SEMESTER TWO 2024
Student Options:
- Check out the MU Life Portal for a whole range of activities happening each week.
- Join the weekly Síol Strolls - these are easy-going, bi-lingual nature walks provided by Lárionad na Gaeilge, a great way to get to know the area and meet people. Fluent Irish is not neccessary. In case of bad rain, there will be a nature-themed conversation and craft circle. Happening every Tuesday of term. Meet at 13:05 outside the Library. No sign up required, just show up. Bí ag spaisteoireacht linn!
Staff Options:
Pilates Classes
Six week block of classes (details below)
Badminton Classes
Six weeks of 'Taster Sessions' (details below)
Síol Strolls
Easy-going, bi-lingual nature walks provided by Lárionad na Gaeilge, a great way to get to know the area and meet people. Fluent Irish is not neccessary. In case of bad rain, there will be a nature-themed conversation and craft circle. Happening every Tuesday of term. Meet at 13:05 outside the Library. No sign up required, just show up. Bí ag spaisteoireacht linn!
Staff Soccer
TD: Fri 12pm - 1pm @ Main Sports Hall
AM: Tues 1pm - 2pm @ Main Sports Hall
Staff/Post-Grad NF: Thurs 1pm - 2pm @ Synthetic Pitch
Staff Golf
Open to all staff on campus, email john.maloco@mu.ie for more information and to join.
Strenght & Conditioning Circuit Training
Tues & Thurs 8am - 9am & 5:30pm - 7pm @ Small Sports Hall
There are 2 national Step Challenges by Smarter Travel that run in Maynooth University every year:
- Walktober in October
- Marchaton in March
All you need to do is create or join a Team with colleagues/friends and compete against the other teams in Maynooth University and across the country to place on the Leaderboard. There are weekly competitions, updated leaderboards, plenty of prizes and fun!
Join our Couch to 5K Programme starting in April 2024! This programme is open to all staff and students.
The Programme will run for 8 weeks from April 8th - May 31st. It aims to train people to walk, jog or run 5K by the end.
There will 2 x weekly Training Groups on campus to help support and motivate you. These groups will happen every Tuesday and Thursday from 1.10-1.50PM, meeting outside the Library. There will also be Finale Event with prizes!
To register simply email healthycampus@mu.ie. You will then be provided with a Participant Handbook and added to an MS Teams Group where you can connect with the Programme Leaders and other participants.
- Outdoor Gym - There is an outdoor calisthenics gym newly opened on South Campus by Student Residences. The outdoor gym area at Courtyard Apartments includes a short sprint track, and a 1-on-1 basketball court, as well as the outdoor gym equipment.
- Pitches and Changing (South Campus) - There are 5 playing fields on the south campus, including Rhetoric (floodlit, suitable for training), Highfield (one GAA, one Soccer), The Pond (one Camogie, one GAA). There are two sets of changing-rooms: one is beside the Museum and the other is the Casey Changing Rooms, located between Rhetoric House and Logic House.
- Pitches and Changing (North Campus) - There are 3 high quality sand based turf playing fields on the North Campus. There is also a soccer, rugby and floodlit GAA pitch. To facilitate club training sessions and internal competitions, there is a “third generation” floodlit synthetic pitch. Six new team changing rooms serve the North Campus playing fields complex as part of the Sports Centre.
- Tennis Courts - Two flood-lit tarmacadam tennis courts form part of the residences on the North Campus.
Located on the north campus, 'Phoenix' Sports Centre boasts:
- a large sports hall (600 sq.m.; one basketball court)
- a small sports hall (300 sq.m.)
- PE teaching hall (300 sq.m.) with break-out room for theory instruction.
The sports halls are the home to basketball, volleyball and badminton clubs and provide a venue for the multiple martial arts and dance sessions. Phoenix also has a fully equipped fitness centre (180 sq.m.) and free-weights room (35 sq.m.).
Integral to the Sports Centre's offerings are three sand-carpet natural turf floodlit playing fields, and a full-sized FIFA-approved 3G synthetic pitch catering for Gaelic games, soccer and rugby. The Synthetic Pitch will not be accesible unless booked. Live Sports Hall bookings can be viewed and booked on SportsKey.
