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The following facilities in Co Monaghan offer
a wide range of activities and attractions for primary and
secondary students. In order to accommodate large numbers,
facilities can liaise with each other to take alternate halves.
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St Louis Heritage Centre, Monaghan
Address: Broad Road, Monaghan
Tel: (047) 83529
E-mail: stlouisheritage@eircom.net
Contact: Sr Maura
Opening Times: 1st April - 1st October; Thursday - Sunday:
2pm - 4.30pm
Details:
The St Louis Heritage Centre houses pictures and artefacts
which tell the story of the sisters worldwide. Since the foundation
of the Order in Post-Reformation France in 1842 and their
coming to Ireland in 1859, the Sisters of St. Louis have had
a long involvement in Education and Social work in Ireland
and abroad for close on 150 years.
There are displays of Carrickmacross and Clones
Lace, Belleek China (including some very early pieces), illuminated
calligraphy and hand-worked tapestries done by Sisters.
Also included in the Heritage Centre are colourful
native crafts from the Sisters’ Missions in Nigeria,
Ghana and Brazil and extensive photographic displays.
Facilities for people with disability.
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Tanagh Outdoor Recreation Centre
Dartrey, Rockcorry, Co Monaghan
Tel: (049) 5552988 Fax: (049) 5556004
E-mail: tanaghoec@eircom.net
Website: www.monaghanvec.ie
Details:
Tanagh Outdoor Education Centre has a large variety of tasks
that will challenge your group both mentally and physically.
They are designed to promote all aspects of team dynamics
including leadership, communication, planning and motivation.
Tanagh OEC caters for all ages – and visits can range
from a half-day’s activity to a full day, or even week-long
stay (The centre can accommodate up to 50 people)
All courses may be tailor-made to meet a groups’
needs but the following is a summary of courses on offer:
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Primary School Outings
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Leaving Certificate applied modules
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Transition year courses
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Adventure Summercamps
Activities
Available:
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Kayaking
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Banana Boating
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Night Hikes
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Aerial Slide
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Climbing Wall
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Field Studies
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Canoeing
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Night Line
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Abseiling |
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Gorge Walking
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Hill Walking
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Orienteering
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Supa-Hoc
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Camping
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Assault Course
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Archery
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Initiative Tasks
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Pony Trekking (extra charge) |
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Irish Country Quads
Carrickakelly, Inniskeen, Co Monaghan
Tel: (042) 937 8997 (anytime)
(087) 2460742
Website: www.irishquads.com
Details:
All school going children catered for. Tour usually takes
one hour per group to complete. Groups vary, usually 6-8 participants.
Cost varies
depending on the number of participants.
All
prices are negotiable.
Tuck shop
available. Picnic area and football field also on site. If
required, sandwiches can be ordered in.
Arrangements
can be made to divide groups and send half to other facilities
nearby (i.e. Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Pitch & Putt etc)
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The Patrick Kavanagh Rural & Literary Resource Centre
Inniskeen, Co Monaghan
Tel & Fax: (042) 937 8560
E-mail: infoatpkc@eircom.net
Website: www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com
Details:
The Centre houses exhibitions on local history and on Kavanagh.
Primary
Schools
An
introduction to the world of a child through poetry. Includes
workshops, quizzes, teachers material and the unique Kavanagh
Treasure Trail.
Modules
as follows:
Exhibition:
30 minutes approx.
Walking Trail: 30 minutes approx.
Junior
Certificate
Explores
the life of the poet, putting it into the context of the times
and circumstances in which Kavanagh found himself.
Modules
as follows:
Exhibition: 30 minutes
Tour of Kavanagh Country: 1 hour
One-Man-Show: 30 minutes
Transition
Year
‘A Sense of Place’ – Using Kavanagh’s
life and his native Inniskeen, students build up a picture
of their own locality and the people, events and their influence
which have gone before.
Modules
as follows:
Exhibition: 30 minutes
Tour of Kavanagh Country: 1 hour
One-Man-Show: 30 minutes
Leaving
Certificate
The focus is on answering poetry questions in the Leaving
Certificate exam and includes a comprehensive lecture, illustrated
by the centre’s own Leaving Certificate Preparatory
Notes.
