Education Packages – For Schools and Private Groups
Family education, and providing quality educational resources based on the Dept. of Education guidelines and curriculum, are among our top priorities at Cruachan AÃ Heritage Centre.
Educational activities for kids feature strongly on our annual agenda of community events, and we provide great value packages for school tours at both primary and secondary level, as well as educational tours for adult special interest groups. Free extras include worksheets for kids, and recommendations for classroom activities you can bring back to school.
Children taking part in an outdoor workshop
School Tours
Here at Cruachan AÃ, we are now accepting bookings for school tours for both primary and second level schools. You can avail of one of the special offers below – simply call us to book your tour, or design a visit that will suit your requirements exactly.
Our specialist staff are qualified and experienced facilitators and can enable your children to experience for themselves the food, clothing, weaponry and crafts of Medieval times, or Iron Age Celtic Ireland.
Workshop 1: From the Arrival of Man to the Arrival of God
Workshop 2: The Celtic Tribes of Ireland
Workshop 3: Kingship and Society in Ancient Connacht
Workshop 4: O Connors and Gaelic Chiefs
Workshop 5: Pagan Religion Christianity
Workshop 6: The Táin and other Ancient Tales
| Standard Packages: | Combined Packages |
| An exhibition tour (40 mins.) €3 per child |
Exhibition and site tour (2 hours) €6 per child |
| Sites tour (1 hour) €4 per child |
Exhibition tour and Workshop 1 OR 2 (2 hours) €7.50 per child. |
| Workshop (1 hour) €12 per child |
Exhibition tour and Workshop 1 AND 2 (3 hours) €10 per child |
Activites for Schools and Families
Activities 1: Wild Hunt Mask Making
Activities 2: Ogham Writing
Children enjoying themselves at a workshop.
Archaeological dig for you to experience in our exhibition area
Special School Projects
(Suitable for Primary or Secondary students)
Contact us to discover some of our special heritage projects designed to develop strong links between your pupils and their communities. Each programme can be tailored to suit your school with an emphasis placed on the promotion of active engagement and public awareness of your heritage.
These programmes include:
- Me and my local area
- Built heritage where I live
- The placenames around me
- Biodiversity and the environment
- Important people and events in my area
These projects can be linked with
- Professionally Guided Tour of Exhibition Rooms
- Guided Field Trip of Sites, with our staff Archaeologist
- Worksheets and suggestions for developing each programme into a long term school project
Complete package for just €10 per student!
There is a Café on site to cater for your group, or your students can bring a packed lunch.
Why Bring Your Students to Cruachan AÃ Heritage Centre?
The Rathcroghan Complex has just been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Status, along with Tara, as one of the Celtic Royal Sites of Ireland. With such a fantastic resource on your doorstep, why not bring your students to Cruachan Aà Heritage Centre, in Tulsk? We can enable your students to experience vital curricular elements such as:
- Our roots in pre-Christian/early Christian Ireland, from Queen Maedbh and the Cattle Raid of Cooley onwards, with the support of 15 yrs ongoing Rathcroghan research from NUIG.
- Study of Medieval society around the O’Conor Kingship of Tulsk.
- Early Modern Irish History, with the support of the Discovery Programme 5 yr research – Medieval Rural Settlement Project.
Fun and games!
For details of our Adult Education Programme, please visit our Events Page.
