By Aoife De Bhailís (Transition year student)
LAST Thursday, Gaelcholáiste’s newly formed transition year, as well as our teachers, Iníon Ní Dheargáin and Iníon Ní Laocha, decided to start the year by taking a venture into the wild and heading off to Killarney to hike over Torc Mountain.
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (well maybe not that bushy-tailed…or bright-eyed for that matter), we rounded ourselves up at 9 in school to catch our bus.
Although we had been told beforehand to have our raincoats packed, one look out the window told us otherwise – the sun was quite literally ‘ag scoilteadh na gcloch’.
On arrival, we began our expedition with sunshine that seemed to have got confused with the season change on our backs.
Although the climb was a difficult one, it was also very scenic. Being able to eat our lunch at the top, overlooking the lakes of Killarney was pretty spectacular and well worth the weary feet.
As we finished our descent we were greeted by Torc Waterfall where we were able to rest on level ground for a while and appreciate our view.
We then caught our bus and made the short trip to Muckross House where we spent our remaining time in Killarney relaxing in the gardens and chatting about our day.
It was a great way to kick off the year and has left us eager to see what else we’ll get up to in TY, something tells me it won’t be the last time hiking boots are donned.
Scroll down for group photos from the school trip…
