Ice Skating At Charlestown

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Ice Skating at Charlestown On Ice!
Charlestown On Ice will be the official home of the Charlestown Chiefs Ice Hockey team and features a full size Ice Hockey Rink with capacity for up to 500 spectators. This will be the largest Ice Rink ever in Dublin and biggest indoor multi purpose ice arena in the Republic of Ireland at 40,000 square feet with an ice area of 17,000 square feet.
Some Amazing Facts About Charlestown On Ice:

 Over 80,000 people will go ice skating at Charlestown on Ice from June 18th until close!
 The rink is 1,750 square metres. That's nearly 19,000 square feet of ice-skating fun!
 The rink has a curling lane and the largest kiddie ice rink in the country at 1500 square feet
 It takes about 13 minutes to skate around the whole Charlestown On Ice skating-rink
 You will be able to learn how to ice skate or play ice hockey at Charlestown On Ice
 Kids can also sleigh around the rink as well as ice skate at Charlestown On Ice
 The earliest ice skates which were made of bone were found in Sweden in the 9th Century
 The ice is made from 160 tonnes of water!
 The highest speeds recorded at an ice rink were 48 kmph, that's about 30 mph!
 Over 480,000 pints of water were frozen to make the ice
 Figure skating was invented by American Jackie Haines in 1876
 The ice at Charlestown On Ice is 1.2 inches thick
 The official Olympic ice rink size is 100 x 200 feet

You can visit to skate for pleasure or take part in their organized skating classes.
Visit www.Charlestownonice.ie or contact 0818 300 365.

[Gemma123]

Just to let you guys know, I brought my kids to Charlestown as a back to school treat last week. I let them bring some friends so I had two 14 year olds and two 12 year olds. I got on the ice too and it wasn't too bad - I got the hang of it fairly quickly. The kids took to it really quickly. It was a fantastic day out and we finished off with a meander around the shopping centre. I was very sore after it however, used some muscles that I didn't know I had!
I would recommend it for ages 6 upwards through to teenagers. I think it is a bit fast for the younger kids - I know I would be nervous if I had smaller ones with me.