School Tours & Trips to Ireland and Northern Ireland
As our nearest neighbour, Ireland offers teachers a chance to supply their students with a truly brilliant learning experience across a wide variety of subjects without going too far from home.
The stunning coastal scenery in Northern Ireland, from the famous Giant’s Causeway to Whiterocks Beach, is a geographer’s dream. On our school trips to Belfast, students will see evidence of all key study themes, including landform processes, volcanic features, coastal erosion, glaciation, and the impact of tourism.
In Dublin, the classroom curriculum of Irish history is brought to life. The capital of the Republic of Ireland has been at the centre of Irish nationalism since the late 18th Century. Sites such as Kilmainham Gaol, Glasnevin Cemetery, and Dáil Eireann help students to visualise and understand more about the figures who helped to shape Ireland’s history.
Whilst in Derry, budding musicians will have the chance to take part in the city’s Choral Festival; a fun five-day festival of concerts, workshops, and activities.
With so much to see and do, Ireland is a fantastic learning and bonding experience for your entire group. And to make sure you get true value, we’ll work with you to design a bespoke itinerary which perfectly complements your curriculum.
If you would like to talk through your options regarding an educational tour to Ireland, please get in touch with our team of school travel experts today on 0845 293 7970.
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Why choose NST?
Here's why thousands of teachers choose NST each year...
- Unrivalled school trip knowledge
Your dedicated Tour Co-ordinator will use their trip planning knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.
- Making it easier for you
Your own trip organiser, travel app, free classroom packs and trip promo resources.
- Free group leader inspection visits
Visit your chosen destination free of charge and plan with confidence.
- Value for money, always
We work hard to make every penny count.
- Over 55 years’ experience
With NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands.
- Aligned to your learning outcomes
Every trip can be built around your specific goals — from the latest GCSE and A level curriculum requirements to particular themes, interests or visits you want to focus on.
- Risk assessment guidance
Clear, practical support to help you manage group safety including our free guide.
- Offsetting carbon emissions
Through our partnership with Carbon Footprint, we're committed to offset one tonne of CO2 emissions, and plant a tree on school grounds in the UK, for every trip booked.
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Museum of Free Derry
Visit will include a guided tour of the exhibition, which outlines the people’s story of government oppression, the struggle for civil rights, the Battle of the Bogside, internment, Free Derry and Bloody Sunday.
Giant's Causeway
Students will take a short walk down to the Causeway to marvel at the 400,000 interlocking basalt stone columns left by volcanic eruptions over 60 million years ago. Here, groups can immerse themselves in the geology of the area: investigating intrusive and extrusive volcanic features, coastal processes and landforms, and also consider the human impact of the site. Students can then explore the state of the art visitor centre where they can engage with the interactive exhibition.
Whiterocks Beach
Whiterocks Beach enjoys a stunning coastal location. The soft, sedimentary rocks have been carved through centuries into a labyrinth of caves and arches allowing for the investigation of landforms such as sea stacks and arches.
Titanic Museum
Visit the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience at this fascinating museum in Belfast. Students don’t just learn, they become enthralled by full scale replicas and visually stunning displays through nine interactive galleries.
Kilmainham Gaol
One of the largest unoccupied gaols (jails) in Europe covering some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland’s emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s. Attractions include a major exhibition detailing the political and penal history of the prison and its restoration.
Dáil Eireann
Take a guided tour of the Houses of the Oireachtas where the guides will relay their historical and educational knowledge of both the building itself and the workings of the two houses.
Glasnevin Cemetry
The tour visits the final resting place of Daniel O’Connell, Michael Collins, Eamon DeValera, Charles Stewart Parnell, Countess Marcievicz and many of the other men and women who have shaped Ireland’s history. A new state of the art museum will complement the tour.
