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Things that go Bump in the Night – The Galway Aboo Festival
Posted by admin on October 26, 2011
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It’s spooktacular…It’s devlish….and it’s gonna be one helluva party!!
The Galway Aboo Festival returns to the streets of Galway this bank holiday weekend! On Saturday the 29th of October the streets of the Latin Quarter will be transformed with exotic sculptures, wild music and spectacular feats – defying gravity, spinning fire and igniting the imagination with light, sound, movement and shadow! It’s all you might expect from a carnival …but with a spooky twist!
On Sunday, the businesses of the Latin Quarter have come together to organise a street wide trick or treat…meant for the kids but anyone dressed up can avail of some treats 
Thing you’ve got the moves??? The Michael Jackson Thriller Dance will take place at the Spanish Arch at 4pm. Anyone can take part and it’s a perfectly creepy way to start the night!
Party Trail – kick starting at 8pm trail your way through the best pubs in the Latin Quarter many of which will be holding fancy dress parties with prizes galore for the most daring and devilish!
Scary Face Competition – Think you’ve got what it takes to make people want to lock away thier children?? Then take part in Barnacles Scary Face competition. We’ll supply the face paint all you have to do is add a creepy twist! Prizes for the winners!
With all this goulish action taking place in The Latin Quarter this weekend you’d be crazy to miss out! Stay in the heart of all the devilish behavouir at Barnacles Hostel! Don’t miss out book your stay today! Click Here!!
The Ultimate Backpacker Party hits Dublin!!
Posted by admin on September 16, 2011
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The Backpacker’s Ball – The Ultimate Backpacker Party!
The party is organised by DBH – Dublins Best Hostels – of which Barnacles Hostel Temple Bar are proud members!!
The event takes place in The Village on Friday September 23rd from 8:30pm ’til late…….
• Absolutely FREE for Barnacles Guests!
• Live Bands
• Dj ’til late
• FREE FOOD
• Drinks Specials, Drinks promos & discounts
• Pillow Fighting contest with prize for Pillow Fighting Champion – be part of the Barnacles Team – make us proud!
• Raffel on the night with great prizes up for grabs
• ‘BEER PONG’ & ‘Flip Cup’
• …AND MUCH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
There may also be the chance of a bouncy castle or rodeo bull and the nature of the ‘circus act’ (fire jugler on a uni-cycle ) ….who could resist!!
It’s sure to be a funtastic night !!
Remember there is no additional cost for this event! The price is included in your bed price.
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What are you waiting for?? Book your stay today!!
It’s Time to Kick Start the Party at Barnacles Hostel Temple Bar!!
Posted by admin on September 2, 2011
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Be prepared to a few days of fun, mayhem, and shenanagans at Barnacles Hostel Temple Bar.
This Sunday, the 4th of September, we kick start our Party Week with our Father Ted & Irish Movie night and FREE movie goodies!!
For those of you who haven’t heard of Fr Ted (shock! horror!) check out our blog post of our favourite Fr Ted moments
http://barnacles.ie/blog/index.php/father-who-father-ted
All we have to do is pick our selection of Irish Movies! favourites anyone?
You can be sure our Colin Farrell will feature somewhere
On Monday the 5th, Barnacles will hold a FREE ceili night in the hostel. Go on try your hand at Irish Dancing!!
On Tuesday the 6th, we will sum up our Party Nights with the ultimate pub crawl!! Discounted for our Barnacles guests, take in some of the best pubs Dublin has to offer. Enjoy free shots and a beer pong and VIP entry into the hottest night club in town!!
What are you waiting for?? Book your stay today!
Keep an eye on our Facebook page and YouTube Channel for some crazy videos and pictures of the parties!!
Check out Barnacles Hostel Dublin Music Night
Posted by admin on August 19, 2011
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This Monday & Tuesday, the 22nd & 23rd of August, ‘Barnacles B Live’ our inhouse music night will take place in our common room.
Join us for this FREE event!!
Sit back and chill out to music by Australian Band ‘The Vans’.
Fancy a go at singing yourself?? There will be an open mic afterwards!!
This event is open to Barnacles Hostel Temple Bar Guests only!! What are you waiting for??
It’s Party Time at Barnacles Hostel Galway!!
Posted by admin on August 19, 2011
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It’s all happening at Barnacles Hostel Galway from the 21st – 25th of August as we kick start our party week!
With loads of FREE and discounted events happening every night guests at Barnacles are in for a treat!!
Here’s our hostel party line up:
Sunday 21st – FREE Irish Dancing Session
Monday 22nd – FREE Bongo Lessons @ 8pm
Tuesday 23rd – FREE Juggling Workshop @ 8pm
Wednesday 24th – Discounted Pub Crawl @ 8pm
Thursady 25th – Father Ted and Irish Movie Night with FREE Movie Goodies @ 8pm!
