' Juno and the Paaaaaycock ' (Dublin accent)

                                                                            Thursday, 20th October 2011.

           Week 9, wow the weeks really are flowing in aren't they.. Having said that, I am having the time of my life these past few weeks and I am so grateful for this opportunity.
               Yesterday, the 19th of October, all TYs headed into Dublin city for the day. The trip was organised by Ms. G, Ms. B and Ms. C, the three TY English teachers. The first stop was the bog bodies. Oh my god it was incredible. We were looking at real dead bodies perserved from the past! It really was an eye-opening experience, slighty scary to look at but like i said, incredible.
          Next up was the W.B. Yeats museum. This was a very benifical trip and well planned as W.B. Yeats is on our Leaving Cert English course. We were given a worksheet of questions to answer on Yeats himself. This was very helpful as we could only find the questions by looking at absolutely everything in the exhibition. I got the chance to read his works, and find out everything about his life. It was a well laid-out exhibition. I surprisingly really enjoyed it and found it extremely intersting.
The part i found most interesting was the fact that Yeats only got 69 % in English in school , can you believe it from a man like him?
            We then went into the National Library which was next to the W.B. Yeats museum. It was quite small so things got a little crowed. Having said that, i learned alot about life in Ireland in the past from looking at old match programmes, diary entries etc. I also had the chance to look up my ancestors on the computer which was very exciting.
                Our final trip was to the Abbey Theatre for the production of ' Juno and the Paycock' . It is based in Dublin during the 1920s, hence the '' dublin accent'' in my title. Reading the play, let's be honest, most of us couldn't really understand what was going on and found it rather boring. However, watching the two-hour long play, gave me an extremely better idea of the storyline. It was exciting, humerous yet sad all at the same time. The play shows us how different life was back then and how lucky we are compared too our ancestors. The actors and actresses really inspired me. They were so passionate about what they were doing and really got into their character. I didn't want to look away from the stage I was that into it. My favourite character was Johnny, and I think my fellow TY classmates will agree..

           Overall, it was a very productive and memorable day of TY.


        
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