Third day in Dublin

Today has been a different day. We have visited Croke Park, an iconic stadium placed in Dublin and which has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over one hundred years.

We have started our visit watching a film about the different games that are played there: Hurling and Gaelic Football.

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years. - See more at: https://crokepark.ie/gaa-museum-tours/stadium-tours#sthash.r03CazlF.dpuf

 

After that, our guide has explained to us that we were going to visit the whole stadium, and that we had to walked behind the line because some trucks and cars could drive over there. 

We have been inside the changing rooms and we have seen the different hurling t-shirts from each irish county. We have took some photos with the t-shirts of the 2015 champions.

We have felt how the players feel themselves before going out to the field.

And we have been in the room where the champion team celebrates its victory after the match.

Later we have been into a box, the place where wealthy people see the matches while they enjoy a lovely dinner.

 Once in the museum, among some prizes, we have found Muhammad Ali shorts and a boxing glove from his fight in this stadium on 1972.

Having finished the visit, we have had some time to practise hurling, gaelic football, and we have also played different games to improve our abilities in that sports.

We have lunch at the stadium in a private room with view to the grass, and after that, we have gone to visit the Guinness Storehouse. We have learnt how beer is made, the importance of Arthur Guinnes for the Ireland history and we have  had a soft drink in the highest part of the factory, the gravity bar.

Today, we have learnt a lot of things and, we have realised how important are gaelic sports and Guinnes for Irish people's culture.