History Trips

Dissolving Boundaries Project

The 3rd year history class are pared with Bloomfield Collegiate in a Cross Border partnership for the second year.  This project is co-ordinated by NUI Maynooth in the South and is funded by the DES.  The students first exchanged profilesand then  work collaboratively on aspects of 20th century Irish History.  They worked in Moodle and on-line =protected environment.

The highlight of their year was a Face 2 Face meeting in Dublin.  They met in Kilmainham jail and had a tour of the jail before visiting Collins Barracks for the main part of their activities.  They participated in a History Assembly where in 4 groups they studied the motives and chhoices made by different people North and South of the Border during World War 1

In groups studying the exhibits	Getting the background
coming to conclusions	Presenting the findings

  Form 1 Visit to Sligo Abbey

First year history work involves study from the Stone Age up to the Renaissance.  Much of the course looks at archaeological evidence and historic sites.  In the town of Sligo there is a medieval Dominican Abbey so form 1 visited it to see for themselves Sligo's oldest building.  They enjoyed a tour  - the only problem was they didn't have long enough to see everything!

Form 5 and 6 History and Art Trip

 

Each year the Art and history classes share a bus to Dublin and while the artists tour galleries the historians visit Kilmainham Jail and Dail Eireann.  This trip is useful for making concrete some of the 20th century Irish History and for general knowledge. The visit to the Dail is always timed for question time - and we have been lucky sometime in being there when a good argument is going on!