31/05/2026
🦍🐘🦒 🐒Ladybirds & Brownies Dublin Zoo Trip May 2026 🦒🐘🦍🐒
After a small hiccup early in April, Merlin Woods Ladybirds and Brownies finally got to enjoy the West & Central Midlands Regional Day Out to Dublin Zoo this weekend.
We joined with Athenry and Carnmore Brownies on a very busy bus to make the early start for our zoo trip. For some of our girls this was a very first full day trip and they all did so well! We enjoyed guided tours from fantastic zoo volunteers and learnt so much about animals who are in danger. We saw the lions, monkeys, chimpanzees, hippos, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, to name just a few. We took a break to have a lovely lunch in the Meerkat Restaurant (supervised by the very attentive meerkats) and then got to enjoy the Family Farm with all the pigs, goats and sheep.
No trip to the Dublin is complete without a stop in Supermacs on the way home - we held out until County Galway as the long day meant we had a few snoozers 😴
It was a fabulous day and we’re fairly sure everyone slept soundly last night. Our unit leaders would like to say a big thanks to:
- Siobhan, our Regional Commissioner for putting the trip together (twice!🙈)
- Leaders from other units and some unit helpers who came along to ensure we had plenty of supervision
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Ladybirds have one more meeting before they break for summer and Brownies are very excited for their Lego Sleepover next weekend before they finish up.
Irish Girl Guides
Dublin Zoo