Remember! There is no additional cost for most of these events - the price is included in our guest bed price.
The ONLY hostel to stay in this week you’d be crazy to miss out!! Book your stay at Barnacles Hostel Galway today!
Keep an eye on our Facebook page and YouTube Channel for some crazy videos and pictures of the parties!!
The Galway Races
Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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Barnacles Hostel Galway gets into the spirit of the Galway Races
The biggest racing festival in Ireland! A week filled with adrenalin-pumping action, heart-stopping finishes and breath-taking fashion.
The atmosphere can be felt throughout the city with many pubs and clubs open late. The party spills out onto the streets where the many street performances and buskers will keep everyone entertained. And at the heart of it all is Barnacles Hostel Galway on Quay Street! Quay Street will be the hub of all the night life for the week!
Whether you come to Galway for the racing, craic or fashion this week is guaranteed to be jammed packed with entertainment.
The Galway Races is a festival for everyone with fun events such as ‘Ladys Day’ and the Barnacles ‘Mad Hatter’ hat competition.
A huge success with our guests last year. we will give one lucky guests 2 tickets to the Galway races this Friday!
To enter all they have to do is take part in our Mad Hatter competition held on the Thursday in our common room. The challenge?? To make the craziest hat!!
Barnacles will supply the materials but for that creative edge bring some of our own. Anything is acceptable! We expect to see everything from twigs, fruit and feathers used in the crazy hat creations!
Take a look at some of last years entrants!!
Located in the heart of the Latin Quarter of Galway, guests at Barnacles will be able to avail of all the events happening throughout the city with ease.
What’s more, the Latin Quarter is also the hub of night life entertainment throughout the festival so guests can simply step out the door and join the party.
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The Wonder of the Galway Arts Festival
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011
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Magic Walks Tall in Galway City
Imagine turning a corner and coming face to face with an enormous fire spitting dragon, or a giant, wide-eyed girl seemingly lost in a strange land.
In a flash, you turn to find a ghoul sniffing your shoulder before a seated dinosaur wheels by, accompanied by a brass band.
Meanwhile, just as you think you’re safe, two witches ask you to tango… this was the madness of the Annual Galway Arts Festival Parade!!
The theme was “This Fierce Beauty” so there was a lot of dragons and scary, yet oddly pretty characters. The paper mache-ing was out of this world, all those participating were extremely into it and the whole show was full of fire. A definite win in the Barnacles book.
Later things to come during this week for arts fest that we’re looking forward to is an art exhibition by Aideen Barry at the NUIG campus, The ‘Comedy of Errors’ show (we have 2 free tickets to give away!!), the Misterman show featuring the gorgeous Ciaran Murphy, Blondie performs in the Big Top and a Silent Disco complete with laser-robots on Friday night. Needless to say this will be a fantastic week.
And what’s more….Barnacles Hostel have joined in on the Arts Festival Madness with beds from only 10 Euro!!! Don’t miss out on this fantastic festival book your stay today!!
Feel the love at Barnacles Hostel Temple Bar!!
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011
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Feel the love at Barnacles Hostel Temple Bar!!
Is Irish Hospitality still alive and kicking in Ireland? Well two girls found out as they attempted to travel around the East of Ireland for one week absolutely free! Travel around Ireland for Free is run in association with the Independent Holiday Hostels Association of Ireland. The two volunteers this year are Claire Prendergast and Sadhbh O’Sullivan.
For one whole week the girls had to rely on Irish hospitality to put a roof over their heads, provide transport, feed, water and provide plenty of Guinness . Their journey ended today at Barnacles Hostel in Temple Bar. Looking for a free bed for the night, in good fun, Barnacles hostel decided to set a challenge for the girls so they could earn their keep! The Challenge: to give out 50 free hugs in Temple Bar!!
The Barnacles Hostel Crew decided the only way to get the challenge up and running was to lead by example with staff member Denis giving the girls their first hugs of the day. The girls got some funny looks and stares but eventually some folks took pity on their cause and felt the love and the hugging began! Once the first few passersby joined in, the ball really got rolling with the girls reaching their target of 50 people in no time! With their free night earned, they had completed their mission proving that Irish hospitality is indeed alive and kicking!
The girls have travelled from Dublin down the east coast to waterford back up through Killkenny finally arriving at Barnacles Hostel in Dublin. With nothing in their pockets and a smile on their face they proved that the famous Irish welcome is still present in Ireland!!
You can follow Claire’s and Sadbh’s story on their blog www.freetravelireland.blogspot.com
