The Irish Soccer Experience: Dublin

Since 1921, Ireland has maintained a proud soccer tradition. "The Boys in Green" found success in the 1990s and 2000s reaching the World Cup's Round of 16 twice. National Team legend Robbie Keane has spent a number of years at the MLS LA Galaxy. The famously green landscape of Ireland makes for perfect fields of play.
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Day 1 Overnight Flight to Ireland (Dublin)
Day 2 Hello Dublin
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Welcome meeting and orientation
Training session led by your own coaching staff
Dinner
Details: Training session led by your own coaching staff
Participate in a training session at a local field in the area.
Day 3 Dublin
Professional coaching clinic
Dublin city walk
Ha'Penny Bridge, Temple Bar, Molly Malone statue
Trinity College and Book of Kells visit
Dinner
Details: Professional coaching clinic
Participate in a special coaching clinic with a guest coach, player or instructor. The clinic will be designed exclusively for the team and to enhance skills in areas identified by the coaching staff.
Details: Dublin city walk
Get a friendly introduction to Ireland’s capital city, compliments of your Tour Director. As you wander the streets, take in the international glamour of Ireland’s most cosmopolitan city and discover an urban landscape of Georgian buildings, castles and cathedrals.
Details: Trinity College and Book of Kells visit
Discover Trinity College, the oldest university in Ireland. Trinity was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. The beautiful campus features cobbled squares, gardens, a picturesque quadrangle and buildings that date from the 17th to 20th centuries. Trinity College is also home to the Book of Kells, an 8th-century version of the four Gospels decorated with elaborate scripting and illumination. We will view this famous treasure and other early Christian manuscripts in the Colonnades, an exhibition area on the ground floor of the Old Library.
Day 4 Dublin
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum visit
Friendly soccer match
Dinner
Details: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum visit
Explore EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin's Docklands, the original departure point for so many Irish emigrants. The interactive museum will lead us through many facets of emigration: emigrants' reasons for leaving, how they influenced the world, and the connection between the Irish people worldwide.
Details: Friendly soccer match
Play an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. The team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels, and have the opportunity to make friends for life.
Day 5 Dublin
Training session led by your own coaching staff
Glendalough excursion
Dinner
Attend professional soccer match - Standard games
Details: Training session led by your own coaching staff
Participate in a training session at a local field in the area.
Details: Glendalough excursion
Visit Glendalough, a former monastery in an idyllically secluded setting. Its name is derived from Irish meaning "The Glen of the Two Lakes." We will stroll from the upper lake to the lower lake and walk through the remains of the monastery complex, long since converted to a burial place. Although much of the monastic city is in ruins, the standing remains include a nearly perfect round tower, hundreds of timeworn Celtic crosses and a variety of churches. Our visit will include the new Visitor Center, which provides a helpful orientation that comprises exhibits on the archaeology, history, folklore, and wildlife of the area.
Details: Attend professional soccer match - Standard games
Attend a professional soccer match. Seeing international players compete in person would itself be unforgettable, but add the passionate crowds singing, cheering and chanting and you will enter an atmosphere that can only be understood through personal experience. Please note that this activity is subject to availability as it is based on the league’s fixture list at the dates the group is travelling.
Day 6 Dublin
Croke Park Stadium guided visit
Friendly soccer match
Dinner
Details: Croke Park Stadium guided visit
Croke Park has been at the heart of Irish sporting life for over 100 years. This magnificent stadium is actually the third largest in Europe. Its size is only part of its greatness, however, as you’ll discover on this eye-opening, access-all-areas tour. From quirky insights into why Croke Park’s grass is always greener to learning about defining moments in Irish history, the passionate Tour Guides will take you on an inspiring journey.
Details: Friendly soccer match
Play an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. The team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels, and have the opportunity to make friends for life.
Day 7 Dublin
Gaelic Games experience
Dinner
Details: Gaelic Games experience
Actively participate and learn more about the Irish sports and its role in Irish society. The four Gaelic sports such as Gaelic football hurling, have been on the island for over two thousand years and the vast majority of Irish have a special place in your heart for just "their team."
Day 8 Dublin
Friendly soccer match
Irish folklore evening
Dinner
Details: Friendly soccer match
Play an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. The team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels, and have the opportunity to make friends for life.
Details: Irish folklore evening
Watch as dancers hop, skip, and slide their way through Irish jigs. Listen as musicians use fiddles, flutes, and pipes to evoke the most traditional Gaelic music. Experience the best of traditional culture at this Irish Folklore Evening.
Day 9 Flight home from Dublin
Tour Includes:
  • As we pair your group up with regional teams, we will be looking for 3 or 4* accommodations near sports facilities. Often this means your overnight stays could be approximately 90 minutes outside of the city center. If your group chooses an upgraded hotel option you will typically be placed in a more central location
  • Breakfast daily
  • Lunch and dinner as per your itinerary, determined by final sporting arrangements
  • WorldStrides Sports Tour Director to accompany your group 24 hours a day from arrival to departure
  • Transportation by private coach
  • Excursions, activities, stadium tours as per your itinerary. Your final itinerary may be slightly different. These are place holders; activities will move based on availability and sporting components may be adjusted to accommodate team roster size. Professional games are subject to availability based on the leagues’ fixture lists at time of travel
  • International friendly matches per your itinerary (WorldStrides Sports is a FIFA approved match agent, holding the rights to arrange soccer matches)
  • Training sessions and/or professional coaching clinics per your itinerary
  • Three college credits upon completion of on-line course (USA grades 9-12 eligible). In Canada, academic credit is available for Ontario students.
  • Payment plans available to meet the needs of all participants
  • Basic health insurance while on tour (including medical treatment on tour up to $7,500) and $50,000 of coverage for emergency evacuation (U.S. travelers only).
  • Exclusive 24-hour Doctors On-Call partnership
  • Local Guide and Local Bus Driver tips; see note regarding other important tips
  • Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
We are better able to assist you with a quote for your selected departure date and city over the phone. Please call 1.800.771.5353 to price this tour with your requested options.
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