublin and join the visit to Croker.
Grandad very proud to be showing his grandkids around .... meant a lot to him
Everyone enjoyed getting a tour of one of the corporate boxes, though they are not necessarily the height of luxury.
Donncha's cousin Liam joined the tour, which as usual for a person living in the city, was his first visit to the Croke Park Museum. Thank's to Liam for spending the morning with the kids.
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