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EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum

On your Rugby Tour to Dublin one of the must see sites is EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum.

All our groups enjoy visiting this wonderful museum, even our very close neighbours from the United Kingdom have mentioned how much they enjoyed it.

Looking To The Past

EPIC is located in one of Dublin’s most historic locations by the banks of the River Liffey. Custom House Quay was built between 1817 and 1820 to store valuable cargoes of tobacco, tea and spirits.

Designed by the Scottish engineer John Rennie this industrial masterpiece hosted the Crimean War Banquet in 1856, celebrating the return of 3,000 Irish soldiers.

A Vision For Change

In the early 2000s, the Grade One protected structure was restored by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

Irishman Neville Isdell, purchased the building in late 2013 with the intention of developing this magnificent structure into a destination at the social heart of Dublin’s Docklands.

A Museum For The Future

In 2015, a strategic advisory group was assembled to consult on the development of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.

The content for the exhibition was drawn up in consultation with a panel of academic and expert advisors.

About The Museum

Discover Why 10 Million People Left Ireland And The Impact They Had On The World

Irish history should never be a long list of names and dates, it should be an experience. Get hands on with Irish culture and its past with their fully interactive museum.

Swipe through video galleries, listen to audio from 100 years ago and watch videos that bring Irish history to life. At the museum you will discover the far reaching influence of Irish history. In addition the impact the 10 million Irish men and women who left Ireland had on the world.

Explore The Museum

You won’t find leprechauns or pots of gold here. What you will discover is what it means to be Irish.

This travels far beyond the borders of Ireland through the stories of Irish emigrants who became scientists, politicians, poets, artists and even outlaws.

Discover Ireland from the outside in and find out why saying “I’m Irish” is one of the biggest conversation starters.

For more information on your rugby tour to Dublin or any other destination please do contact us now for more details.

4th May 2021/by Raymond O'Grady

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Good Tidings we bring to You and Your Kin

The Three Wise Men at Irish Rugby Tours do not have camels but they are following a star.

The constellation of rugby touring still burns bright even though every conceivable difficulty has been placed in the way of the coaches, players and volunteers in 2020.

The salvation of the game now rests with dedicated scientists around the globe working to produce a vaccine that will allow normal travel to return and with it the resumption of what has been a part of rugby for over one hundred years – the tour.

They are following a star to a place where nobody has ever been before. It is certain that rugby touring will not be the same but through their efforts the experience will be none the poorer.

Amazingly, every day they lament the lack of time to finish the allotted tasks. “Lack of time”, you may ask, with no teams or clients to worry about? Things have never been busier for rugby tours 2021 at Irish Rugby Tours.

The preparation is intense for the resumption of the sport we love. New possibilities must now be factored in to the planning. How will the airlines react, what cancellation policies will hotels employ and above all what radical rule changes for the amateur or under-age groups are likely?

In 25 years, we have faced every conceivable challenge and now a new world awaits. Rest assured we will be ready.

Why not contact us? We would love to hear from you by phone or email even if just to chew the fat.

As Churchill or it may have been Roosevelt, said, “we are all in this together”.

22nd December 2020/by George Hook

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The Way Ahead

Fado Fado, which is the Gaelic for “ long long ago“ and a rugby tour bus in Galway stopped and asked a farmer how to get to Dublin.

After a few minutes of rapt concentration, the farmer removed his pipe and said, “well I wouldn’t start from here.”

Irish Rugby Tours, does intend to start from here, as our great game goes through its greatest paroxysm since World War 2. It survived that as it did the First War.

We intend to be here for our current clients and hopefully our new ones when touring recommences. There are already green shoots of progress. The professional game is up and running. In even more rude good health in the Southern Hemisphere games are played in front of large enthusiastic crowds. Playing and touring will return, even if we must patiently wait for a date for resumption.

When this pandemic broke the staff at Irish Rugby Tours, felt like putting their heads under a pillow and crying. That depression did not last very long and we have used the current period of inactivity to make plans. Included are new innovative tours; revised arrangements with airlines and hotels. Finally above all entering in to arrangements that will guarantee the safety and integrity of every booking made with us.

One thing is certain, there will be a renewed burst of enthusiasm for touring once it is safe to do so. Unfortunately, tours are not put together overnight so all of us involved in this great experiment will have to plan for an uncertain future. Solution, by putting together embryonic strategies that have the capacity for change without cost that is the way ahead.