How kids can make a free Lego Saint Patrick’s Day hat in Dublin

Visit the Lego stores on Grafton Street or in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre on March 16 or 17 and make your own Lego Saint Patrick’s Day hat

We’re five days into Seachtain na Gaeilge, which runs from March 1 to 17 every year. So it’s the perfect time to encourage your family to speak more Irish at home.

A great place to start is by sitting everyone down to a competitive game of Monopoly. This Irish-language version produced by Glór na nGael will soon have everyone wheeling and dealing in property, all while practising their cúpla focal and learning Irish language placenames.