June - le cool experience dates
Thursday June 7th @ 5.30pm - limited places
Saturday June 16th @ 11.30am
Saturday June 30th @ 2.30pm
Sign up here now - http://dublin.lecool.com/dublin/en/page/le%20cool%20experience
Win a place on the first ever le cool food experience
We’ve teamed up with Zagat and will be offering a few lucky entrants, who complete their restaurant survey, the chance to join us on a special le cool food experience this summer. Details here.
![Recent media coverage of the le cool experience in the Irish Independent as Michael explains how fundit assisted it.“Fund It also helped make the Le Cool Experience walking tours of Dublin a going concern. The brainchild of Corkman Michael McDermott, these “alternative” tours happen a handful of times a month and focus on the under-the-radar events that happen in the city and on the creative, left-field people who make them a reality.‘We were looking for €2,500 so it was pretty modest, but we would have struggled to sell the idea in normal fundraising channels,” McDermott says. “We’d probably have been told that Dublin has no shortage of walking tours as it is, so it could have been a long, uphill battle. But through Fund It we were able to reach out to people who maybe know what we’re about [McDermott is publisher of the online hipster magazine, Le Cool] or those who would be open to the idea of a tour of the city that’s unlike any other.”Le Cool achieved their target and several tours have gone ahead. “Fund it really helped because it gave people the idea that they had part ownership of the project,” he says. “It also helped promote the tours. Word-of-mouth, through social media, helped make people aware of what we were doing.”http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/smart-consumer/smart-consumer-the-fans-who-funded-a-record-before-they-bought-it-3078826.html](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47womluIh1r1e0mto1_1280.jpg)
Recent media coverage of the le cool experience in the Irish Independent as Michael explains how fundit assisted it.
“Fund It also helped make the Le Cool Experience walking tours of Dublin a going concern. The brainchild of Corkman Michael McDermott, these “alternative” tours happen a handful of times a month and focus on the under-the-radar events that happen in the city and on the creative, left-field people who make them a reality.
‘We were looking for €2,500 so it was pretty modest, but we would have struggled to sell the idea in normal fundraising channels,” McDermott says. “We’d probably have been told that Dublin has no shortage of walking tours as it is, so it could have been a long, uphill battle. But through Fund It we were able to reach out to people who maybe know what we’re about [McDermott is publisher of the online hipster magazine, Le Cool] or those who would be open to the idea of a tour of the city that’s unlike any other.”
Le Cool achieved their target and several tours have gone ahead. “Fund it really helped because it gave people the idea that they had part ownership of the project,” he says. “It also helped promote the tours. Word-of-mouth, through social media, helped make people aware of what we were doing.”
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/smart-consumer/smart-consumer-the-fans-who-funded-a-record-before-they-bought-it-3078826.html
le (extra) cool experience …
Saturday’s was one of those great le cool walks where everyone in the group was buzzing, interactive and fun which, combined with the the eclectic mix of destinations and contributors, made it a pretty good way to spend a Saturday morning in Dublin!
The lovely Antonella was on the walk and she captured it all wonderfully in her le cool experience blog post on antorra.com
Click here to see dates for upcoming walks including this Saturday @ 2.30pm
lcD
le cool experience - From China Village
The lovely Emily Westbrooks joined us on a recent le cool experience. Here’s her dispatch.
http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2012/03/dispatches-from-dublin-le-cool.html
New April dates are now announced: April 14, 21 and 28.
You can book your place here.
le cool experience media - Spring 2012
Some recent media coverage of the le cool experience in The Irish Times (25.02) and Irish Independent (03.03). With thanks to Emma Somers and Pól Ó Conghaile
Our final two le cool experience walks for March are now booked out. New dates have been announced for April on Saturday 14th, 21st and 28th. You can book a place on them here.
New le cool experience dates for 2012
The first four le cool experience dates for the year have been announced. Don’t miss your chance to start 2012 with a walk on the wild side:
Saturday February 25th @ 11am - limited places
Thursday March 1st @ 5.30pm
Thursday March 22nd @ 5.30pm
Saturday March 24th @ 2pm - limited places
Book your place here now.
Photos thanks Oliver Kehoe Smith le cool experience # 12 - Saturday November 26th Moving a little further out of our city centre comfort zone, we decided to look at Beggars Bush and see what it could throw up in terms of surprises. We met up outside Slattery’s before rambling up to the National Print Museum where Cepta and Nicola kindly gave us some history and hands on experience of the letterpress process also pointing out how these limitations applied to something as significant as the 1916 Proclamation. From there, we dropped into 3fe’s second branch on Lower Grand Canal. Kitted out by the team at Design Goat, we were treated to some of their special brew and some tips. There’s a coffee school up and running there now. From there, we called into another welcome addition to the area – Farmer Browns. Grace gave us the lowdown on this super homely deli and BYOB restaurant and their drive to source as much local produce as possible. Meanwhile, as the darkness descended we nipped across the road to meet the legendary William Tilly and his wonderous display of lights, reindeer and singing Santas. All for a good cause and reason for us to return to Slattery’s for a pint with a seasonal glow.
le cool Dublin Walking Experience … reviewed by RTE Travel online
‘While I could have visited these exhibitions alone, I found going with the tour gave an opportunity to meet some of the curators and artists. It also opened up an informal conversation about Dublin’s creative scene. I came away inspired by the Le Cool’s team’s enthusiasm and satisfied that I learned new things about my home town’. You can read the rest of Deirdre Mullins’s le cool Dublin Experience here We’ll be announcing new walk dates for 2012 at the end of Feb so check in here, on our Facebook and Twitter for updates on that… hopefully see you then! lcd
le cool experience # 10: Saturday November 12th
photos with thanks to mel maclaine
le cool experience #10 was one for the early risers. We met up on a bright Saturday morning on the steps of Dublin Civic Offices at 11am. From there we strolled to the nearby Smock Alley Theatre to catch some excerpts from Cracked Light’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Then we crossed Northside and up Capel Street to get a guided tour of artist Gary Farrelly’s exhibition All roads lead to Neustern in the pop-up Gallerie Modonov. Curator Donna Marie O’Donovan eloquently took us through Gary’s detailed and amusing Obsessions as laid out before us in his map, building and soverign bonds creations for his fabled coastal city of Neustern.
Then we nipped around to the corner to see the Reggae Movement exhibition in the Little Green Gallery before dropping into le cool’s favourite Northside pub – the Hacienda. The dapper propieter Shay allowed us an early morning glimpse into his cosy world replete with Matthew McConaughy’s ‘Heat Torso of the Week’ pinned up on the wall of fame. Here Gareth Stack told us about the Open Learning initiative which they were presenting at a Skillshare festival over the weekend.
We finally wound our way down Middle Abbey Street and into the basement of Jude Hughes. A native of the city, here’s a tailor well woven into the fabric of Dublin. He told us about his project to bring sewing machines to Africa and running the Dublin City Marathon in his seventies. A true local legend and befitting end to another inspiring experience.
