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Post by Griff105 on Jan 28, 2018 7:48:55 GMT
Denmark all sorted but I just started looking at Dublin . Flights are great....
Hotels are ridiculous. I just can't motivate myself to go to this rip of theme park with a dogshit stadium.
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Post by cymroircarn on Jan 28, 2018 8:20:02 GMT
Denmark all sorted but I just started looking at Dublin . Flights are great.... Hotels are ridiculous. I just can't motivate myself to go to this rip of theme park with a dogshit stadium. Fly in and fly out, no hotel ;-) I believe the first return flights are 06:00 so check in will be at 04:00 so party until then |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 10:24:56 GMT
Denmark all sorted but I just started looking at Dublin . Flights are great.... Hotels are ridiculous. I just can't motivate myself to go to this rip of theme park with a dogshit stadium. Fly in and fly out, no hotel ;-) I believe the first return flights are 06:00 so check in will be at 04:00 so party until then I may not get away this summer (save Wales matches) so I’ll treat both as holidays. Against the trend I am looking forwards to going to Ireland for the first time. Most Irish people I know are characters and Dublin will be great for (expensive) drinking. |
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Post by manulike on Jan 28, 2018 15:38:17 GMT
Denmark all sorted but I just started looking at Dublin . Flights are great.... Hotels are ridiculous. I just can't motivate myself to go to this rip of theme park with a dogshit stadium. How about staying over on Angelsey and taking the ferry? For those in the Cardiff area, FLYBE now run the discounted flight and its still (today) only £40 return, out 4pm Monday and back Wednesday (either 9am or 5.30pm) |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Jan 28, 2018 17:40:17 GMT
We're spending 2 nights in Dublin this time around as we didn't get the chance to do a lot in the city last time. Got ourselves a private room in a Temple Bar hostel.
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Post by manulike on May 28, 2018 16:24:14 GMT
Them lot are playing France tonight at the Stade de France - ko is at 8pm. They have just struggled to a 2-2 draw v Celtic last week. The Oirish are taking the grand total of 700 over to Paris ...
EDIT - a fairly weak/experimental French side against a full Irish (but for a young goalie) ...
Its live on RTE 2 - but you will need a VPN with Irish ip address www.rte.ie/player/gb/live/10/
ESPN on TSN - HD HEREACE PLAYER here
Otherwise, try one of the links here
EDIT - HALF TIME REPORT
France B 2 - ROI 0 Ball possession 83%-17%...
ROI had their first attempt on goal in the 45th minute ...
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Post by cymru98 on May 29, 2018 16:53:27 GMT
Booked my flights and coach to airport for me and the missus earlier, just need to find a hotel with a good atmosphere now!!
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Post by phillywelsh83 on May 30, 2018 10:39:25 GMT
Booked my flights and coach to airport for me and the missus earlier, just need to find a hotel with a good atmosphere now!! Need to find a hotel full stop! Found it a nightmare last time round. |
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Post by cymru98 on May 30, 2018 15:44:05 GMT
Booked my flights and coach to airport for me and the missus earlier, just need to find a hotel with a good atmosphere now!! Need to find a hotel full stop! Found it a nightmare last time round. Booked the Jurys inn parnell street now, decent area bit expensive but don't have to pay till we arrive |
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Post by manulike on Jun 20, 2018 16:00:36 GMT
My apologies, if there is a more comprehensive thread for this ... Yesterday's FSF meeting with FAW suggests that more than 3000 fans indicated interest in this trip! And ... that the FAW are looking to be making new deals with the FAI... Ticket allocation to be finalised and criteria info released in late July early August
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Post by bringbackelmo on Jul 23, 2018 14:33:49 GMT
Wasn't planning to do this one but now considering flying over for the night. Initial plan is to fly out from London on the lunchtime of the game then head back to the ferry port afterwards and get the 2.15 sailing back to Holyhead, train down to London then straight into work. Anyone on here done this trip without accommodation before? Any thoughts?
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Post by cymroircarn on Jul 23, 2018 14:55:13 GMT
Wasn't planning to do this one but now considering flying over for the night. Initial plan is to fly out from London on the lunchtime of the game then head back to the ferry port afterwards and get the 2.15 sailing back to Holyhead, train down to London then straight into work. Anyone on here done this trip without accommodation before? Any thoughts? Yes done a few times without accom but not gone straight to work afterwards! You could book the first flight out of Dublin back to London therefore sleeping at the airport? |
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Post by bringbackelmo on Jul 23, 2018 15:23:24 GMT
Wasn't planning to do this one but now considering flying over for the night. Initial plan is to fly out from London on the lunchtime of the game then head back to the ferry port afterwards and get the 2.15 sailing back to Holyhead, train down to London then straight into work. Anyone on here done this trip without accommodation before? Any thoughts? Yes done a few times without accom but not gone straight to work afterwards! You could book the first flight out of Dublin back to London therefore sleeping at the airport? Yeah that is option 2, not a huge fan of flying though! My preference would be to avoid it if possible, and thought I may be more likely to sleep on the ferry and with a long train journey. Will give it some more thought though. |
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Post by idj68 on Jul 23, 2018 21:50:24 GMT
Wasn't planning to do this one but now considering flying over for the night. Initial plan is to fly out from London on the lunchtime of the game then head back to the ferry port afterwards and get the 2.15 sailing back to Holyhead, train down to London then straight into work. Anyone on here done this trip without accommodation before? Any thoughts? Yes done a few times without accom but not gone straight to work afterwards! You could book the first flight out of Dublin back to London therefore sleeping at the airport? Sleeping at the airport is grim ! I did it last time ...no where to get your head down..no facilities after midnight ...longest 6 hours of my life !! |
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Post by manulike on Jul 24, 2018 12:07:56 GMT
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Post by Gary Williams on Jul 24, 2018 12:57:24 GMT
Wasn't planning to do this one but now considering flying over for the night. Initial plan is to fly out from London on the lunchtime of the game then head back to the ferry port afterwards and get the 2.15 sailing back to Holyhead, train down to London then straight into work. Anyone on here done this trip without accommodation before? Any thoughts? I have done 2.15 ferry before after race meeting and found it quite easier to find a long seat to get some kip was fine as this sailing mainly truckers so much less foot passengers than other crossings |
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Post by Gary Williams on Jul 24, 2018 12:59:31 GMT
Also if you call stena direct you can book sail rail and book a cabin about 30 quid for a single
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Post by manulike on Jul 24, 2018 21:24:19 GMT
Just had another look at accommodation and flights.
