Any GAA fans in your house? Surprise them with a trip to Croke Park. Take the stadium tour, hear the story of 100 years of GAA and see the dressing rooms where the stars get ready.
Tour fee (€8.50 adults, 5 kids) includes entry to the Gaelic museum with audiovisual shows and interactive sports games. For information,
tel: 01-8558176 or e-mail: gaamuseum@crokepark.ie
To do tonight...
The Kilkenny Arts Festival continues, with four of the world's most sought-after storytellers offering an evening of adult storytelling. Taylo Fatunia, caricaturist; Dovie Thomason Sickles, a native American storyteller; Dan Yashinsky, UNICEF Canada's storyteller-in-residence and award-winning Irish storyteller, Liz Weir offer their own styles of storytelling tonight in Cleere's at 9 p.m. €11/9. Tel: 056-7752175.
Fun for kids...
Iron-age man built an oak road across a bog thousands of years ago and it is still there. You can see the only example of this at Corlea Trackway Centre, at Kenagh, Co Longford, which is about 10 km from Longford on the Ballymahon Road (R397).
For information, tel: 043-22386.
Late late offers...
The Hibernian Hotel is one of Dublin's great secrets. Small and charming with a restaurant, in a quiet area off Baggot Street, it is just minutes from the city centre (above). You and a loved one can stay for two nights at
€190 each; which includes dinner on one night. You'll also get a cocktail on the terrace (weather permitting) and
chocolates in your room.
For bookings, tel: 01-6687666.
