Real Fans Save Bands

To kick off summer Aoibhin, Sophie and I set off into town for the day to look around and have something to eat before heading off to see 5 seconds of summer perform in the 3 arena. It was a lot better of a day than we expected.

To start the day off on a good foot me and sophie laughed about how overly protective both our mams were being and then went to call for aoibhin and then walked about 2 miles an hour to the bus. Once we got off the bus we wondered up and down town trying to find somewhere to eat. We settled with nandos just so sophie could snapchat "cheeky nandos with calum" (5sos fandom joke) We had a problem finding nandos though ... Aoibhin claimed she knew were she was going but  the looks on her face told a different story. We finally found it in the end and thank god because we were all starving. 

After nandos we just aimlessly walked around town wasting time so we didn't have to wait in line before the concert. While walking around Aoibhin fall down a step on a bridge, i walked into a pole and we lost Sophie several times but we survived. We decided to go to ginos to get something before heading for the luas and to our surprise in front of us in the line was dayl and josh from hometown so after our cheeky nandos with calum we then got to have creps with hometown. We then went for the luas to head to the 3 arena. 

Once we reached the venue we ran up stairs trying to find our sets. We stood around waiting a few minutes deciding weather or not we wanted drinks or to go to the bathroom while standing around we bumped into a few familiar faces. We talked to orla and aislingx2 for a few minutes and then went to our seats were we waited not so patiently in our seats in the back for 5 seconds of summer to come onto the stage. As soon as they came on everyone screamed and the atmosphere for the whole night was unreal. Its safe to say we loved every minute of the night and it was horrible having to leave because none of us wanted to call it a night.

Thursday the 28th of may was one of the best nights out and i look forward to returning to the 3 arena for Taylor Swift next month but lucky next time we wont be in the back we will be standing with our hands in the air in the front at the barrier after queuing for hours.


Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my day out with Aoibhin and Sophie - Miss.Galligan! x

All of a Sudden It was Time for those Goodbye

Monday 25^th of May marked the end of transition year for 86 young girls in St. Wolstans. All excited for our summer holidays we left the hall at about half 9 with so many memories thinking how could one year go so quickly. I wont lie and say the whole year was an amazing and full of opportunity and joy because I hated it at times and that's the cold hard truth. Most things were so pointless it drove me insane. But don't get me wrong i did love it at the same time. The trips were fun and the way we did things was so different. I think im trying to say sometimes i felt it wasn't for me. TY definitely had its ups and downs. I don't think i would of been ready for 5th year last and i still don't think i am ready yet but i feel a bit more confident now after a year away from solid work. All the work in 5th year is going to be hard but if ty thought me anything it was i don't like no routine. It showed me how quick a year can go, how i can’t cut in a straight line and how much i really despise doing work that i don’t benefit from and has no real purpose . 

Monday night was TY night. Ty night is held in the school hall and all tys show off what they did this year to our families. We started the night all squeezed onto the coral risers singing wave your flag and never forget and then we took our seats and let the night begin. People from each of the three class, Ariel,Bell and Aurora, stood up and talked about trips we've gone on, the charity work we've done and what we've done in classes. Once all the speeches were done everyone who did gaisce was presented with their certs and medals. All that work finally paid off! The wasnt over yet! All that was left was the awards. Mrs. Lenoard called out each name and presented everyone with our awards (this didn't take as long as you'd think) After the awards were handed out a few girls in the year said thanks to Mrs. Lenoard on behalf of the whole year group and gave her a gift. Her reaction was priceless and it made us all smile. It all ended with a slide show done my Ellen and Eve. I don't think any of us realized how good the year was until we heard about everything and saw all the pictures.

The learning part of the year was over (I say learning very loosely) but the trips weren't quiet finished . On tuesday all TYs returned at 9.05 just wishing for summer to hurry up and to tear down all the posters and art work that covered every section of the hall for the displays for ty night. We pulled them off the walls in seconds and some were taken home but most of them got thrown into the big recycling bin. Once we could finally see the boring yellow walls of the hall all of us sat up on the coral risers for one last group photo and smiled as year group for one last time. At ten we set off down the road for our last TY outing to base. We did bowling and I have no shame in saying i lost miserably ... it really isn't my strong point. At about half 11 we got chicken nuggets, sausages and chips and then a piece of the cake that was displayed on TY Night. At half 12 it was our summer holidays and then Ariel,bell and aurora were no more.

The first thing Mrs. Lenoard said to us was that she wanted this year to be like no other and in hope that this would happen she named our classes after the princess so we could all have magical experience and have a year like no other.

To all Future Tys ill leave you with what mrs.lenoard said to us about how one can react to the year. She told us TY was a jug of water and each person is either a rock, sponge or spoon of sugar. The rock will get nothing from the water it will just sink and get or give nothing , the sponge will take as much as it can but never gives anything back and the sugar will dissolve and take to the water as much as it can and givie a sweet perfect smell and taste to the water and all around.

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about what i thought about TY experience, TY night and our last trip - Miss.Galligan! x

TY 2014/2015 was a year for the princess to find themselves  

Just keep swimming

Today's society has held people back from the simplest things. How you see yourself is what matters not what others think of you! I say this but when i was standing around waiting to get into the pool on Wednesday I felt VERY uncomfortable as everyone's eyes scanned one another. I am no wear near confident in my body i can gladly say my unfit self-swam half a mile with a smile! Once I was in the pool swimming all thoughts about my body were gone because body could see it.

I used to swim so much when I was younger but I stopped because it was taking up all my weekends. In 2^nd year I went back swimming to do a lifesaving course and I hated it so stopped but when I when I started swimming the other day I realized how much I missed it! It was such a good day and I really enjoyed myself.

 I was in a team with aoibhin and Alison and we each had to do 23 lengths because we knew there wasn’t a hope we could do a mile alone so we split it up. When aoibhin and I got to 23 lengths we thought we might as well keep going to half so we did. As surprising as it is I actually swam 32 lengths. Before I got in I said I would have been able to do much more than 6 maybe even 4  but when I got to 6 I was like ok get to 10 an then I was like one more and one more and before I knew it I was doing it no bother. I felt like I accomplished something!

It was all for a great cause and everybody enjoyed themselves. To future people getting the opportunity to do swim a smile with a smile but don’t like their body and don’t want to put on a swimsuit I say just go for it. YESS you will feel uncomfortable and awkward for a few minutes but before you know it you will be in the pool and nobody will see your body that im sure is perfect anyway! And if you think you aren’t fit enough to do a lot of lengths you have loads of time, nobody rushes you and you can stop whenever you want!

For more information click here!

Im just a teenage girl who hates the thought of growing up but im doing it with a smile on my face and a positive attitude. I hope you liked reading about my time swimming in the nation aquatic centre for swim a mile with a smile - Miss.Galligan! x