Still extremely cheap, with Ryan Air flight out of Bristol for £35 return (Flybe from Cardiff is £100 rtn) and hostels still readily available for €18 ...
The FAW are on a wind-up if they genuinely believe that there are 3500 wanting to go over.
Honestly, I will be impressed if 2k make the trip. Closer to 1500, I'd say ;-(
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Post by Martyn Moses on Jul 25, 2018 6:58:38 GMT
We booked Aer Lingus from Bristol £170 return would have preferred Cardiff but its always dear from there , I wouldn't touch Ryanair with a bargepole at the mo due to all these strikes etc .
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Post by Albert on Jul 25, 2018 7:18:24 GMT
Just had another look at accommodation and flights. Still extremely cheap, with Ryan Air flight out of Bristol for £35 return (Flybe from Cardiff is £100 rtn) and hostels still readily available for €18 ... The FAW are on a wind-up if they genuinely believe that there are 3500 wanting to go over. Honestly, I will be impressed if 2k make the trip. Closer to 1500, I'd say ;-( Do you happen to know of any codes for the Stena line booking form . Much appreciated. |
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Post by Gary Williams on Jul 28, 2018 2:01:16 GMT
Any recommendations for food? Will be arriving at 12:00 so looking to get some grub before on the ale for the day. I'm taking loads of Welsh Cakes and laverbread over with me - don't trust the foreign food  ... unless, of course, its a mighty victory, and then you will probably find me and @garywilliams at the local Georgian restaurant - dancing on the tables ;-) I second that second try for win |
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Post by rees73 on Jul 28, 2018 14:12:53 GMT
Few of my mates are heading to Belfast and catching the train down on the day. If anyone of you fancy that then let me know and I'll meet up to show you around and have a drink. It's far cheaper up here than it is in Dublin.
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Post by manulike on Aug 1, 2018 20:13:41 GMT
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Post by sleepy on Aug 1, 2018 22:30:26 GMT
Looks like the 0855 match day is sold out. |
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Post by manulike on Aug 1, 2018 22:51:00 GMT
Looks like the 0855 match day is sold out. Yes. I see that the return leg on the Wednesday at 14:50 is still available, though. You can then use the FLYBE flight from Anglesey to CARDIFF - still only a tenner Wednesday at 17:30.
Flybe CWL to Anglesey out on Monday/Tuesday still only £29
A whole lot cheaper and better staying in Wales instead of Dublin ;-)
That said, the Ryan Air flight back to Bristol on Wednesday early morning at 06:35 is still only £15
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Post by superunknown on Aug 2, 2018 8:15:47 GMT
Looks like the 0855 match day is sold out. Yes. I see that the return leg on the Wednesday at 14:50 is still available, though. You can then use the FLYBE flight from Anglesey to CARDIFF - still only a tenner Wednesday at 17:30.
Flybe CWL to Anglesey out on Monday/Tuesday still only £29
A whole lot cheaper and better staying in Wales instead of Dublin ;-)
That said, the Ryan Air flight back to Bristol on Wednesday early morning at 06:35 is still only £15
I actually had a look into that as it'd probably be cheaper than getting a return train from Wrexham to Cardiff lol. Times just aren't great though sadly, would have been a nice change from the 3 and a half hour train down. |
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Post by sleepy on Aug 2, 2018 8:28:43 GMT
Ryanair from BHX still only £30 return out Tues 16 back wed 17 choice of flight times.
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Post by manulike on Aug 2, 2018 16:29:16 GMT
Ryanair from BHX still only £30 return out Tues 16 back wed 17 choice of flight times. Both Bristol and BHX flight being so ridiculously cheap indicate to me that there is no way whatsoever that 3500 intend to travel. More like 1500 - if that! From my count there are only 2 Welsh Apostles in Dublin and Belfast - all the others would have needed to book flights/ferries ... |
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Post by manulike on Aug 4, 2018 20:51:35 GMT
Ryan Air return leg back to Bristol on the Thursday after our match is now down to £10...
Flybe back to Cardiff on the Thursday is £25.
Matchday is Tuesday...
£37 getting over to Dublin on the Monday/Tuesday
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Post by irelandfan2018 on Aug 4, 2018 21:18:52 GMT
So it would seem which is fine because at least them it will be regular fans and not those that only turn up for the big games. Would have hoped for 1k to go myself but Thursday night it would be wishful thinking. Not sure why........
Flybe from Dub - CWL leaving 16.10 on the 6th return 7am on the 7th is £113.................. head for late nite bar, taxi at 4am and get flight.
Even if not drinkinging because of work then lose 1/2 day assumming you could get through Friday.
I agree that would be the way to go. Just doesn't appear to be much interest in the nation's league at the moment. Personally looking forward to it myself. Really enjoyed Cardiff the last time, people were friendly and a great atmosphere between both sets of supporters |
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