We were absolutely delighted to welcome some young neighbours to Páirc Tailteann last Friday, when children from St Joseph’s Mercy Primary School in Navan joined us for a look around.
Principal Kearns, Ms Hogan and Mr Brennan accompanied the group, with stadium manager Jim Lane doing the honours as tour guide. Jim brought the children up to speed on the redevelopment, showing them how the new stand is coming together and talking through what’s to come.
The children, along with principal Mr Kearns were shown around by Jim Lane last Friday. Photo: Paula Greif.
It’s one thing to see the building work from outside, however getting to look around gave the children a much better sense of what’s on the way and how different Páirc Tailteann will look with the seats filled and games taking centre stage once again.
All of our visitors last Friday play with the Navan O’Mahony’s club next door, so we didn’t have too far to go to find our next generation! There are plenty of big days ahead in Páirc Tailteann for this group, whether they are lining out for club, county or roaring them on from the new stand. It sure was great to give them a little preview.
Thanks to Principal Kearns, Ms Hogan, Mr Brennan and, most importantly, the children for popping in. Thanks also to Jim for taking the group around.
They even had the opportunity of a quick kick around. Photo: Paula Greif.
After their tour, a quick kick and puck around on the hallowed turf, they headed down the town to visit another Navan original Jacksie Kiernan. Always generous, Jack sent them back to school with a pair of Meath socks each and, let’s face it, you can never have too much green and gold!
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