Your group's
itinerary is worked out with you in advance to ensure your
visit is all you hope it to be. A typical visit takes 2 ½
hours, including breaks and comprises the following modules:
Exhibition:
30 minutes
Tour of Kavanagh Country: 1 hour
One-Man-Show: 30 minutes
Amenities
in the immediate vicinity of the Patrick Kavanagh Centre include:
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Fane Park (Children's amenities)
• Fane River Walk & Picnic Area
• 18 hole Pitch & Putt
• Inniskeen Golf Range
• Irish Country Quads
• Inniskeen Bowls
• 'Poet Rest' Coffee Shop & Country Kitchen
Our location
allows you easy access to a variety of attractions and activities
as follows:
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Knockabbey Castle & Gardens (10 mins)
• Stephenstown Pond & Fishing (10 mins)
• Carrickmacross Lace (15 mins)
• O'Fiach Centre (20 mins)
• Blayney Bowls (20 mins)
• Lough Muckno (20 mins)
• Dundalk Museum (20 mins)
• Wildlife Educ. Centre (20 mins)
• St Louis Heritage Centre (35 mins)
• Monaghan County Museum (35 mins)
• Canal Stores (50 mins)
• Tanagh Outdoor Pursuits (40 mins)
• Tain Village (40 mins)
• Newgrange (45 mins)
• Carlingford Adventure Centre (45 mins)
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Ulster Canal Stores
Cara St., Clones, Co Monaghan
Tel: (047) 52125/51718
Fax: (047) 51720
E-mail: clonesdevelopment@eircom.net
Details:
The Ulster Canal Stores incorporates exhibitions including
Clones Lace. Refreshments are also available. Public play
park with slides and swings and handball alley adjacent to
the Canal Stores. The Clones Arts Co-op offers opportunities
for painting. Walking tours of the town highlighting its historical
heritage can also be arranged for groups.
Nearby
Attractions/Activities
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Hilton Park farm and Victorian Gardens (3 miles)
• Tanagh Outdoor Pursuits Centre (12 miles)
• Share Centre Outdoor Pursuits Centre (13 miles)
• Crom Castle: boating, gardens (7 miles)
• Knockatallon: bog and ‘mountain’ walks
(5-6 miles)
Cost:
Depending on itinerary
Educational
Perspectives
History/
Heritage: architecture, medieval abbey, round tower, Wesley
Chapel, motte and bailey fort, planters castle, Lackey Bridge,
Thomas Lipton, Maxim Litvinov, Ulster Canal, GNR, Dean Swift
(Bishopscourt), Workhouse, Famine Graveyard, GAA, Barry Mc
Guigan.
Literary/
Film: Pat Mc Cabe, Eugene Mc Cabe, Shane Connaughton, Ted
Mc Carthy, Annaghmakerrig/ forest walks (6 miles).
Arts:
Clones Arts Co-op, slosh about painting.
Walk about/
bus tour of town and historic/ heritage sites 1-4 hours.
Hilton Park 2 hours.
Outdoor pursuits 2-4 hours (travel time 70 minutes)
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Wildlife Educational Centre
Listinny, Clontibret, Monaghan
Peadar Morgan
Tel: 047 80632
Email: peadarmorgan@esatclear.ie
Web: www.monaghanwildlife.cjb.net
Details:
This unique Wildlife Exhibition centre hosts over 200 mounted
species of Irish Wildlife, which includes birds and mammals.
Of particular interest is an 11,000 year old Giant Irish Elk
head. Birds include the Bittern, Corncrake, Hen Harrier, Brown
and White Magpie to name but a few. The unique collection
from Ballyfin House, Co. Laois, which includes over 150 species
of butterflies and moths, is displayed in a separate building.
Adjacent is a release pen with live buzzards, White Dove,
wild ducks and farmyard ducks. The centre also includes a
garden with panoramic views over 4 counties. Refreshments
and tuck shop available.
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Monaghan County Museum
1-2 Hill St, Monaghan
Roisin Doherty
Tel: 047 82928
Fax: 047 71189
Email: comuseum@monaghancoco.ie
Details:
Monaghan County Museum exists to collect, preserve and display
the heritage of the county. Archaeology, Local history, Folk
life, Crafts, Transport, Coinage and Industry are among the
principal areas of interest. Guided tours arranged for school
groups with questionnaires appropriate to age-group. Approx.
45 mins – 1hour per visit.
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Hilton Park
Scotshouse,
Nr Clones
Johnny Madden
Tel: (047) 56007
E-mail: form@hiltonpark.ie
Web: www.hiltonpark.ie
Details:
Ancestral home with restored Victorian gardens and pleasure
grounds in a landscaped park. Guided tour of gardens available.
Nature trails and talks on the following can also be arranged:
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Forestry
• Birds
• Organic gardening
• Developing vegetable gardens
• Local history
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Clogher Historical Society
St Macartan's College
Mullaghmurphy
Monaghan
Tel: 047 71984
Fax: 047 71659
Email: chs@eircom.net
Website: www.clogherhistory.ie/Heritage-Events
With the introduction of 'Local History' onto the Leaving
Certificate history curriculum from September 2004, secondary
schools will be happy to hear that Clogher Historical Society
has amassed a wealth of knowledge on the subject since its
foundation fifty years ago. The Society can provide many back
issues of its annual historical journal, the Clogher Record
and it also runs frequent historical events throughout counties
Monaghan, Fermanagh and Tyrone. If your school would like
a copy of the index to the Clogher Record 1953-1999,
or if you would like to hear more about our programme of events,
please contact us at the numbers above.
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