COOLE PARK !!!!!! November 2007

We made our way to Coole Park on Eamonn's bus. We arrived at Coole Heritage Centre, on a dry cool day at 10:30am.First, we watched a short audio-visual about Lady Gegory and Coole Park. After that, we watched another audio-visual about "Bats".Shortly after that, we made our way upstairs to the nursery, where we searched for thimbles and watched an audio-visual about G.B.S. Anne and Catherine. We learned that G.B.S. cheated in the game of "Hide the Thimbles".After that, we entered the Libary where we examined pictures of famous writers.Lastily, we walked into the Study where we studied an "Autograph Fan".Soon after, we examined how the turlough works.Finally,we listened to the names of the different species of birds who lived in the woods at Coole.
Next we munched our way hungrily through our lunch. Soon after,we wandered out to the deer.One had a fawn only a week before.At the Turlough, we stopped at the public toilets to make "Bat" sounds.Next we made our way down to the Turlough.We noticed that some animals had left prints in the mud. We also noticed that the turlough had dried up. On our way back we stopped at the Autograph Tree and the Sun Dial where Brendan stood in the middle and his shadow told the time.All off Third,Fifth and Sixth enjoyed the trip and everyone learned a lot more about Coole.