Emerald Cultural Institute is delighted to share November Social Programme:
The Student’s Guide to this month’s Social Programme
(Please note that the Social Programme may always be subject to changes)
Board Games
A selection of board games to play with your friends. Playing board games with other students is not only a way to enjoy yourself, but also to practice your English speaking skills and enrich your vocabulary by interacting with the other players.
Please sign up for this activity by Tuesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
Bingo
A game where players mark off symbols, words, or numbers on a card, and whoever marks off all their numbers wins.
Please sign up for this activity by Tuesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
Botanic Gardens
The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland are an oasis of calm and beauty, and entry is free. A premier scientific institution, the Gardens contain important collections of plant species and cultivars from all over the world.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
City Orientation for new students
A 45-minute walk through Dublin city centre with our Emerald Guide. Transports tickets will be discussed as well. A great activity for new students on their first day.
Chester Beatty Library
Chester Beatty Library is a museum that displays exhibit manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books, and some decorative arts from the Persian, Islamic, East Asian, and Western Collections.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants.
CV Preparation
This activity will provide you with some tips for writing your CV and Cover Letter appropriately and for searching for a job in Ireland. Furthermore, you can ask for proofreading your CV.
Hugh Lane
The gallery’s original collection of modern art was presented by Sir Hugh Lane in 1908 and has, over the last century been enhanced by notable bequests, gifts, and acquisitions including Francis Bacon’s Studio and Archive and Sean Scully’s gift of paintings.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
Language Exchange
Learning another foreign language can be a significant advantage in your career as long as allowing you to connect with others. Practice and learn another foreign language meeting up for conversation exchange with other students.
Please sign up for this activity by Tuesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
INIS seminar
This seminar is for all new students who will need to go and register with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. Opening a bank account, requesting a PPS number, and taking holidays will be discussed as well.
National Gallery
The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin boasts some 2,500 paintings and approximately 10,000 other works in different media including watercolours, drawings, prints and sculpture.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
NMI Collins Barracks
Collins Barracks is a military barrack located in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin. The site includes the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History.
Please sign up for this activity by Tuesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
NMI Natural History Museum
This museum is famous for its Victorian cabinet style, which houses one of the world’s finest and fullest collections still to be seen today. This zoological museum encompasses outstanding examples of wildlife from Ireland and the far corners of the globe, some to be seen today and others long extinct.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
Speed Friending
Come and meet new friends at our speed friending appointment! You will have 3 minutes to chat with another student, then you will be asked to move and chat with another of your partners.
Please sign up for this activity by Tuesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants (minimum 6 students required).
Paid Activities
Dublin Castle
Constructed in the early thirteenth century on the site of a Viking settlement, Dublin Castle served for centuries as the headquarters of English, and later British, administration in Ireland. In 1922, following Ireland’s independence, Dublin Castle was handed over to the new Irish government.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants.
Jameson Distillery
In 1780 John Jameson opened the doors of his distillery on Bow St. Over 200 years later, the doors are still open to friends old and new. Founded by John Jameson in 1780, today the former factory stands as a monument to Irish Whiskey.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral, founded in 1911, and is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Since Saint Patrick baptised Christian converts nearby over 1500 years ago, this holy site has been a place of spiritual encounter for countless generations.
Please sign up for this activity by Wednesday. Emerald reserves the right to cancel this activity due to a low number of participants.
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