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Listed below are the times and
locations of open games and training sessions that take place around the country.
Also included are the directions to how to get to the sessions from the relevent city centre.
Sunday
Dublin, Herbert Park, 14:00 (Pick up game)
Herbert Park is situated on the 46A,746,10 and 7 bus routes and is a short walk away from Lansdowne Road Dart Station.
The 46A,746 & 10 buses leave from the City Centre (Mountjoy Sq./Parnell Sq. West) and drive through Donnybrook. The bus journey from the City to Donnybrook usually takes about 10-15mins.
Ask the driver to let you out at Donnbrook Rugby Ground. Take the small road to left of the ground and follow it until the Park is visible on your left with the Dodder River on your right. Continue walking down this path, keeping the park on your left, until you get to a gate into the park. Pick-up takes place on the pitch on your left once you've passed through the gate.
The 7 bus leaves from O'Connell Street and takes about 10mins to get to Ballsbridge. Ask the driver to let you out at the Embassy Grill. This is a fish n chips shop opposite the American Embassy.
Get off the bus and walk away from the city centre (and the Embassy Grill) until you get to the main lights. Cross over the road to Rolys Bistro Restaurant. Keeping the restaurant on your left take a left up Herbert Park Road. The park will be on your left. Go through the gates and bare left. Follow the path around past the pond and bandstand and then around to the right where you'll see the pitch we have pick up on ahead.
From Lansdowne Road Dart Station, come out of the station and turn left. At the next set of lights turn left again and follow this road until (having passed a large Mercedes garage on your left) you find yourself facing Rolys Bistro Restaurant. Then follow above directions.
On the attached map we play in square X 59 , roughly!! :)
Pick-up will be cancelled IF:
-the weather's really bad
-there's a tournament on
-if the news section on this site says so!
more info : pickup@irishultimate.com
Click here for a map for directions to the venue
Saturday
Dublin, Grangegorman, 10:30 (Open Training)
Buses to Grangegorman:
The number 10 or 10A, this bus departs from Belfield and goes through O'Connell Street. The closest stop to Grangegorman is on the north circular road just past St. Peter's Church. Ask the driver for the exact stop. The entrance to the DIT Grangegorman site is half way up/down on Grangegorman Upper.
Drive to Grangegorman;
If coming from the South,
Get onto Aston Quay and drive all the way until you come to the bridge known as James Joyce Bridge on Usher's Island. Cross over this bridge and you come onto Blackhall Place keep going straight (you pass the Law society of Ireland on your left) and you take a right before Stoneybatter, this leads you to Brunswick Street. You then take the second left and this leads you to Grangegorman Road Lower. Keep going straight. You're nearly there, the entrance to DIT Grangegorman (St. Brendan's hospital) it is on your left.
If coming from the North,
From Dorset Street Lower turn right at the next junction past the Royal Canal which leads to the North Circular Road. Keep going straight until you see St. Peter's Church, take the left fork. Shortly after this you take a left turn down Rathdown Road or Grangegorman Upper. The entrance to DIT is half way down Grangegorman Upper.
Luas to Grangegorman;
Get off the Luas (Red Line) at Smithfield, turn left past Haymarket, turn right onto Queen Street beside Smithfield square towards North King's Street. Cross over to Grangegorman lower which leads you towards Grangegorman Upper. You shall then see the entrance to Grangegorman on the left-hand side.
**NB - this venue is solely for the use of DIT players with the one off exception of The Beer Bowl on Dec 2nd 2006. There is not a weekly Saturday morning practice at this venue!
Click here for a map for directions to the venue
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